Desert Queen (84 page)

2
“
I have worked …
” Rihani, Ameen,
Ibn Sa’oud of Arabia
, London: Constable, 1928, p. 7.

3
“
drunk with sun …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

4
Sati el Husari …
Author’s interview with Salma Sati El Husari, Amman, 1994.

5
Ibn Saud’s slaves …
Rihani, Ameen,
Ibn Sa’oud of Arabia
, London: Constable, 1928.

6
The two tribes would become …
Author’s interview with Amatzia Baram, Washington, D.C., 1994.

7
Ibn Saud was on the verge …
Rihani, Ameen,
Ibn Sa’oud of Arabia
, London: Constable, 1928.

8
When a representative …
Dickson, H. R. P.,
Kuwait and Her Neighbors
, London, 1956.

9
“
There is, remember …
” Graves, Philip,
The Life of Sir Percy Cox
, London: Hutchinson, 1941.

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

1
“
Yes, the atmosphere …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

2
“
Certain it is that …
” quoted in Bell, Gertrude,
The Desert and the Sown
, Boston: Beacon Press, 1987, p. xiii.

3
an American journalist
 … Harrison, Marguerite,
There’s Always Tomorrow
, New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1935, p. 591. Also Harrison,
New York Times
, July 18, 1926, obituary.

4
“
I never had …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

5
collecting ancient objects
 … Author’s interview with Amatzia Baram, Washington, D.C., 1994.

6
“
I have a very great …
” Bell, Molly. Diaries, University of Newcastle.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

1
“
The King laughed …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

2
“
They must be …
” Ibid.

3
“
I’m dreadfully sorry …
” Ibid.

4
Worths and Molyneux
Author’s interview with Mme. Rénée Kabir, London, 1994.

5
“
I am feeling …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

6
“
If only the Iraq Cabinet …
” Ibid.

7
“
his only difficulty …
” Ibid.

8
“
so many of my plans …
” Ibid.

9
“
You have somehow …
” Bell, Gertrude. Private Papers, University of Newcastle.

10
“
Somehow, … I felt as if we had got …
” Ibid.

11
“
The truth is …
” Ibid.

12
“
We were absolutely …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

13
It was a Saturday morning …
Sackville-West, Vita.
Passenger to Teheran
, New York: Moyerbell Ltd., 1990.

14
“
I don’t see for the moment …
” Bell, Gertrude. Letters, University of Newcastle.

15
“
It is too lonely …
” Ibid.

EPILOGUE

1
in his private account
 … Author’s interview with Ali Salah, Baghdad, 1994. See also, Burgoyne, Elizabeth. Private Papers. West Yorkshire Archives. Colverdale Central Library. Halifax, West Yorkshire. See also Ireland, Philip. Private Diary. Middle East Institute Library.

Bibliography

P
UBLISHED
W
ORKS
BY
G
ERTRUDE
B
ELL

Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures
. Published anonymously, Bentley, London, 1894.

Persian Pictures
. London: Benn, 1928, and Cape, 1937.

Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
. Heinemann, London, 1897. Reprinted with foreword by Sr. E. Denison Ross, 1928.

“Islam in India,”
Nineteenth Century and After
, vol. 60, 1906.

“Notes on a Journey through Cilicia and Lycaonia,”
Revue Archélogique
, VII, 1906–7.

The Desert and the Sown
. Beacon Press, 1987. Originally published in London by Heinemann, 1907.

The Thousand and One Churches
(with Sir William Ramsay). Hodder and Stoughton, 1909.

“The Vaulting System at Ukhaidir,”
Journal of Hellenic Studies
, XXX, 1910.

“Churches and Monasteries of the Tur Abdin and Neighbouring Districts,”
Amida
. Heidelberg, 1910 (see Berchem and Strzygwski); included in
Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Architektur
, no. 9, Heidelberg, 1913.

Amurath to Amurath
. London: Heinemann, 1911.

“Damascus,”
Blackwood’s Magazine
, vol. 189, 1911.

“Asiatic Turkey under the Constitution,”
Blackwood’s Magazine
, vol. 190, 1911.

“Postroad through the Syrian Desert,”
Blackwood’s Magazine
, vol. 190, 1911.

Palace and Mosque at Ukhaidir
. Clarendon Press, 1914.

The Arabs of Mesopotamia
. Published anonymously, Basra: Government Press, 1918.

Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia
. Cmd. 1061, HMSO, London, 1920.

“Great Britain and Iraq: An Experiment in Anglo-Asiatic Relations,” published anonymously.
The Round Table
, London, 1924.

The Arab War
. Confidential information for GHQ Cairo from Gertrude L. Bell. Dispatches for the
Arab Bulletin
. Introduction by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1940.

P
RIVATE
W
ORKS
OF
G
ERTRUDE
B
ELL

Common Place Books

Gertrude Bell Diary, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. The Robinson Library, Special Collections Department.

Gertrude Bell Diary for Doughty-Wylie, 1913–1914, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. The Robinson Library, Special Collections Department.

Gertrude Bell Letters, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. The Robinson Library, Special Collections Department.

Letters to Sir Valentine Chirol, University of Durham, University Library, Palace Green Section, Special Collections.

Gertrude Bell Papers, Royal Geographic Society, London, Nov. 1916.

Gertrude Bell Private Papers, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. The Robinson Library, Special Collections Department.

Gertrude Bell Photography, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Department of Archaeology, Photographic Collection.