Gertrude in Persia

Gertrude Bell was widely travelled and a fluent Arabic speaker. Her influence in Persia was significant.

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Dancing tribesmen with rifles.
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Famous photograph at the Cairo conference with Gertrude Bell next to Winston Churchill in front of the Sphinx


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At Babylon with archeologist and fellow explorer Prof. Herzfeld, Gertrude, Mrs Longrigg and J.M. Wilson

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Delegates at the Cairo conference of 1923. Gertrude Bell is the only woman attendee.

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Group photograph of the Bahgdad conference in 1924
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Cartoon drawn by Vice Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond





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Gertrude Bell on sofa talking to king Faisal
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Detail from the print in close up Gertrude Bell and King Faisal

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Gertrude in Bahgdad 1923


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Gertrude Bell making notes at an excavation in Ukhadir


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Gertrude's camel train setting out from Hayid

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The bronze monument to Gertrude Bell in the Bahdad Museum of antiquities - with dedication in Arabic and English.


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Famous picture in front of a her tent at German archeological camp in Babylon

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Gertrude and Sir Hugh Bell at Ziza in 1922







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1916 Gertrude Bell meets Prince Saud

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Another garden party in Baghdad

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Gertrudes house in Baghdad
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Gertrude on horse back in Baghdad, 1917








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One of her classic desert tents during a expedition






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King Faisal portrait photograph

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Gertrudes Prison during 1914





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Famous picture of the picnic in the desert
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Group at Ur, J.M. Wilson, Gertrude Bell, Leonard Woolley are seated.