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Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell CBE (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist.She spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East, and became highly influential to British imperial policy-making as an Arabist due to her knowledge and contacts built up through extensive travels.
King Faisal tomb in Baghdad Crowd mourning King Faisal gather in front of the municipality street in Amman, Transjordan in 1933. King Faisal died of a heart attack on 8 September 1933 in Bern, Switzerland. [2] He was 48 years old at the time of his death. Faisal was succeeded on the throne by his eldest son, Ghazi.
Faisal was the only son of King Ghazi of Iraq and his wife, Queen Aliya, second daughter of 'Ali bin Hussein, King of the Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca. Faisal's father was killed in a mysterious car crash when he was three years old; his father’s first cousin, Prince 'Abd al-Ilah , served as regent until Faisal came of age in 1953.
On 14 July, revolutionary forces seized control of the capital and proclaimed a new republic, headed by a Revolutionary Council. King Faisal and Crown Prince Abd al-Ilah were executed at the royal Al-Rehab Palace, bringing an end to the Hashemite dynasty in Iraq. Prime Minister al-Said attempted to flee but was captured and shot a day later.
He accepted and he was proclaimed king of Iraq. The royal family was transferred to Baghdad the capital of the new kingdom. After the arrival of the queen and her daughters in Bagdad in 1924, Gertrude Bell was the first to be given an audience. Bell had been entrusted by the King to manage the affairs of his family's household.
The film chronicles the work of Gertrude Bell, an Englishwoman and archeologist, living in Arabia in the early 20th century. Her work helped to shape the Arab nation in the aftermath of World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, including the partition of the Ottoman Empire and establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq.
Gertrude Bell described Sassoon's ministerial qualities in another letter dated 18 December 1920: "The man I do love is Sasun Eff. and he is by far the ablest man in the Council. A little rigid, he takes the point of view of the constitutional lawyer and doesn't make quite enough allowance for the primitive conditions of the 'Iraq, but he is ...
He accepted and he was proclaimed king of Iraq. The royal family was transferred to Baghdad the capital of the new kingdom. After the arrival of the queen and her daughters in Bagdad in 1924, Gertrude Bell was the first to be given an audience. Bell had been entrusted by the King to manage the affairs of his family's household. [2]