5. The Viceroy and I
5. The Viceroy and I
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British Society for Middle Eastern Studies
Quote from Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) – By Elizabeth Monroe, (1980:19). -
Ivriz - Turkey
Ardos Kalesi - general view showing defensive wall with two squared towers.
Photographs I_220 (1907) - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to view the photo.
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Arab Dignitaries
Ibn Sa'ud's visit to Basrah November. 1916.
Photographs W_052 (1916) - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to view the photo.
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Remarkable
This quote comes from a letter to Percy Cox from Lord Hardinge, the Viceroy of India.
Cited by J. Wallach in Desert Queen. Weidenfield and Nicholson, p. 160 –and repeated by Meyer and Brysac 2008: 169 -
The Viceroy
"And as the women go out of the dining room after dinner they stop at the door, one by one, and curtsey to H.E."
Letters 11/2/1916 - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to read the letter. -
An Intelligence Bureau
"I suggested that it might be a good plan if I, a quite unimportant and unofficial person, were to take advantage of the Viceroy's invitation and go out to see what could be done by putting this side of the case before them and hearing that."
Letters 24/1/1916 - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to read the letter. -
Ibn Sa'ud's visit to Basrah November
Photograph W_054 (1916) - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to view the photo.
1. A Diplomat is Born
2. To Catch a Thief
3. Friends in High Places
4. The Gang's All Here
6. King and Country
7. Rock of Ages
