Jack Philby

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Jack Philby was a British Arabist, explorer, and intelligence officer who became a key adviser to Ibn Saud and played a significant role in the early political development of Saudi Arabia.

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instanceOf British Arabist
explorer
human
intelligence officer
political adviser
advised Ibn Saud NERFINISHED
birthDate 1885-04-03
birthPlace British Ceylon NERFINISHED
Ceylon NERFINISHED
child Kim Philby NERFINISHED
citizenship United Kingdom
convertedTo Islam NERFINISHED
countryOfWork Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED
deathDate 1960-09-30
educatedAt Trinity College, Cambridge
Westminster School
employer British Indian Civil Service NERFINISHED
British government NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Arabian Peninsula exploration
Middle Eastern politics
fullName Harry St John Bridger Philby NERFINISHED
givenName Harry NERFINISHED
John NERFINISHED
ideology Arab nationalism sympathies
knownFor adviser to Ibn Saud
exploration of the Arabian Peninsula
role in early political development of Saudi Arabia
languageSpoken Arabic
English
nationality British
nickname Jack Philby NERFINISHED
St John Philby NERFINISHED
notableWork Arabia of the Wahhabis NERFINISHED
The Heart of Arabia NERFINISHED
occupation Arabist
civil servant
explorer
intelligence officer
writer
opposed some British policies in the Middle East
participatedIn First World War NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Beirut NERFINISHED
Lebanon NERFINISHED
religion Islam
residence Jeddah NERFINISHED
Riyadh NERFINISHED
spouse Dora Johnston NERFINISHED
workedOn delimitation of borders in Arabia

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St. John Philby alsoKnownAs Jack Philby