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Harry St John Bridger Philby, CIE (3 April 1885 – 30 September 1960), also known as Jack Philby or Sheikh Abdullah (Arabic: الشيخ عبدالله), was a British...

Moscow until his death in 1988. Kim Philby was born in Ambala, Punjab, British India, to author and explorer St John Philby and his wife, Dora Johnston. A...

Arabia (license number 1). In 1940, the House of Alireza beat out Harry St John Philby for rights to the first Ford dealership in the kingdom, and quickly...

ed.). Riyadh - Saudi Arabia: Darat Malik 'Abdul'Aziz. Page 340. Harry St., John Philby (2002). Saudi Arabia from the years of drought to the signs of prosperity...

chiropractor. He was best known for flying Lawrence of Arabia and Harry St. John Philby to Cairo, breaking a speed record for that flight. Yates was born...

inventor Harry St. John Philby (1885–1960), Arabist, explorer, author, agent John Spedan Lewis (1885–1963), founder of employee-owned John Lewis Partnership...

journeys had been undertaken with such a large number of vehicles. Harry St. John Philby was awarded the Royal Geographical Society Founders Gold Medal for...

was granted internal self-government with Abdullah as ruler and Harry St. John Philby as chief representative. Text on Wikisource League of Nations Official...

examined the interconnected lives of the famous British spies Kim Philby and Harry St. John Philby, son and father. His final 1999 book Oil, God and Gold: The...

Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd. All known details are provided on page 322 of St John Philby's 1955 book Saudi Arabia, which gives the following account: But in the...

Harry St John "Jack" Philby was hunting for a city named Ubar, that the Quran describes being destroyed by God for defying the Prophet Hud. Philby transliterated...

province. When Ibn Saud's adviser, the former British colonial officer Harry St. John Philby, got wind of his arrival he attempted to deter Holmes from joining...

and Oman. Meharia philbyi was named for the Arabist and explorer Harry St John Philby in 1952. The new moth was named for its discoverer, German entomologist...

(2013-09-01). The History of Saudi Arabia. Saqi. ISBN 978-0-86356-779-7. "Philby, Harry St. John Bridger (1885–1960)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford...

Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen. All known details are provided on page 322 of St John Philby's 1955 book Saudi Arabia, which gives the following account: As had been...

and how to lose one. His first task was to spy on his father, Harry St John Bridger Philby, as it was believed he had important secret documents in his...

most important." Kim Philby had access to CIA and FBI files, and more damaging, access to Venona Project briefings. When Philby learned of Venona in 1949...

in disguise in 1853), intelligence officer Harry St John Philby, and aristocrat Lady Evelyn Cobbold. Philby took part in cleaning the Kaaba on his trip...

just taken Basra. It has been suggested by some authorities, notably St. John Philby, that the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire might have been very...

Intraurban Migration. University Libraries, University of Riyadh. Philby, Harry St John Bridger (1922). The Heart of Arabia: A Record of Travel & Exploration...