4. The Gang's All Here
4. The Gang's All Here
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A Letter Home
"It seems likely that we shall all be ejected from the I.D. but there is another scheme on hand which will absorb us. And it's probable that I may go on for a few days to India towards the end of the month."
Letters 1/1/1916 - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to read the letter. -
Map Correction
"I've suggested that I should go up in the Shatt al 'Arab with a local man and check the maps and they seem to think it would be a good plan."
Letters 16/4/1916 - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to read the letter. -
Local Knowledge
"I have got hold of the maps and am now bringing them out in an intelligible form, but that is only one among the many odd jobs which I do."
Letters 14/5/1916 - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to read the letter. -
Muhammad el 'Abdullah ed Deleim
Duleim Arab sheikh standing.
Photographs K_046 (1909) - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to view the photo.
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Sheikh Muhammed el Na'mƒn
Sheikh in tent at Gertrude Bell's camp, with hookah.
Photographs P_085 (1911)- Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to view the photo.
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Arab Gentleman
Possibly Sheikh Tahir ul Jezairi.
Photographs B_085 (1905) - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to view the photo.
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Old Friends
"Now you know my circle - it's very friendly and pleasant, but Mr Hogarth leaves next week which will make a terrible gap in it."
Letters 30/11/1915 - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to read the letter. -
From Marseille to Cairo
" Marseilles, Sat. Nov 20. P&O. Arabia. Dearest Father. I've arrived safely so far. We got here at 9 but the ship didn't arrive till 12."
Letters 20/11/1915 - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to read the letter. -
Summoned to Cairo
"I'm taking all my kit; he quite agrees that it is as well to be prepared."
Letters -/11/1915 - Gertrude Bell Archive, click the marker to read the letter. -
Gertrude Bell: The Arabian Diaries
1913-1914, pp 25-7
Gertrude Bell: The Arabian Diaries, 1913-1914 (2000). -
Lieut.-Colonel Doughty-Wylie awarded the Victoria Cross.
Colonel Doughty-Wylie, who, with a little cane in his hand, had led the attack all the way up from the beach through the west side of the village.
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Gertrude Bell
and German archaeologists at dinner table.
Photograph Q_225 (1911) - 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
5. The Viceroy and I
6. King and Country
7. Rock of Ages
