and Six Day War, 497
Jewish Settlement Police, 450–1
Jewish Territorial Organization, 382
Jews
and Albanian conquest, 330
burial customs, 108
conversion of, 330–5
and Cossack massacres, 301–2
Greek, 454n
Hasidic, 22, 64, 100n, 359, 375n, 364, 375n, 399, 473, 486, 487n
and immigration, 374–5, 383, 431, 437–40, 442, 445, 453, 457, 463–4, 511
Italian, 454
and messianism, 301–3
and Napoleon’s proclamation, 316–17
and Persian alliance, 162–3
Russian, 330, 334–5, 345, 350, 367–70, 374–5, 382–3, 412–13, 415, 423–4, 430, 508–9
Sephardic, 20, 24, 191n, 293–4, 298, 300, 308, 324, 330, 345–6, 359–60, 384, 510
Jezebel, Queen, 31–2
Al-Jihad al-Muqadas, 508
Joab, 23–4
Joanna, 108
John, Patriarch, 192
John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem, 265–6
John of Ibelin, 225
John of Leiden, 297n
John the Baptist, 79n, 90, 94–6, 98, 99n, 100n, 105, 152n, 365, 449
John Tzimiskes, Emperor, 194
Johnson, Lyndon B., President, 493
Jonathan, Prince, 77
Jonathan the Maccabee, see Maccabees
see also Jaffa
Jordan, 22–3, 28, 61n, 82, 180n, 218, 251, 433, 468, 471, 505
and Six Day War, 494–5
and UAR, 490–1
Jorsalaborg, 217
Joseph, King, 158n
Joseph the Tobiad, 56–7
Josephus, xxv, 53, 58, 61, 66, 68, 74–5, 82, 85, 115, 119–20, 354n
writing of Jewish War, 131
Josiah, King, 39–40
Joshua the priest, 49
Jotapata, 124
Juba II, King of Mauretania, 82n, 93n al-Jubeh, Nazmi, xxii, 508
Judah haNasi, 138–9
Judah
and Assyrian conquest, 31–9
and Babylonian conquest, 41–6
currency, 55
Judah the Maccabee, see Maccabees
Judah the Pious, 307
Judeh family, 518
Aded al-Judeh, 517–18
Julia, 88
Julia Sabina, 58n
Julien (valet), 321
Juniper, Brother, 299n
Justin, Emperor, 158
Justinian II, Emperor, 182
Juvenal, Bishop, 156–7
Kaab al-Ahbar, 175–6
Kaddish, 494
Kafur, Abul-Misk, 191–3
Kahn, Rabbi Zadok, 380
Kalandia airport, 474
Kaleb, King of Axum, 158n
Kalischer, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch, 374
Kaminitz Hotel, 343
Kaplony, Andreas, 183n
Karbala, 180
Karkar, Battle of, 31
Karnak, 31
Kashgar, 202
Kastel, 471–2
Keith, Alexander, 332n
Kennedy, John F., President, 454
Kenya, 381
Kerem Avraham, 444
KGB, 486
Khadija, 169–70
Khadir, Sheikh, 276–7n
Hussein al-Khalidi, 470
Rashid al-Khalidi, 518n
Yasin al-Khalidi, 378
Khartoum, 365n
Khazaria, 191n
Khazneh shrine, 98
al-Khazrajy, Sheikh Ghanim, 263
Khidr the Green Man, 197
al-Khidri, 188n
Khmelmytsky, Hetman Bogdan, 301
Khorasan, 187
Kiamil Pasha, 349
Kidron Valley, 24n, 40, 85, 87, 103, 132, 139, 218, 226, 479, 493
Kiev, 489
King–Crane Commission, 428
Zionist bombing, 465–6
King’s Gardens, 511n
King’s Road, 50n
Kinglake, Alexander, 345n
Kirkbridge, Sir Alec, 475
Kishniev, 380
Klausner, Joseph, 438
Kléber, General Jean-Baptiste, 317
Knights Templar, 219, 226, 229–30, 243, 246, 249, 268–70, 344n
Konstantin Nikolaievich, Grand Duke, 353
Koran, 165, 170–1, 173–4, 183–4, 197n, 251, 264, 284, 304, 384, 425, 477
Kosygin, Alexei, 490
Kurdistan, 405n
Kut, 403
Kuwait, 488
la saison, 461
Lagerlöf, Selma, 366
Laodicea, 80
Lawrence, Sarah, 404
Lawrence, T. E., xxv 403–7, 408, 410, 418–22, 425–7, 431–3, 477, 488, 510
and Orde Wingate, 450–1
Lawrence, Thomas, 322
Le Moniteur, 317
Le Thoron des Chevaliers (Latrun), 260
League of Nations, 428
Lebanon, 22, 79, 82, 116, 131n, 180n, 203n, 243, 355, 405, 428, 442, 449, 455n, 456, 469, 477
Leicester, 363
Leo, Pope, 229n
Leontopolis, 66n
Leopold II, King of the Belgians, 348
leprosy, 242n
Levites, 59
Licinius, Emperor, 144
Lifta, 418
Ligne, Prince de, 311
Lincoln, Abraham, President, 347n
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 347n
Litani, river, 244
Literary Society, 422
Livermore, Harriet, 338–9
Livonia, 285
Lloyd George, David, 1st Earl of Dwyfor, xxv, 381, 409, 411, 413, 415, 418, 424, 426–8, 431
locusts, 398
London Stock Exchange, 350
Lott, Clyde, 86n
Loughborough, 363
Louis IX, King, 271–2
Louis Philippe, King, 330
Lovers of Zion, 382
Lucera, 267
Lueger, Karl, 373
Luri, Rabbi Isaac, 298
Luther, Martin, 296
Luxor, 14
Lynch, Lieutenant William, 346
Lyons, 112
Lysias, 63
Macasader, Mr, 390–1
Maccabee, Jonathan, the Diplomat, 66–7
Maccabee, Judah, the Hammer, 64–6
Maccabees, 23, 65–70, 72, 76, 78–80, 83, 89, 100n, 120, 277n, 373, 434, 452, 458
MacDonald, Malcolm, 453
MacDonald, Ramsay, 438–9
Macedonians, see Greeks
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 327
McMahon, Sir Henry, 403–5
MacMichael, Harold, 461–2
McNeil, Brigadier Angus, 442
Madagascar, 382n
Madrid, 504
magic, 48n
Magnes, Judah, 450
al-Magribiyyah, Sima, 399
Mahmoud II, Sultan, 327
Makhtesh, 35n
Malik Shah, Sultan, 202n
Mamluk architecture, 280–81n
Manasseh, King, 38–40
Mandelbaum, Simchoh and Esther, 486
Manichaeanism, 144
Mansur ibn Sanjun, 179
Mansur, Caliph, 188
Manuel, Emperor, 237–9
Manzikert, 202
Mar Saba Monastery, 156n
Marathon, Battle of, 50n
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor, 138
Maria II, Queen of Jerusalem, 265n
Mariamme tower, 84
Marina (Marinos), 154n
Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius), 75, 77–8, 80–2, 111, 131, 134n
Marks & Spencer, 446
Marley, Bob, 456n
Marr, Wilhelm, 368n
Marshall, General George, 476
Marwan, caliph, 180–1
Marwan Mosque, 509
Mary I, Queen, 278n
Mary of Antioch, Queen of Jerusalem, 278n
Mary, mother of Jesus (Virgin Mary), 91, 92n, 107–8, 222, 519
and icons, 229
Mary Magdalene, xix, 107
Mattathias, 63–5
Maundrell, Henry, 306n
Maurice, Emperor, 161
Maxentius, Emperor, 143
Maximilian, Archduke, Emperor of Mexico, 348
May, Kurt and Miriam, 441–2
Maysun, 179
Mazor, Dr Eilat, 23n
Mecca, xix, 101, 176, 181–2, 184, 188n, 197, 245, 251, 264, 292, 309n, 370, 395
and life of the Prophet, 169–72
Mediterranean Hotel, 357n
Megiddo, Battle of, 426
Mehmet V Rashid, Sultan, 395
Melania, 151
Melisende Psalter, 223n
Menasseh ben Israel, Rabbi, 302
Mendel, Menachem, 343
Menelik, King, 157n
Mengele, Dr Josef, 487
menorah, 130n
Merneptah, pharaoh, 18
Merrill, Selah, 365–6
Merv, 202n
Mesha, King of Moab, 31–2n
Meshal, Khaled, 512n
Mesopotamia, 13
Messalina, 116n
Messina, 257
Micah, prophet, 38
St Michael, 502
St Michael’s Chapel, 518
Michmas, 66
Mickiewisz, Adam, 343n
Mihrimah, 292
mikvah, 95
Milford Haven, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquis of, 444n
Miller, William, 337n
Milton, John, 39n
Mir Mehmed, 292
Mishneh, 35n
Mithraism, 144
Mithridates, King of Pontus, 70
Mizpah, 44n
Moab, 70
molok, 39n
Molotov, Vyecheslav, 440n
Montagu, Edwin, 414
Montefiore, Sir Abraham, 357n
Montefiore, Claude, 414
Montefiore, Sir Francis, 375
Montefiore, Sir Moses, 323–4, 325n, 332–3, 335–6, 348–51, 354, 357, 374, 421
Montesquieu, Baron de, 326
Montgisard, 243
Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard, 1st Viscount, 452–4, 459, 464–6
Morgan, J. P., Jr., 423
Morganthau, Henry, 398n
Morley, Edmund Parker, 4th Earl of, 388
Morley, John Parker, 6th Earl of, 393
Mormons, 338
Morphia, Queen of Jerusalem, 218
Morris, Benny, 471
Mosque of Omar, 264
mosque (the word), 171n
Mount Ararat, 389n
Mount Gilboa, 20
Mount Hermon, 248
Mount Nebo, 17
Mount of Olives, 86–7, 139, 195, 236, 240, 323, 409, 434, 517, 521
and crucifixions, 1–2
and Crusaders, 210–11
and European visitors, 332, 363n and Islamic sultanate, 260, 265
and Mamluk sultanate, 286
and Ottoman sultanate, 295
and Second Coming, 500
see also Augusta Victoria fortress
Mount Zion, xxi – xxii, 69, 120n, 132, 139, 148, 156, 200, 211, 338, 379n, 449, 463
and Albanian conquest, 329
Cenacle (David’s Tomb), 25n, 69, 103, 109, 239, 240n, 254, 255n, 260, 281, 286, 292n, 295, 327, 329, 400
Mourners of Zion, 195
Moussaieff family, 375
Movement for the Establishment of the Temple, 503
Muawiya ibn Abi Sufayan, caliph, 177–81
Muazzam Isa, Sultan, 265–7
Mubarak, Hosne, 505
Mufti of Jerusalem, see Husseini, Amin
Muhammad, Prophet, 10, 44, 165, 174, 176, 184–5, 187, 246, 259, 291, 303, 403n, 520
his life, 169–72
relics of, 229
Muhammad, son of Farrukh, 297
Muizz, Caliph, 193–4
Mujir al-Din, 288
mulberry trees, 295
Munich Agreement, 452
Munich Olympics, 502
Munster, 297n
Munqidh, Usamah bin, see Usamah
Muscovy, 340
Mustansir, Caliph, 200n
Mustasim, Caliph, 190
Mycenae, 14–15
Nabataea, 88n
Nabataeans, 81
Nabi Daoud, 295
Nabi Samuel, 416–17
Nablus, 236, 246, 270, 318, 327, 329, 365, 391, 417, 447, 449, 484
Nabonidus, King of Babylon, 46
Nabopolassar, 39
Nachmanides, Ramban, 278–9
al-Nadim, 190n
Nahalavat Shiva, 364
Nahum, prophet, 36
Napoleon I (Bonaparte), Emperor, 311–12, 315–18, 320–1, 323, 326, 374, 427, 446
al-Naqashibi, Nasir al-Din, 435n
Narkiss, General Uzi, 494–7
Fakhri Bey al-Nashashibi, 449
Ragheb al-Nashashibi, 385, 394, 399, 422, 435–6, 439, 441, 448–9, 453, 478, 483
Nasir-i-Khusrau, 200–1
Nasser, Colonel Gamal Abdul, President, 485, 489–90, 492–8, 506, 519
Naumov, Bishop Cyril, 386
Navarino, Battle of, 327
Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, xix, 9, 41–6, 59, 65, 374, 388–9
Nebuzardan, 43–4
Necho, pharaoh, 41
Neguib, General Muhammad, 482
Nehemiah (Jewish leader), 162–3
Nerva, Emperor, 133
Nestorians, 157
Nestorius, Patriarch, 156
Netzer, Ehud, 92n
New Jerusalem Monastery, 340n
New Salem, Illinois, 347n
Newgate Prison, 322
Nicanor, 66
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 369, 379, 382–3, 386, 387n, 413, 444n
Night of the Bridges, 464
Nikolaus of Damascus, 82
Nikon, Patriarch, 340n
NILI, 407
NKVD, 461
Noah, 298
Nob, 20
Noble Sanctuary, 281
North Korea, 489
Northern Rhodesia, 436
Notable Families, see Jerusalem Families
Nottingham, 257n
Nubia, 28
Numrud, 32n
Nuremberg trials, 439n
Nusaybah, 177n
Nusseibeh family, 177n, 263, 298, 308n, 309, 361, 420, 442, 488, 491, 520
Anwar al-Nusseibeh, 442, 465–6, 468–9, 475–6, 479, 481n, 488, 491
Hazem al-Nusseibeh, 308n, 420n, 442, 444–5, 448, 456, 483, 488
Obadah al-Nusseibeh, 520
Wajeeh al-Nusseibeh, 517–20
Obadiah of Bertinoro, Rabbi, 288
Octavia, 82n
Octavian, see Augustus, Emperor
Olympic Games, 124
Operation Agatha, 465
Operation Nachshon, 471
Operation Tariq, 494
Order of Caroline, 323
Order of St Lazarus, 242n
Order of the Holy Sepulchre, 320
Orient Express, 376
Orleans, 238
and religious conflict, 201, 296, 299–300, 310, 320, 331, 339–40, 343, 348, 424, 488, 519–20
Ortuq bin Aksab, 203
Osorkon, pharaoh, 31
ostraca, 42n
Ottoman Cossacks, 343n
military defeat, 416–26
Ottoman Land Law, 364n
Overcomers, 364–6
Pacorus, Prince, 76
Pact of Omar, 177n
Pahlavan knights, 76n
Pakistan, 53–4
Palace Hotel, 441
Palestine (nation and state), 19n, 380, 431, 453–4, 478, 504, 513
Palestine Arab Party, 449
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 491, 503–4, 505–6, 508
Palestine National Council, 478n
Palestine Society, 517n
Palestinian Christians, 218
Palmyran empire, 140
Paltiel, 194–5
Pannychis, 89
paradise, 48n
Versailles peace talks, 426–8
Parker, Monty, (later Earl of Morley), 388–93
Parsons, Levi, 337
Pasargadae, 49
Paschal II, Pope, 219
Passfield, Lord (Sidney Webb), 438
Passover, 35, 40, 50, 59, 159, 324n, 360, 363n, 369, 388, 471, 517
Paul, Emperor of Russia, 342
Paul VI, Pope, 491
Paula, 151–2
Paulinus, 155–6
Peel, William, 1st
Earl, 448
Peel, Sir Robert, 334
Pepys, Samuel, 304
Pergami, Bartolomeo, 322–3
Persephone, 385
Persepolis, 50n
Persian Gulf, 35
Petah Tikvah, 374
Peter, Bishop of Winchester, 270
Peter, King of Yugoslavia, 456
Peter the Georgian, 156n
Petronius, 112
Pharos lighthouse, 55
Phasael, 74
Philip II, King of Macedon, 52
Philip II, King of Spain, 278n
Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg, 376–8
Philippa, Princess, 238
Philippi, Battle of, 75
Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, 99n
Phoenicia, 81
Phoenician temples, 28
Pilgrim Strangers, 338
Pinsk, 409
Pinsker, Leo, 374
Pitt, William, the Elder, Earl of Chatham, 413