al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid, 203n
Ghosh,Jaber Abu, 330
Gibeon (Tell al-Ful), 19, 21
Gihon Spring, 14–15, 21–2, 25, 36
Gladstone, William, 350n, 388
Glaphyra, 93
Glubb, General Sir John (Glubb Pasha), 477–80, 484–5, 490
Gnostic Gospels, 109n, 139n
God-fearers, 118, 120
Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lorraine, 208, 210–12, 214–15, 227, 249, 320
Goedsche, Hermann, 380n
Gogol, Nikolai, 341–2, 344
Goitein, S. D., 199n
Golan, 9, 70, 138
gold, 28, 31
Golden Calf, 198
Golden Gate, 164, 165n, 184, 185n, 195, 213, 227, 265n, 347, 388, 522
Goldsmith, Frank, 441
Golgotha, 106, 138, 147, 365
Goliath, 19
Goliath’s Spring, 275
Goodman, Alan, 503
Gordon, General Charles ‘Chinese’, 365
Goren, Rabbi Shlomo, 497, 508n
Gort, Field Marshal Viscount, John, 462
Gospel of Judas, 139n
Gospel of Peter, 109n
Gospel of Philip, 139n
Goths, 139
Government House, 431, 440, 442, 451, 474, 481, 495
Grabar, Oleg, 488, 507n
Graham, Stephen, 367, 387–8
Grammar School, 265n
Granada, 200n, 283–4
Grand Mufti, see Husseni, Amin
Grand New Hotel, 363
Grant, President Ulysses S., 357n
Gray, Colonel Nicol, 466
Greece, 60, 81, 88, 124, 327, 454n, 457
Greek Fire, 207, 211
Greek language, 55
Greek love, 134n
Greeks, 53–64, 72, 106n, 112, 115, 134
see also Orthodox Church
Greenberg, Raphael, 511n
Gregory IX, Pope, 267
Gregory of Nyssa, Saint, 152, 156
Grodno, 307
Gulf of Aqaba, 26
Gur, Colonel Motta, 496–7
Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, 244–8, 255, 260n
Habiru, 14, 15n
Hadassah Hospital, 440, 473, 481, 495
hadith, 184
Hadrian, Emperor, 133–9, 369
Hafiz Pasha, 346
Haganah, 430, 438–9, 450–3, 456–7, 463, 465, 468–72, 478–80, 486, 503n
Haggai, prophet, 49
Haifa, 447, 459n, 475
Hajim Bey, 419–20
al-Hakim, Caliph, 197–200, 203
Halevi, Judah, 230
Hama, 405
Hamas, 447n, 506–7, 509, 513
hammam bathhouses, 360
Hammurabi, 14
Hamza, 177
Handel, George Frideric, 65n, 426
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, 42
Hannibal, 57n, 60
Hanukkah, 65, 98, 417
Haram al-Sharif, 87, 176n, 184, 188n, 193n, 197, 219, 354n, 437, 488, 498
archives, 284
daily rituals, 519–20
Husseini burials, 505n
and Islamic sultanate, 254, 260, 264–6
negotiations and access, 515
and Parker fiasco, 391
al-Harawi, Ali, 230
Haredim, 486–7
Harel Brigade, 474, 476
Harff, Arnold von, 286
al-Harizi, Judah, 265
Harold, King, 201
Haroun al-Rashid, Caliph, 189–90
Harris, Air Marshal Sir Arthur, 450
Hasan bin Ali, 180n, 403n
Hasidic Jews, 22, 64, 100n, 359, 375n, 364, 375n, 399, 479, 486, 487n
Hatikvah, 425, 474–5
Hazael, King of Damascus, 32n
Hazor, 22, 26, 29n
Hebrew University, 394, 410, 425, 440, 450
Hebrews, 15–17
Hebron, 16, 21, 24, 65, 137, 270, 288n, 329, 333, 346, 438, 449, 483
Heine, Heinrich, xx
Hejaz, 396, 403, 406, 422
Helena, Empress, 143, 145–7
Helena, Queen of Adiabene, 100–1
Henry VI, Emperor, 263n
Henry II, King, 235n, 245n, 257
Henry III, King, 269–70, 422n
Henry IV, King, 285n
Henry V, King, 285n
Henry VIII, King, 146n, 278n, 292, 297
Henry of Champagne, King of Jerusalem, 260n, 265n
Henry, King of the Romans, 270n
Hensmans Hotel, 457
Heraclius, Emperor, 163–5, 172–3, 179, 184, 189, 227
Heraclius, Patriarch, 219n, 244, 245n, 246, 249–50, 254, 256
Hermann of Salza, 270
Herod the Great, King, 3, 5, 9, 14, 27n, 67n, 71, 74–92, 111, 123, 146n, 185
his death, 90–2
and massacre of the innocents, 91
rebuilding of Jerusalem, 82–7
Herod Agrippa I, King, 91n, 111–16, 119, 126
Herod Agrippa II, King, 5–6, 9, 115–16, 119–24, 131–2
Herod Antipas, Tetrarch, 90, 92–6, 98–100, 104–5, 110–12, 119, 122
Herod Archelaus, Ethnarch, 91n, 92–3
Herod Philip, Tetrarch, 93, 96, 111–12
Herod, King of Chalcis, 115–16
Herod’s Gate, 208, 211, 468
Herod’s Palace, 8, 84, 93
Herod’s Tomb, 92n
Herodias, 95–6, 98, 111–12
Herodium fortress, 79n, 92, 136
Herodotus, 47, 49
Hershell, Rabbi David, 345
Herzl, Theodore, 373–82, 475, 503n
Hess, Moses, 374
Hess, Rudolf, 411n
Hethoum II, King of Armenia, 279
Hezekiah, King, 34–9, 355
Hezekiah’s Wall, 69n
Higher Arab Committee, 448
Hilkiah, 40
Hill of Evil Counsel, 440
Hillel, 149
Himmler, Heinrich, 456, 480
Hindenburg, Field Marshal Paul von, 439n
Hindenburg (Allenby’s horse), 419–20
Hindu Kush, 50
Hippicus tower, 84, 132
Hippocrates, 190n
Hiram, King of Tyre, 26
Hirsch, Baron Maurice de, 382
Hitler, Adolf, 65n, 270n, 382n, 400, 423n, 436, 447, 450, 452–5, 459, 461
meeting with Grand Mufti, 454–5
rise to power, 439–41
Hittites, 14–15, 23
Hoess, Rudolf, 408
Hoffenstahl, Captain, 389–90
Holland, 294–5
Holocaust, 59, 395, 400, 408n, 440n, 455n, 457, 463, 487
survivors, 463–4
Yad Vashem memorial, 454n, 483n
Holy Lance, 152, 162, 209
Holy of Holies, 3, 6–7, 27, 62, 72–3, 85–7, 112, 125, 129–30, 510
and Arab conquest, 175–6, 179
Holy Sepulchre, see Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Holy War Army, 448–9, 470
Homer, 45
Homs, 405
Hood, Lord, 322
Horn, Father Eleazar, 309–10
Horns of Hattin, 246, 248
Hoshayahu, 42n
House of Wisdom, 190, 196
Hugh, Count of Jaffa, 222
Hungary, 342
hunting, 233
Hurcombe, Sergeant Fred, 418
Hurva Synagogue, 308n, 330, 349, 352n, 480, 511
Hussars of Israel, 343n
Hussein, bin Ali (grandson of the Prophet), 180
Hussein, King of Hejaz (Sherif Hussein), 402–3, 405–6, 415, 432
his tomb, 479, 484
Hussein, King of Jordan, 477, 484–5, 488–90, 505, 507–8, 515
and Six Day War, 490–6
Hussein, Saddam, 251, 485
Husseini family, 308–9, 329, 360–2, 364, 394, 423, 429, 434, 439, 483, 489, 491
Abd al-Kadir al-Husseini, 449, 452, 468–71, 505n
Adnan al-Husseini, 519n
Faisal al-Husseini, 470, 506–7, 518n
Hussein Effendi al-Husseini, 385, 391, 399, 401, 417–18, 420
Ismail al-Husseini, 385
Jamal al-Husseini, 453
Kamal al-Husseini, Grand Mufti Muhammad ibn Mustafa al-Husseini, 307–8
Musa al-Husseini, 481–2
Musa Kazem al-Husseini, 424, 430, 433, 445, 449
Rabah Effendi al-Husseini, 364–5
Rafiq al-Husseini, 518n
Said al-Husseini, 468
Umar al-Husseini, 362
Uthman al-Husseini, 385
al-Husseini, Grand Mufti Haj Amin, 418, 429–31, 435–9, 441, 443, 445–55, 468–9
and Arab revolt, 448–54
meeting with Hitler, 454–5
political decline, 478, 481, 484–5
Huxley, Aldous, xix
Hyrcanus the Tobiad, 56–7, 61n
Hyrcanus II, 70–2, 74–6, 79, 81
Ibn al-Arabi, 203, 213n
Ibn al-Qaysarani, 233
Ibn Asakir, 183
Ibn Battutah, 281
Ibn Ishaq, 172n
Ibn Khaldun, xviii, xxv, 179n, 186, 283–4
Ibn Killis, Grand Vizier, 193–4, 200n
Ibn Shaddad, Baha al-Din, 251n, 252, 261–4
Ibn Taymiyya, 281
Ibn Tulun, Ahmed, 190–1
Ibn Unain, 253
Ibn Wasil, 265, 270
Ibrahim Pasha ‘the Red’, 326–30, 333–4