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monetary gifts to grandchildren, xxxii

and Mount Grace Priory, xxx

Bell, Thomas (great-grandfather), xxv

Bell Brothers, xxv, xxx

Beni Hassan tribe,
76

Beni Sakhr tribe,
65
,
66
,
77
–
78

Bibliothèque Nationale de France,
41
,
44

Binbirkilise,
42
,
46
–
50
,
70
,
71
,
82

Bin Bir Kilisse site,
47

Boer War, xxx, xxxi

Bolshevik army of Russia, xvi, xxxviii,
196

Bonar Law's Conservatives, xxxv–xxxvi, xli

books published by Bell, xi.
See also
publications of Bell

Britain

and Arab leadership, xv

and Bell's expertise in state affairs,
63

Bell's honorary rank in military,
151
,
157

and Constantinople,
97

fame of Bell in,
71

and France, xxxii

Mandate of (
see
under
Iraq)

and Mosul district borders, xliv

and parliamentary elections, xxxiv

Poor Laws of,
19

and post World War I decision making, xv–xvi

property laws of,
19

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

British Archaeological Expedition to Iraq, xlv

British Museum, xlii

British School of Archaeology in Iraq, xliv, xlv

Browne, Edward G.,
12

Burma,
8

Byzantine archaeological sites, xii,
41
,
81

Cadogan, Henry, xxix,
11
–
12
,
19
,
111

Cairo, Arab Bureau in.
See
Arab Intelligence Bureau

Cairo Conference, xl,
164
–
65
,
207

camels,
68
,
85
–
86
,
89
,
119

caravans,
75

Carlyan, L. A.,
148

castle of Ukhaidir.
See
palace of Ukhaidir

Cecil, Sir Robert,
139
,
145
–
46
,
153
–
57

Chalabi, Musa,
179

Chirol, Sir Ignatius Valentine, xx, xxviii, xxxiii,
70

Bell's correspondence with,
107
n

on Bell's personal qualities, xix

and Bell's romance,
106
,
110
,
112
–
14
,
140
,
146

and death of Bell,
251

and Hayyil expedition,
132

and Iraq's nationhood,
192

relationship with Bell,
106
–
7
n

and World War I,
139
,
140
–
42

Churches and Monasteries of the Tur Abdin, The
(Bell), xii,
84

Churchill, Winston, xxxi, xxxv, xl

advocacy for evacuation of Iraq, xiv, xv

and Cairo Conference,
164
–
65

and Faisal as king of Iraq,
207
–
8
,
210

Middle East role of, xli

sightseeing with,
40

and Treaty of Alliance,
223

and World War I, xxxvi

Cilician plain,
69

Clarence steelworks, ix–x

Clayton, Gilbert, xxxvi

Clemenceau, Georges,
159

climbing of Bell.
See
mountaineering of Bell

clothing of Bell

in Baghdad,
189
,
190

for desert expeditions,
66
–
67
,
79

for dress occassions,
27
,
67

and feminine refinement, xix

for mountaineering,
27
,
31
–
32

tiara given to Bell,
224
–
25

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), xxxviii,
159
,
189

Conference of Lausanne, xlii

Constantinople,
97
,
204
–
5

Cornwallis, Sir Kinahan,
165
,
212
,
219
,
230
,
231
,
245
,
250

correspondence of Bell, xx

and the Cairo Bureau,
153

dating of,
67

and desert expeditions,
67
,
71
,
87

diary entries made in lieu of,
67
,
105

and Hayyil expedition,
116
–
17

and intelligence work of Bell, xii–xiii

Lawrence on,
251
–
52

and mountaineering of Bell,
29

preservation of,
67

recipients of, xxiii

Cossacks, atrocities committed by, xxxvii

Courtney, Janet Hogarth, xx,
147
–
48
,
241
,
242

Cox, Sir Percy, xxxiii, xxxvi, xxxvii

amnesty granted by,
210

and Arab leadership, xv

and Bagdad, xl,
176
,
177
,
187

and Bell's competence,
158

civil commissioner role of, xxxviii,
164
,
179
–
80
,
194
,
195

departure of,
227
–
28

and Faisal as king of Iraq,
219
–
20

and Florence's dinner for Faisal, xliv

on Hayyil expedition,
116

and insurrection in Iraq,
192
,
194

and Iraq's nationhood,
166

naqib on leadership of,
199
–
200

retirement of, xlii

and Tehran assignment, xxxviii,
191

and Treaty of Alliance, xli,
218
–
19
,
222
,
225
–
27

and treaty with Ibn Saud, xlii

critics of Bell, xiv

Ctesiphon,
82

Daja Tribe,
68

Damascus, xxxiv

and Druze,
21

and expedition of
1911
,
84
–
85

and expedition of
1913
–
14
,
86

French occupation of, xl

and Hayyil expedition,
116
,
117

interactions with local government,
21

Islamic population of,
80
–
81

lawless element countered in,
86
–
87

Darius,
92

Darwin, Charles, ix

Davidson, Sir Nigel,
218

Dead Sea,
64

Delaire, Marie, xxxi, xxxix,
189
,
240
,
250

Denison Ross, Sir Edward, xxx,
12
,
13
–
14

depression of Bell,
248

and Hayyil expedition,
120
,
132
–
33

and World War I,
138

dervish, Bell's violent encounter with, xiii

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

desert expeditions of Bell, xiii, xxx,
58
,
59
–
104

1900
expedition,
62
,
72
–
76

1905
expedition,
62
,
63
,
76
–
81

1907
expedition,
60
–61
,
81
–
82

1909
expedition,
60–61
,
82
–
84
,
99

1911
expedition,
58
,
84
–
85

1913
–
1914
expedition,
58
,
85
–
90
(
see also
Hayyil expedition)

and age of Bell,
59

and archaeological work of Bell,
71
,
102
–
3

and astronomy,
89

Bell's love of, xiii,
76

and caravans,
75

challenges associated with,
68
–
69
,
81

clothing for,
66
–
67
,
79

correspondence of Bell from,
67
,
71
,
87

and dangerous encounters,
86
–
87
,
99
–
100

dressing for,
66
–
67

enthusiasm of Bell for,
53

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

and expertise developed by Bell,
71
–
72

and fame of Bell,
71

fatigue experienced due to,
89
,
90

and guns,
77
,
99
–
100

and historical reflections,
83
–
84

and horses,
71
,
76
,
79

and hotels,
63
–
64

and language acquisition,
8

lawless element countered in,
86
–
87

learning curve associated with,
65
–
67

maps for,
66

and Noah's Ark,
102
–
3

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

provisions for,
89

rafiq's
role in,
65
,
123

and recruitment of Fattuh, xxxii

and servants,
69
(
see also
Fattuh)

and Shakespeare's works,
14

and tents,
68
,
79
–
80
,
98
–
99

through Syrian Desert to Asia Minor (
1905
),
45
–
47

and tribal call-to-arms,
77
–
78

and Turkish officials,
72
–
73
,
76
,
87
,
117

watchmen assigned to Bell,
81

and water,
85

weather conditions during,
79
,
84
,
90

diaries of Bell, xx

in Bell archive, xi

and fatigue of travel,
90

and Hayyil expedition,
116

in lieu of correspondence,
67
,
105

publication of, xii

Dickens, Charles, ix, xliv

Dobbs, Sir Henry, xlii, xliv,
182
,
229
,
252
,
253
–
54

Dorman Long & Co., xxx, xxxi, xliii,
239

Doughty, Charles M.,
106
,
115
,
121

Doughty-Wylie, Charles “Dick,” xxxiii, xxxvi,
86

background of,
106

Bell's correspondence with,
109
,
117

death of, xxxv,
146
,
148

diaries written for, xii

and Hayyil expedition,
115
,
116
–
17
,
132

mourning of Bell for,
146
–
47

romantic relationship with Bell,
105
–
14
,
133
,
135
,
142
–
46

and Turkish officials,
87

visit to grave of,
148
–
49
,
152