Debussy, Claude, 423
Deir Yassin massacre, 471–2, 473
Delhi, 283
Demetrius II, King of Syria, 67n
Deraa, 419
Dervishes, 303–4, 360–1
Descent of the Holy Fire, 198, 228, 230, 300, 305, 328, 348, 361, 367, 388, 519
desert monasteries, 154
Deuteronomists, 45n
Dickie, Archibald, 390
Digness, Mendel, 335
Diocletian, Emperor, 140, 145
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, 240n, 324–5, 352, 362, 409, 411, 424
Dome of Solomon, 265n
Dome of the Ascension, 165n
Dome of the Chain, 179, 212, 219
Dome of the Rock, 27n, 148, 181–5, 188, 190, 197, 250, 304–5, 400, 408, 424, 480
and Crusaders (Temple of the Lord), 212–13, 217, 219, 227–9, 241, 270
daily rituals, 519–21
and Islamic sultanate, 254, 261, 263, 268–9
Israeli shootings, 503
and Mamluk sultanate, 276, 280–1, 284
negotiations and access, 510, 519
and Ottoman sultanate, 291–2, 305
and Parker fiasco, 391
regilding of, 491
and Six Day War, 495, 497
Domitian, Emperor, 121n, 130n, 131, 133
Donmeh sect, 303n
Donner, Fred M., 174n
Doris, 85, 88–9
Dorr, David, 347
Double Gates, 138n, 184
Dreyfus Affair, 373
Drusilla, Queen, 116, 119
Drusus, 111
Druze, 199, 356, 519
Duff, Captain Robin, 389n, 390–1
Dung Gate, 329, 497
East Prussia, 382n, 461
Easter, 148n, 159, 276, 298, 305, 339, 360, 388
Eban, Abba, 493–4
Ebenezer, Battle of, 18
Ebionites, 140n
Ecclesiasticus, 58, 199n
Edessa, 210, 213n, 215, 217–18, 224, 264
fall of, 233–4
Edict of Milan, 144
Edom, 65, 77
Edomites, 19, 29, 43, 69
Edward I, King, 65n, 277n, 354
Edward VII, King, 353–4, 363n
Edwiga, Abbess, 201
Egeria, 152
Egypt, 13, 19n, 22, 26, 44n, 109n, 133, 135, 138, 422, 468–70
and Albanian conquest, 326–7, 334
and Arab conquests, 191, 193–4
and British rule, 362, 380, 396–7, 403, 405, 407, 423, 449
and Crusaders, 216, 218
and desert monks, 154
and Greek conquest, 53–6, 57n, 61–2
and Islamic sultanate, 243–4, 251, 253, 260–1, 264–6
and Israeli war, 477–8, 480
Israelites in, 16–17
Jewish community, 194–5
killing of dogs and cats, 198
Napoleonic invasion, 311–12, 317–18
and Nur al-Din’s conquest, 238–41, 251
and Ottoman conquest, 291, 294
and peace deal, 502–3
and Persian conquests, 49–50, 162–4
and Roman occupation, 73–7, 81–2
and Six Day War, 489, 494–5, 517
and Suez Canal, 355, 490
and Turkoman conquest, 202
and UAR, 490–1
and Yom Kippur War, 505
Egyptians, ancient, 14–15, 18, 28–30, 35–6, 38, 41–2, 85n
Eichmann, Adolf, 487
Eilat, 493
Ein Kerem, 95, 365, 449
Ekron, 20
El Alamein, Battle of, 460
El-Arish, 218, 380–2
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen, 234–5, 257
Eleazar the Galilean, 130
elephants, 57, 63, 67
Elgar, Sir Edward, 321n
Eliahu, Jacob, 37n, 365
Elijah, prophet, 197n
Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, 378
Elizabeth I, Queen, 299
Elizabeth II, Queen, 454n
Ella, Grand Duchess, 368–9, 386n, 444n, 454n
Elyashar, Menache, 418
Emesa, 88n
Emmaus, 163
English Hotel, 344
Enlightenment, 331, 374
Enver Pasha, Ismail, 394–5, 400–2, 408, 416
Ephraim, 24
Epic of Gilgamesh, 36, 45n
Eshkol, Levi, 489–90, 493
Essenes, 100n
Ethiopia, 157n, 517
Ethiopian Church, 157n, 310, 517
Euclid, 190n
Eudocia, Empress, 153–7
Eudocia’s Wall, 69n
Eugénie, Empress, 355
Eugenius II, Pope, 234
Euphemius, 156n
Euphrates, river, 35, 42, 81, 210
Eusebius of Caesarea, 136, 145–8
Eustace of Grenier, 221
Eustochium, 151
Eutropia, 146n
Evliya Celebi, xxv, 290, 303–5, 309
Execration texts, 14n
executions, 356, 397, 403
see also crucifixion; stoning
Exodus, 460
Ezekiah, 74
Ezion-Geber, 26
Fabri, Felix, 286
Faisal, King of Iraq, 406–7, 420–1, 424–9, 431–3
Faisal II, King of Iraq, 490
Falashas, 157n
Falkenhayn, Field Marshal Erich von, 408–9, 416–17
Faraj, Sultan, 283–4
Farhi, Haim, 315, 322, 323n
Farouk, King of Egypt, 334n, 466, 482
Farran, Major Roy, 465–7
Farrukh, 297
Fast Hotel, 390, 401, 408, 417, 424, 451
Fatah, 488, 501–2, 505n, 507
al-Fatat, 403
Fatima (daughter of the Prophet), 172, 178, 187n, 194, 403n
Fatimid dynasty, 193–5, 197, 201–2, 203n
Fausta, Empress, 145, 146n
Felix, Antonius, 116, 119
Fellowes, Cornelius, 347n
Ferdinand, King of Aragon, 293–4
Field of Blood, 108, 160
Filastin, 394
Final Solution, 294, 436, 454–5, 457
Finn, James, 335, 341, 343–6, 348–9, 352–3, 444
First Wall, 69, 106n
Firyal, Princess, 488, 491
Fiscus Judaicus, 130, 133
Fisk, Pliny, 337
flagellation, 106–7
Flaubert, Gustave, xix, 344–5, 346
Fleming, James, 228n
Florence, 207n
Flourishing Edifice, 293
Foley, Major, 389n, 391
Ford, Henry, 423n
Forster, E. M., 443n
France, 296, 301, 310, 318, 330–1, 333–5, 341–3
and division of Middle East, 405, 407, 411, 414–15, 420–1, 424, 426, 431, 433
fall of, 454
and Suez crisis, 487
and Zionism, 414–15
Francis I, King of France, 355
Frankish customs, 230–1
Franklin, Benjamin, 336
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 395
Franz Joseph, Emperor, 355–6
Frederick Barbarossa, Emperor, 256
Frederick II, Emperor, King of Sicily, 266–70, 422n, 480
Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, 355–6, 375
Frederick of Regensburg, 228n
Frederick of Swabia, Duke, 256
French Revolution, 311, 317, 331, 374
Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden, 376
Fuad Pasha, Grand Vizier, 356
Fulcher of Chartres, 212–13
Fulk the Black, Count of Anjou, 201, 221
Fulk, Viscount of Anjou, King of Jerusalem, 221–5, 229, 233, 235n
fundamentalism, xvii, xix, 86n, 281, 447, 469, 506
Gabriel, Archangel, 169–70
Galen, 190n
Galerius, Emperor, 140
Gallipoli, 402
Gallus Caesar, 149–50
Galveston Plan, 382
Gamaliel VI, 154
Ganzak, 163
Garabedian, Yessayi, Armenian Patriarch, 363
Garden of Eden, 17
Garden of Gethsemane, 103, 162, 493
Garden Tomb, 365
Gate of the Chain, 138, 264, 279, 280n, 292n
Gate of the Cotton-Merchants, 280
Gate of the Divine Presence, 264
Gath, 19–20
Gaul, 72–3, 93, 112
Gaza, 49, 57n, 67, 70, 79n, 172, 240, 272, 302, 307, 407, 416, 433, 447n, 466
and Hamas and Intifada, 447n, 506–7, 509, 513
and Israeli war, 481, 503
Geba, 84n
Gedaliah, 44n, 309
Gehenna, 39–40, 281
Gemaraiah, son of Shaphan, 41n
Gemellus, 111–12
Geneva, 482
Genghis Khan, 157n, 280, 283, 375
Genseric, King of the Vandals, 130n
St George, 197n, 244
St George’s Cathedral, 363
St George’s School, 384, 442
George V, King, 321n, 363, 421
George II, King of Greece, 456
Georgia, 156n
Georgians, 106n, 281–2, 285, 296
Ger court, 484n, 515
Germanicus, 112
Germany, 270n, 373, 375, 377, 409, 426, 460
Nazi Germany, 439–41, 449, 455–6
Gerold, Patriarch, 268
Gessius Florus, 121–3
Gezer, 26, 29n
al-Ghadiya, Abdel Latif, 308