Authors: Georgina Howell
Gertrude Bell (74 page)
327
“
She will take some handling”
: Letter from A. T. Wilson, Oct. 1919
327
“
My own feeling”
: GLB letter, 12 Feb., in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914â1926
, p. 128
327
“
I wish I carried more weight”
: GLB letter, 12 Jan. 1920, ibid., p. 125
327
“
I confess”
: GLB letter, 23 May 1920
327
“
Sir P.C.”
: GLB to Chirol, 28 Dec. 1919
328
“. . .
my own path”
: GLB letter, 14 June 1920, in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914â1926
, p. 140
328
“
Of course we can't prevent it”
: GLB letter, 14 June, ibid.
329
“
I've just got Mother's letter”
: GLB letter, 17 Jan. 1921
330
“
I've just written”
: GLB letter, 7 Mar. 1920, in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914â1926
, p. 131
330
“
I have written to”
: GLB letter, 14 Jan. 1920, ibid., p. 124
331
“
From Mr. Montagu for Miss Bell”
: 6 Aug. 1920, ibid., p. 154
331
“. . .
Colonel Wilson gives me every opportunity”
: GLB to Montagu, 6 Aug. 1920, ibid.
332
“
Miss Bell. When Sir Percy Cox”
: A. T. Wilson, 6 Aug. 1920, ibid., p. 155
332
“
On this we shook hands”
: GLB letter, 7 Aug. 1920, ibid.
332
A private letter
: 17 June 1922
334
“
It is quite impossible to tell you”
: GLB letter, 17 Oct. 1920, in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914â1926
, p. 455
334
“
Oh, if we can pull this thing off”
: GLB letter, 1 Nov. 1920, ibid., p. 462
335
In May 1885
: For the accounts of Faisal's early life, Mrs. Steuart Erskine,
King Faisal of Iraq
, and Philip Graves (ed.),
King Abdullah of Transjordan: Memoirs
335
Following hallowed tradition
: From the account of Faisal in the desert, T. E. Lawrence,
The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
338
ready for the rebellion
: From the account of the Arab Revolt, ibid.
340
“
I had believed these misfortunes”
: Ibid., book 1.
342
Lawrence was also deeply involved
: Lawrence's admission that on the subject of the Arab Revolt he owed much to Gertrudeâfrom a radio broadcast by Elizabeth Robins of 17 Sept. 1926; nos. 14 and 36, Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL. Mentioned in Liora Lukitz,
A Quest in the Middle East
, p. 237.
345
“
or I shall consider you a traitor”
: Steuart Erskine,
Faisal
, p. 76
346
“
He combined the qualities”
: In a broadcast of 8 Sept. 1933
347
“
In our own country”
: From an unsigned, undated document, part handwritten, “Great Britain and the Iraq; an Experiment in Anglo-Asiatic relations,” in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL
348
Gertrude, a third of the way
: Descriptions of the Paris Peace Conference from Margaret MacMillan,
Peacemakers
348
“
I've dropped into a world so amazing”
: GLB letter, 7 Mar. 1919
349
“
Colonel T. E. Lawrence . . . seems”
: Keay,
Sowing the Wind
, p. 132
349
“
The first deception occurred”
: Steuart Erskine,
Faisal
, pp. 96â97
350
On 6 February Faisal
: Address to the Supreme Council, MacMillan,
Peacemakers
, p. 402
351
“
After dinner T.E.L. explained”
: GLB letter, 26 Mar. 1919, in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914â1926
, p. 110
352
“
O my dear”
: GLB to Aubrey Herbert, in MacMillan,
Peacemakers
, p. 411
352
“
In John's studio”
: Untitled, undated paper by GLB in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL
353
“
the establishment in Palestine”
: MacMillan,
Peacemakers
, p. 427
353
“
Mr. Balfour's Zionist pronouncement”
: Ibid.
354
“
Palestine for the Jews”
: GLB to General Clayton, 22 Jan. 1918
354
the leading Zionist
: For Weizmann, MacMillan,
Peacemakers
, p. 427
356
“
In one respect Palestine”
: Unsigned, undated document, “Palestine,” in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL
357
“
Faisal, with his high ideals”
: GLB interview with Faisal in Augustus John's studio, ibid.
358
General Gouraud arrived
: Account of Gouraud's ultimatum to Faisal, Steuart Erskine,
Faisal
, p. 104
358
“
The resistance of the Arabs”
: GLB's undated handwritten notes, item 12, “French Policy in Syria” in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL
359
“
The tears stood in his eyes”
: Storrs,
Orientations
, p. 506
359
“
In my opinion”
: Untitled, undated paper by GLB, Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL
360
“. . .
the growing hatred of French control”
: GLB paper, “The Syrian Situation and Its Bearings on Iraq,” typescript enclosed with a letter of 17 Nov. 1925 and marked “strictly confidential,” in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL
360
“
the Druzes, flawlessly courageous”
: Ibid.
362
“
I wish there were more people”
: GLB letter, 18 Dec. 1922
362
“
âMy Lady' he answered”
: GLB letter, 1 Nov. 1920
362
“
Cox sent an admirable letter”
: GLB letter, July 1921
362
“
We were all agreed”
: GLB letter, 18 Dec. 1920
363
“
Sunni opinion [in Iraq]”
: GLB to Chirol, 4 Feb. 1921
364
“
I said the matter was entirely”
: GLB letter, 18 Dec. 1920
364
“
I feel quite clear in my own mind”
: GLB letter, Christmas Day 1920, in Burgoyne,
Bell
,
1914â1926
, p. 193
365
Churchill, however
: Churchill and expenditure: Martin Gilbert,
Churchill: A Life
, pp. 431, 433
366
“
The people of England”
: T. E. Lawrence, “Mesopotamia,” article for the
Sunday Times
, 22 Aug. 1920
367
“
Amid potations of whisky”
: GLB letter, 24 Feb. 1921, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914â1926
, p. 209
367
“
We covered more work”
: GLB to Colonel Frank Balfour, 25 Mar. 1921, ibid., p. 211
368
“
Have we a policy?”
: Wyndham Deedes's statement recounted by GLB in unsigned, undated paper in Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL
368
“
The French in Syria”
: GLB to Chirol, 4 Feb. 1921
369
“
At the end”
: GLB letter, 25 Apr. 1921
370
“
Haji Naji”
: GLB letter, 8 May 1921
370
“
I believe Faisal is statesman enough”
: GLB letter, 19 June 1921
370
“
Can you make sure he is chosen”
: Churchill to Cox, 10 Jan. 1921, Gilbert,
Churchill: A Life
, p. 431
370
“
I don't for a moment”
: GLB letter, 12 June 1921
371
“
The rank and file of the tribesmen”
: GLB,
Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia
, p. 127
372
“
It was an incitement to rebellion”
: GLB letter, 17 Apr. 1921
372
“
He was arrested in a public thoroughfare”
: Cox to Churchill, April 1921, in Winstone,
Gertrude Bell
373
“
Yesterday we had news”
: GLB letter, 23 June 1921, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914â1926
, p. 221
374
“
I had to part company”
: Cox, in Florence Bell,
Letters
, p. 428
375
“
had a most painful interview”
: GLB letter, 7 July 1921, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914â1926
, p. 224
375
“
Presently Faisal sent for me”
: GLB letter, 30 June 1921
375
“
And then there stepped forward”
: Ibid.
375
“
It was a wonderful sight”
: GLB letter, 8 July 1921
376
“
I'm immensely happy”
: GLB letter, 27 July 1921
376
And then came
: Description of Ramadi from GLB letter, 31 July 1921
377
â
78
“
a great tribesman” . . .; “He spoke in the great tongue
” . . .; “
Faisal was a little surprised
”: Ibid.
379
“
It was wonderfully interesting”
: GLB letter, 6 Aug. 1921
380
“
It lives on a perch”
: GLB letter, 21 Aug. 1921
380
“
âEnti Iraqiyah . . .' ”
: Ibid.
381
“
Faisal looked”
: GLB letter, 28 Aug. 1921
381
“
Basrah and Amarah came”
: Ibid.
381
“
Have I ever told you”
: GLB letter, 11 Sept. 1921
384
a dervish
: From GLB letter, 17 July 1922
384
“
I'm acutely conscious”
: GLB letter, 16 Feb. 1920
385
in a modest British journal
: Faisal's story in
Everybody's Weekly
, 1 Oct. 1927
387
Lawrence is evasive
: From
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
, pp. 59â60
387
“
She stood out”
: Letter from Lawrence to Elsa Richmond, also mentioned in Elizabeth Robins's radio broadcast of 17 Sept. 1926, nos. 14 and 36, Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL
389
“
I dined with the King”
: GLB letter, 25 Sept. 1921, Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914â1926
, p. 247
390
“
the emotional atmosphere”
: GLB letter, 4 June 1922, ibid., p. 271
391
“
Safwat Pasha”
: GLB letter, 16 July 1922
391
“
The Treaty is in
statu quo ante”: GLB letter, 30 July 1922
391
“
My heart died”
: GLB letter, 15 Aug. 1922
391
“
But will our government”
: Ibid.
392
“
We roasted great fishes”
: GLB letter, 27 Aug. 1922
392
“
I opened a parcel”
: GLB letter, 22 Feb. 1922
392
“
As soon as we were back”
: GLB letter, 27 Aug. 1922
393
“
For once Providence”
: Ibid., in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914â1926
, p. 291
393
Faisal proclaimed the treaty
: Steuart Erskine,
Faisal
, p. 156
394
“
I was called up to the palace”
: GLB letter, 7 Oct. 1924, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914â1926
, p. 355
394
“
I asked him about his wife”
: GLB letter, 24 July 1921, ibid., p. 229
394
“
She's charming”
: GLB letter, 23 Dec. 1924
395
“
The King sent for me”
: GLB letter, 31 Dec. 1924, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914â1926
, p. 360
396
“
The train and soldiers”
: GLB letter, 14 Dec. 1924 396 “
I do pray that Husain”
: GLB letter, 7 Oct. 1924
397
“
The capture of Hail . . . religious sanction”
: GLB to Hardinge, 6 Jan. and 16 Mar., 1922, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914â1926
, p. 266
398
“
The King is in a mighty taking”
: GLB letter, 10 Dec. 1924, ibid., p. 359
398
“
The King had violent hysterics”
: GLB letter, 15 Oct. 1924, ibid., p. 356
399
“
Nor does Abdullah”
: GLB paper, “Transjordania,” marked “strictly confidential,” unsigned, undated, Miscellaneous Collection, GLB Archives, RL
399
“
I had come back with the conviction”
: GLB letter, 18 May 1922
399
“
The King's family, apparently”
: GLB letter, 15 Oct. 1924, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914â1926
, p. 356
400
“
We're in the uncomfortable position”
: GLB letter, 24 Sept. 1924
400
“
Arbil and all the Kurdish districts”
: GLB letter, 14 Aug. 1921, in Burgoyne,
Bell, 1914â1926
, p. 234
401
“
I rated them soundly”
: GLB letter, 2 Jan. 1922, ibid., p. 258
