Research topic: Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell

Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell , 1868-1926, British traveler, author, and government official, one of the builders of the modern state of Iraq , grad. Oxford, 1887. From 1899 she journeyed extensively in Persia, Anatolia, and Syria and early in 1914 reached Haïl in the Arabian Desert. In World War I she placed her unmatched knowledge of Middle Eastern conditions at the disposal of the British government and in 1915 was appointed to the intelligence service. As liaison officer of the Arab Bureau in Iraq and assistant political officer, her aid was invaluable. She knew and worked with T.... Read more