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British traveller, writer, mountaineer, politician, archaeologist and spy (1868–1926)
Also known as: Gertrude Lowthian Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, La Khatun, Гертруда Белл, غيرترود بيل, 거트루드 벨
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