St John Philby
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St John Philby
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Harry St John Bridger Philby, CIE, also known as Jack Philby or Sheikh Abdullah, was a British Arabist, advisor, explorer, writer, and a colonial intelligence officer who served as an advisor to King Abdulaziz ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia. As he states in his autobiography, he "became something of a fanatic" and in 1908 "the first Socialist to join the Indian Civil Service". After studying Oriental languages at the University of Cambridge, he was posted to Lahore in the Punjab in 1908,
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British Arabist, writer, explorer, and intelligence officer (1885–1960)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_Philby
date created:
2003-07-25T16:08:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T03:08:15Z
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