The Baghdad Set_ Iraq through the Eyes of British Intelligence, 1941–45

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A. O’Sullivan, The Baghdad Set,
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From To Region Visited Objective/product Client

1927–10 1928 Levant Beirut;

Damascus;

Jebel Druze;

Palestine;

Cairo

Unknown. Probably debriefed

regarding the Jebel Druze

SIS/

WO?

1930–04 1930–06Persia Elburz

Mountains

Cartographic survey (Valley of

the Assassins)

WO

1931–08 1931–10Persia Elburz

Mountains;

Luristan

Cartographic and

archaeological surveys (Valley

of the Assassins; Luri graves);

RGS reports

WO/

RGS

1931–10 1933–03Baghdad – Baghdad Times (mostly)?

1932–09 1933–02Persia Luristan Cartographic survey (Pusht-i-

Kuh [uncharted])

WO

1934–12 1935–04Yemen Hadhramaut Probably no intelligence.

Aborted (measles)

RGS?

1937–10 1938–03Yemen Hadhramaut Probably no intelligence; just

RGS reports. (Wakefield

archaeological expedition

leader)

RGS

1939–03 1939–07Syria Hama,

Orontes

valley, Aleppo

Probably no intelligence RGS?

Appendix A: Freya Stark’s known covert

activities in the Middle East, 1927–1943,

compiled from various archival

and published sources