Gerald de Gaury MC (1897 - 1984) was a British military officer, Arabist, explorer, historian and diplomat. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This is an article about the western scholars known as Arabists, not the political movement Pan-Arabism. See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states
He was the British political agent in Kuwait in the 1930s. In Elections in the United Kingdom, as well as in certain other similar political systems such as India 's an election agent is the person legally responsible for The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed
He organized and took part in the official visit of Sir Andrew Ryan to Riyadh in November 1935, to present Ibn Sa'ud with the Order of the Bath. "Official visit" redirects here For the Yes Minister episode see " The Official Visit " Riyadh ( الرياض Ar-Riyāḍ) is the Capital of Saudi Arabia and its largest city Events in November All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day a Christian holy day is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. King Saud King Faisal Mohammed King Khaled Nasr Saad The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British Order of chivalry founded by George
de Gaury was a fluent Arabic speaker and spent much time hunting with Ibn Sa'ud during his wartime assignment to the Nejd and Asir. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language King Saud King Faisal Mohammed King Khaled Nasr Saad Nejd or Najd (literally "highland" نجد) is the central region of the Arabian Peninsula. ʿAsīr ( عسير) is a province of Saudi Arabia located in the southwest of the country In his day he was a foremost authority on the region and wrote a number of books on the region in later life.
An enthusiastic and skilled photographer, de Gaury is responsible for a large proportion of the photographs of the Arabian Peninsular from this period.
He was a close friend of Freya Stark and Lesley Blanch, who said of him:
- "He spoke beautiful Arabic, and could talk Arabic lore. Dame Freya Madeleine Stark, DBE (b 31 Jan[[ 893]] Paris France - d Lesley Blanch ( June 6, 1904 &ndash May 7, 2007) was an English writer fashion editor and writer of history Living among, and as one of, the royal household in Arabia, he knew a great deal and could tell you marvellous legends. "
References
- Eid Al Yahya, Travellers in Arabia, (Stacey International, 2006). ISBN 9780955219313
Works
- Arabian Journeys and Other Desert Travels, (1950)
- Arabia Phoenix, (Kegan Paul, 1946). ISBN 0710306776
- Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia, (Praeger, 1967). ASIN B0007DUTRE
- Rulers of Mecca, (AMS Press, 1954). ISBN 9780404165178
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