The Arab of Mesopotamia
The Arab of Mesopotamia One very determined woman incontestably held her own and more with the great figures of the Middle East in the early twentieth century. Highly strung, petulant, aggressive,…
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The Arab of Mesopotamia
One very determined woman incontestably held her own and more with the great figures of the Middle East in the early twentieth century. Highly strung, petulant, aggressive, and gossipy, she occasionally provided tea but rarely sympathy to the extraordinary group of British imperial administrators whose adventures centered on Basra at the head of the Gulf in 1914-1916. That was Gertrude Bell.
Nor have the machinations of the 'Basra gang' had the attention given to figures such as Lawrence of Arabia and General Allenby, individuals who when all is said and done were not deeply involved in Gulf and Iraqi affairs. Not enough has been made of the Barra cabal as a group rather than individuals. The Arab of Mesopotamia is a collection of once confidential briefing papers that Bell helped to produce for British army officers new to the Mesopotamian theater, published in Basra by a military
The Arab of Mesopotamia
Mythology of Mesopotamia
History of the Arab Peoples
Arab of the Future Sattouf Riad
Out of Mesopotamia Abdoh Salar
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
The Arab Uprisings
Origins of Arab Nationalism
Narratives of Arab Secularism