British officials of the Arab Bureau
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British officials of the Arab Bureau were a group of British intelligence and political officers in Cairo during World War I who specialized in Middle Eastern affairs and played a key role in shaping British policy in the Arab world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British officials of the Arab Bureau canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: British officials of the Arab Bureau Context triple: [Mr. Dryden, basedOn, British officials of the Arab Bureau]
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British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine were the colonial administrative and security apparatus of the United Kingdom that governed Palestine under League of Nations mandate during the interwar period.
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Department of the Middle East of the British Museum
The Department of the Middle East of the British Museum is the curatorial division responsible for one of the world’s foremost collections of ancient Near Eastern artifacts, including major Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian works.
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C.
British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
The British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire was the United Kingdom’s chief diplomatic representative at the Ottoman court, responsible for managing political, commercial, and strategic relations between Britain and the Ottoman state.
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D.
Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell was a British writer, archaeologist, and political officer who played a key role in the formation of modern Iraq and the development of its cultural institutions.
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E.
British consul Henry Salt
British consul Henry Salt was an English artist, traveler, diplomat, and Egyptologist best known for his role in acquiring major collections of Egyptian antiquities for the British Museum in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: British officials of the Arab Bureau Target entity description: British officials of the Arab Bureau were a group of British intelligence and political officers in Cairo during World War I who specialized in Middle Eastern affairs and played a key role in shaping British policy in the Arab world.
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A.
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine were the colonial administrative and security apparatus of the United Kingdom that governed Palestine under League of Nations mandate during the interwar period.
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B.
Department of the Middle East of the British Museum
The Department of the Middle East of the British Museum is the curatorial division responsible for one of the world’s foremost collections of ancient Near Eastern artifacts, including major Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian works.
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C.
British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
The British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire was the United Kingdom’s chief diplomatic representative at the Ottoman court, responsible for managing political, commercial, and strategic relations between Britain and the Ottoman state.
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D.
Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell was a British writer, archaeologist, and political officer who played a key role in the formation of modern Iraq and the development of its cultural institutions.
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E.
British consul Henry Salt
British consul Henry Salt was an English artist, traveler, diplomat, and Egyptologist best known for his role in acquiring major collections of Egyptian antiquities for the British Museum in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British intelligence officers
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British political officers ⓘ group of people ⓘ |
| activeDuring | World War I ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith |
Arab Revolt leaders
ⓘ
linked to:
Arab Revolt
Sharif Hussein of Mecca ⓘ
linked to:
Husayn ibn Ali, King of Hejaz
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employedBy |
British Foreign Office
ⓘ
linked to:
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British government ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
British intelligence services ⓘ
linked to:
British intelligence
|
| fieldOfWork |
colonial administration
ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ intelligence ⓘ military intelligence ⓘ political analysis ⓘ |
| focusRegion |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Palestine ⓘ Syria ⓘ |
| hasRole |
advising on British policy in the Arab world
ⓘ
coordinating Arab affairs for the British government ⓘ gathering intelligence in the Middle East ⓘ |
| influenced |
British policy in the Arab world
ⓘ
postwar settlement in the Middle East ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Aubrey Herbert
ⓘ
David George Hogarth ⓘ
linked to:
D. G. Hogarth
Gertrude Bell ⓘ Gilbert Clayton ⓘ Kinahan Cornwallis ⓘ Ronald Storrs ⓘ Stewart Newcombe ⓘ T. E. Lawrence ⓘ William Ormsby-Gore ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Cairo
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ |
| partOf | Arab Bureau ⓘ |
| specializedIn | Middle Eastern affairs ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
British High Commissioner in Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
High Commissioner for Egypt
British military command in Egypt ⓘ
linked to:
British Troops in Egypt
|
| timePeriod |
1916
ⓘ
1917 ⓘ 1918 ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
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Subject: British officials of the Arab Bureau Description of subject: British officials of the Arab Bureau were a group of British intelligence and political officers in Cairo during World War I who specialized in Middle Eastern affairs and played a key role in shaping British policy in the Arab world.
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