Cohen, Getzel M.; Joukowsky, Martha Sharp (2006). Breaking Ground: Pioneering Women Archaeologists(engelsk). University of Michigan Press. ISBN0472031740. Besøkt 1. april 2017. «She immersed herself in tribal politics and in 1914 made a dangerous journey to Hail, a town in northern Arabia that was the headquarters of a bitter enemy of Britain's new ally, the founder of Saudi Arabia, Abdul Aziz ibn Saud.»
Eleanor Robson, Professor of Ancient Middle Eastern History at University College, London and the Chair of Council, British Institute for the Study of Iraq (8. august 2016). «Bokanmeldelse: In Search of Kings and Conquerors. Gertrude Bell and the Archaeology of the Middle East by Lisa Cooper». www.historytoday.com. Besøkt 1. april 2017. «During the Great War, she was plucked from Red Cross work in France to help develop the conquered Ottoman territory of Mesopotamia into the British-mandated monarchy of Iraq. Her role in king-making done, she then managed the country’s archaeology and heritage.»
«Gertrude Bell letters: Friday July 8. [8 July 1921]». The Gertrude Bell Archive. 20. mai 2009. Arkivert fra originalen 20. mai 2009. Besøkt 1. april 2017. «But you may rely upon one thing - I'll never engage in creating kings again; it's too great a strain.»
«Gertrude Bell and the Birth of Iraq». Webcache.googleusercontent.com. 15. november 2011. Archived from the original on 23. oktober 2004. Besøkt 6. desember 2011.CS1-vedlikehold: BOT: Ukjent status for original-url (link)«Arkivert kopi». Arkivert fra originalen 23. oktober 2004. Besøkt 10. februar 2015.
Buchan, James (11. mars 2003). «Miss Bell's lines in the sand». The Guardian(engelsk). ISSN0261-3077. Besøkt 1. april 2017. «The Ba'ath is facing extinction. Any US civil and military administration in its place will have the precedent of Bell's 1920 white paper (typically, the first ever written by a woman), Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia.»
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«Gertrude Bell and the Birth of Iraq». Webcache.googleusercontent.com. 15. november 2011. Archived from the original on 23. oktober 2004. Besøkt 6. desember 2011.CS1-vedlikehold: BOT: Ukjent status for original-url (link)«Arkivert kopi». Arkivert fra originalen 23. oktober 2004. Besøkt 10. februar 2015.
«Gertrude Bell letters: Friday July 8. [8 July 1921]». The Gertrude Bell Archive. 20. mai 2009. Arkivert fra originalen 20. mai 2009. Besøkt 1. april 2017. «But you may rely upon one thing - I'll never engage in creating kings again; it's too great a strain.»
Buchan, James (11. mars 2003). «Miss Bell's lines in the sand». The Guardian(engelsk). ISSN0261-3077. Besøkt 1. april 2017. «The Ba'ath is facing extinction. Any US civil and military administration in its place will have the precedent of Bell's 1920 white paper (typically, the first ever written by a woman), Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia.»
