Miss Bell and Iraqi Antiquities

The paper is a study focuses on the role of Miss Bell when she established the Iraqi Museum and Al-salam Library (Iraqi National Library and Archives). She was important and influential a political figure in the reign of the occupation and the British Mandate on Iraq, where she served as oriental secretary in Iraq during the first World War in 1914. The paper has focused on the role of Miss Bell and Iraqi antiquities , including characterized by moderate figure with Iraqis. She tried to reconcile the interests of her country and the aspirations of the Iraqi people to a national system of government and has became part of the modern history of Iraq . She provided for them and their country a great service in the field of archeology and the Iraqi Museum , which was founded in 1926 .