July 14, 2006
Gertrude Bell
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Bell was a British traveler, author, and government official who was one of the builders of the modern state of Iraq. She knew and worked with T. E. Lawrence and was largely responsible for the selection of Faisal I as king of Iraq. She also founded and directed the National Museum in Baghdad. Bell communicated in six languages and was friends with princes and kings. She died from an overdose of sleeping pills in 1926. What did she do in order to reach and befriend the Druze king, Yahya Beg?
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