A Woman in Arabia (37 page)

Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
(Bell), xi, xxix, xxx,
11
–
17

poetry of Bell,
11
–
17

“The Political Future of Iraq” (Bell),
191

politicians, Bell's perspective on, xiv

Poor Laws of Britain,
19

Princeton Expedition,
96

Principles of the Manufacture of Iron and Steel
(Bell), xxviii

Prolegomena
,
42

property laws of Britain,
19

publications of Bell, xi–xii, xx

Amurath to Amurath
, xii, xxxiii, xxxiv,
99
–
100

Arab Tribes of Mesopotamia
,
The,
xii,
166
–
75

Churches and Monasteries of the Tur Abdin
,
The,
xii,
84

Desert and the Sown
,
The,
xi, xxxii, xxxiii,
63
,
94
,
98
–
99

Letters of Gertrude Bell
,
The,
xliv,
250

Palace and Mosque at Ukhaidir
,
The,
xii, xxxiv, xxxv

Persian Pictures
, xi,
90

Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
, xi, xxix, xxx,
11
–
17

“The Political Future of Iraq,”
191

Principles of the Manufacture of Iron and Steel
, xxviii

Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia
, xii, xxxix, xl,
180
–
87

Safar Nameh: Persian Pictures
, xxix

“Self-Determination in Mesopotamia,”
196
–
97

Thousand and One Churches
,
The,
xi–xii, xxxiii,
42
,
46
,
47
,
81
,
105

Vaulting System at Ukhaidir
,
The,
xii

Visits of Gertrude Bell to Tur Abdin
,
102

public health,
182

Qadir, 'Abdul,
54

Qallat Semaan,
59

Queen's College, x

Rages,
91
–
92

Ramadi,
85
,
215

Ramsay, Sir William Mitchell, xxxiii,
42
,
48
–
49
,
81
–
82

absentmindedness of,
106
,
107

archaeological work of, xii

and ruins of Binbirkilise,
47

writing partnership with Bell,
105

See also
Thousand and One Churches, The

Rashid dynasty, xli

Red Cross, xxxiv, xxxv, xxxix,
134
–
42
,
145
–
46
,
147

Reform Bill of
1832
,
18

Reinach, Salomon, xxxii,
40
–
41
,
44
–
45
,
96
,
252

Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia
(Bell), xii, xxxix, xl,
180
–
87

Revue Archéologique
,
40

Richmond, Admiral Sir Herbert, xxxiii,
238

Richmond, Elsa (nee Bell), xi, xxi, xxvii, xxxiii,
146
,
236
,
238

Robinson Library at Newcastle on Tyne University,
67

romantic relationships of Bell,
11
–
12
.
See also
Cadogan, Henry; Doughty-Wylie, Charles “Dick”

Rosen, Friedrich,
3
,
59
,
63

Rosen, Nina,
3
,
59
,
63

Rounton Grange, xxxii

Bell's departure from, xliii,
247

and Bell's romance,
110

demolished, xlv

gardens of, xxxiv

and World War I,
134

and World War II, xlv

Royal Geographical Society, xxxiii

Bell elected to, xii, xxxiv

and death of Bell, xliv

Founder's Medal of the Royal awarded to Bell, xxxviii,
189
–
90

Gill Memorial Award awarded to Bell, xxxiv

Gold Medal awarded to Bell, xxxv,
132

time spent working at,
82

Royal Photographic Society, xi,
41

Russell, Diana,
135

Russell, Flora,
135

Russia, xvi, xxxviii,
196

Sabeans,
172
–
75

Sackville-West, Vita, xliii

Safar Nameh: Persian Pictures
(Bell), xxix

safety, Bell's attitude toward, xiii

Saint-Germain Museum of National Antiquities,
40

Salam Library (formerly Bagdad Public Library),
9
–
10

Salkhad,
72
,
77

Salmond, Sir John, xlii

Samarra,
82

Samuel, Sir Herbert, xlii

San Remo Conference, xl

San Remo Pact of
1920
,
78
n

Sardis,
44

Sargent, John Singer, xlii,
241

Sauds,
72

Schreckhorn traverse,
26
,
28
,
32

“Self-Determination in Mesopotamia” (Bell),
196
–
97

self-determination of Arab people

and Arab Intelligence Bureau,
166

Bell's advocacy for, xiv,
159
,
208
,
215
,
232
,
255

and conflict common to region, xv

and France,
162

interpretations of, among Arab groups,
180

Lawrence's advocacy for,
159

and Lloyd George,
162

opponents of,
155
,
191
,
232

W. Wilson's advocacy of,
196

self-fulfillment of Bell,
63

Seven Pillars of Wisdom
(Lawrence), xlii,
206

Shakespeare, William,
14
,
122

Shammar tribesmen, xli

Sharia law,
180

Shatt al Arab, xxxv

sheikhs,
98
–
99

Bell's influence on,
22

and British mandate in Mesopotamia,
180

dining with,
79
–
80

and etiquette of the desert,
65
–
66
,
67
–
68

and Lawrence,
152

tents of,
79
–
80

warnings about,
98

Shetateh,
99
–
100

Shia,
180
,
184
,
196
,
209
–
10

Simon, Saint,
59

skins, inflated,
83

South Africa, xxviii

steel industry, xliii

Stevenson, Robert Louis, ix

St. Lawrence's Church, East Rounton, xliv

Storrs, Sir Ronald,
152

Strutt, E. L.,
30

Strzygowski, Josef, xxxiii

suffrage rights for women, xxxiii, xxxviii,
18
–
20
,
22

Sufis and Sufism,
11
–
12
,
13

Sunnis,
180
,
184
,
196
,
209
–
10

surveying of Bell, xxxiii

Swiss Alps,
28
–
29

Sydney Harbour Bridge, xliii

Sykes, Sir Mark,
78
,
78
n,
196

Sykes-Picot Agreement,
78
n

Syria,
58

and
Amurath to Amurath
, xii, xxxiii, xxxiv,
99
–
100

bazaars of,
81

Bell's fame in,
76

Bell's identification with,
21

and
The Desert and the Sown,
xi, xxxii, xxxiii,
63
,
94
,
98
–
99

and desert expeditions, xxxiii,
63

exploration to be performed in,
96

and French mandate, xiv,
78
n,
162
,
208

Jewish population in, xvii

language of,
10

Mesopotamia compared to,
155

and nationalism,
163

statecraft of,
94
–
95

and support from government official,
80

and Turks,
97

Syrian Desert, xi,
76
–
81
,
89

Talbot, Mary, xxix

tea parties of Bell,
21

Temple of Baal,
74

tents in desert expeditions,
68
,
98
–
99

Thomas, Lowell,
166

Thompson, Campbell,
158

Thousand and One Churches, The
(Bell and Ramsay), xi–xii, xxxiii,
42
,
46
,
47
,
81
,
105

tiara given to Bell,
224
–
25

Tigris,
100
–
101

Tod, Aurelia,
23

“Tower of Silence,”
90
–
94

trade unions,
19

translations by Bell, xi.
See also
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz

Treaty of Alliance, xli, xliii,
218
–
219
,
222
–
23
,
231

Treaty of Sevres, xl

Treaty of Versailles, xxxix

Trenchard, Hugh,
165

Trevelyan, Charles, xxxii, xli, xlii

Trevelyan, George,
238

Tur Abdin,
84
,
100
,
103
–
4

Turkish Petroleum Company, xliv

Turks and Turkey, xxxvii

and archaeological work of Bell, xii,
43

Bell's perspectives on,
97

and British administration of Iraq,
179
,
196

and desert expeditions,
72
–
73
,
76
,
87
,
117

and Faisal,
204
–
7

language of,
3
,
10
,
182
,
184

and Mosul district borders, xliv

and muleteers on desert expeditions,
69

peace treaty with, xli, xlii

and siege of Kut, xiii, xxxvi–xxxvii,
158
–
59

statecraft of,
94
–
95

travels of Bell to, xxxiii

and Treaty of Sevres, xl

and World War I, xxxv, xxxv–xxxvi

Young Turks, xxxiii,
108
–
9

Ukhaidir, palace of, xii, xxxiii, xxxiv,
41
–
42
,
50
–
52
,
82
,
84
,
99
–
100

ul-Rahman Effendi, Sayyid Abd,
197
–
203

United States, xiv, xxxvii, xxxix

University of Oxford, ix, x

Ur (archaeological site), xix,
43
,
54
,
55

Urbachthaler Engelhorn ascent,
29
,
32
–
34

Urdu,
3
,
8

vacations, family,
26
–
27

Vaulting System at Ukhaidir, The
(Bell), xii

veiling practices,
22
,
25

Visits of Gertrude Bell to Tur Abdin
(Bell),
102

Wahhabis, xliii,
115
–
16
,
196
,
232

Ware, Fabian,
139

Warka,
53

Washington Chemical Company, xxvi

water,
85

Webb, Philip, xix

Willcocks, Sir William,
179

William IV, King, xxv

Wilson, A. T., xxxix,
159
,
162
,
165

as acting civil commissioner in Iraq,
191
,
196

Bell's difficulties with,
191
,
193