A Woman in Arabia (36 page)

in League of Nations, xliv

and Mosul district borders, xliv

provisional government in,
208

stability in, xv,
207

and Treaty of Alliance, xli, xliii,
218
–
19
,
222
–
23
,
225
–
27

and treaty with Ibn Saud, xxxvii

tribal population of, xv,
210

women's emancipation in,
24

See also
Baghdad; Mesopotamia; self-determination of Arab people

Iraq Museum, xlii,
52
–
57

artifact acquisitions for,
42
–
43
,
54
–
56
,
247

Babylonian Stone Room of,
43
,
57

Bell's devotion to,
57
,
229
,
248
–
49

as Bell's legacy, xix

building for,
56

closure of, in wartime, xlv

and death of Bell,
252
–
53

first room opened, xliii

and Gertrude Bell Principal Wing, xliv,
248
,
252

looting of, xlv

and plaque, xliv,
252
–
53

reopening of, xlv

Iraq National Assembly, xliii

Iraq Petroleum Company, xliv

Ironside, Sir Edmund,
165

Islam and Islamic societies

and Bell's Hayyil expedition,
125
–
26

in Damascus,
80
–
81

and death of Bell,
253

and education,
184

and the Hijaz,
202
–
3

and King Hussein, xliii

and Koran,
4

and political relations,
97

and self-determination for Arabs,
180

and Sharia law,
180

Shia,
180
,
184
,
196
,
209
–
10

Sufis,
11
–
12
,
13

Sunnis,
180
,
184
,
196
,
209
–
10

Wahhabis, xliii,
115
–
16
,
196
,
232

women of,
20
–
21
,
22
,
23
–
24
,
25

Italy, travels in, xxix, xxx, xxxiv,
3
,
7

Japan,
3
,
9

Jebel Druze,
72
–
74
,
78
,
86
–
87

Jerusalem, xviii, xxx, xxxviii,
3
,
64

Jews and Judaism

and Balfour Declaration, xvi, xxxviii

and death of Bell,
253

and Faisal as king of Iraq,
214

in Palestine, xvii–xviii

and Rages,
91

in Syria, xvii–xviii

and Zionism, xvii

Jordan, xlii,
64

Kadhimain,
54

Kaimmakam,
88

Kara Dagh,
70

Karbala, xii

Kiosk, Yildiz,
97

Kirkuk,
56

Kish (archaeological site),
43
,
55
,
56

Kitchener, Lord,
136
,
205

Koran,
4

Kuntze (climber),
29

Kurds and Kurdistan, xvi,
185
,
220
–
21

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

Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, x, xxviii

Lake, Sir Percy,
157

Langdon, S. H.,
55

languages spoken by Bell, xxix, xxx,
3
–
10

and Asia Minor,
96

and Bagdad Public Library (Salam Library),
10

and desert expeditions,
63

difficulties experienced in acquisition of,
5

effort devoted to,
63

and range of Bell's abilities,
21

and translations by Bell, xi

See also
Arabic language

Lascelles, Florence (cousin), xxviii

Lascelles, Gerald, xxix

Lascelles, Lady Mary (aunt), xxviii, xxix, xxx,
11

Lascelles, Sir Frank (uncle), xxviii, xxix, xxxix,
11

Laurence, Alec,
22

Lawrence, T. E., xxxiv, xxxvii, xlii

and archaeological work,
52

background of,
152

and Bell's travels, xxxvi

and the Cairo Bureau,
149
,
152
,
158
–
59

and Cairo Conference,
165

compared to Bell,
151
–
52

criticism of British administration in Iraq,
162
–
64
,
165

and death of Bell,
251
–
52

on Faisal,
206

fame of,
166

on giftedness of Bell, xviii–xix

and Iraq's nationhood,
166

mapmaking of,
156

and Paris Peace Conference,
159
–
61

relationship with Bell,
166

Seven Pillars of Wisdom
, xlii,
206

on Turkish massacres,
206
–
7

and Turkish siege of Kut, xiii,
158

upon meeting Bell,
150
–
51

and World War I, xxxvi–xxxvii, xxxviii

Leachman, Gerald,
121

League of Nations, xxxix, xl, xlii, xliii

annual report for,
247

and British Mandate,
218
,
222

Iraq's membership in, xliv

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

and Turkish Boundary Commission,
239

Lebanon,
7

legacy of Bell, xix

Letters of Gertrude Bell, The
(Bell), xliv,
250

Lloyd George, David, xxxvii, xli

and Fattuh,
70

and Paris Peace Conference,
159

and suffrage for women,
20

London,
22
,
82

MacDonald, Ramsay, xlii

Macmillan Company, xli

MacMunn, Sir George,
157

Mallet, Sir Louis,
87
,
116
,
117
–
18

Malta,
7

Mandæans,
172
–
75

maps and mapmaking, xxxiii,
66
,
82
,
156

Marius (mountain guide),
27
,
30
–
31

Marshall, Horace,
3
–
4

Mâr Yâ'kûb at Salâh,
103
–
4

Massignon, M.,
50

Mathon (mountain guide),
27
,
30
–
31
,
32

Matterhorn ascent,
30
,
32

Mecca, xliii,
65
,
211
,
233

Medina,
127
,
206

Meije ridge ascent of Bell,
26
–
28
,
30
–
31

Mesopotamia

agriculture in,
186
–
87

artifacts from, xix

Bell's political paper on,
180
–
87

education in,
183
–
84

famine in,
185

humanitarian aid,
185

and independence of Iraq,
179

law in,
184
–
85

public health in,
182
–
83

as racial melting pot, xv

reconstruction of,
181

revenue options in,
181
–
82

status of,
179

Syria compared to,
155

travels of Bell to, xxxiii, xxxv

tribal population of, xv,
210

See also
Iraq; self-determination of Arab people

military service of Bell, xiv

Mill, John Stuart,
18
,
21

misogyny,
157

Montagu, Sir Edwin, xvi

Mont Blanc,
28

Morkill, Frances, xli

Morris, William, ix

mountaineering of Bell, xxx, xxxi,
26
–
39

Barre des Écrins ascent,
28

clothes for,
27
,
31
–
32

and fame of Bell,
28
,
29

on family holidays,
26
–
27

Finsteraarhorn ascent,
26
,
28
,
29
–
30
,
34
–
38

Gertrudspitze (Gertrude's Peak),
29

and guides,
27
,
28
,
29
,
30
–
31
,
32

injuries sustained in,
30

Lauteraarhorn-Schreckhorn ascent,
29

Matterhorn ascent, xxxii,
30
,
32
,
38
–
39

Meije ridge ascent,
26
–
28
,
30
–
31

Mont Blanc ascent,
32

and reputation of Bell,
28

Schreckhorn traverse,
26
,
28
,
32

training in,
28
–
29

Urbachthaler Engelhorn ascent,
29
,
32
–
34

and women mountaineers,
27

Munich, Germany, xxxiv

Musée de Cluny,
41

Nabataean ruins of Petra,
65
–
66

Naji, Haji, xiii,
20
,
251

Namrüd,
98

naqib of Baghdad,
197
–
203
,
208
,
213
,
222
,
225
,
227

National Portrait Gallery, London,
18

Nestorians,
102

Newcastle University, xi

Nightingale, Florence,
19

Nimrud, Abu,
7

Noah's Ark,
102
–
3

O'Brien, Rosemary, xii,
94

office work of Bell, xiii

Oriental secretary assignment, xiv, xl, xlii,
53
,
159
,
191
,
247
,
249

Ottoman Empire, xxxiii,
88
–
89
,
115
–
16
,
159

Oxford University, xxviii

Palace and Mosque at Ukhaidir,
The
(Bell), xii, xxxiv, xxxv

palace of Ukhaidir, xxxiii, xxxiv,
41
–
42
,
50
–
52
,
77
,
82
,
84
,
99
–
100

Palestine, xvi, xvii–xviii, xxxviii,
7

Pankhurst, Christabel,
20

Paris Peace Conference, xxxix,
159
–
62
,
195
–
96
,
207

Parliament, British, xliv,
18
–
19
,
180
,
242

Pasha, Jemal,
206

Persia, xxviii,
59
,
91
–
94

Persian language,
3
,
4
,
7
,
10
,
11
,
12

Persian Pictures
(Bell), xi,
90

“Personhood,”
18

Petra, Nabatean ruins at,
65
–
66

photographic memory of Bell,
68

photography of Bell

and archaeological work of Bell, xi,
41

and desert expeditions,
67
,
120
,
130

equipment for, xi,
67

and etiquette of the desert, xxxi