Luri, Rabbi Isaac, 298
Luther, Martin, 296
Luxor, 14
Lydda, 138, 478
Lynch, Lieutenant William, 346
Lyons, 112
Lysias, 63
Maamun, Caliph, 190, 196n
Macarius, Bishop, 145–6, 147n
Macasader, Mr, 390–1
Maccabee, Jonathan, the Diplomat, 66–7
Maccabee, Judah, the Hammer, 64–6
Maccabee, Simon, the Great, 65, 67–8
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
Machaerus fortress, 79n, 96, 98
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 327
McMahon, Sir Henry, 403–5
MacMichael, Harold, 461–2
McNeil, Brigadier Angus, 442
Madaba, 69, 160n
Madagascar, 382n
Madrid, 504
Maghrebi Gate, 497–8, 503
Maghrebi Quarter, 421, 491n, 502
magic, 48n
Magnes, Judah, 450
al-Magribiyyah, Sima, 399
Mahmoud II, Sultan, 327
Maimonides, Moses, 240–1, 252–3
Makhtesh, 35n
Malik Shah, Sultan, 202n
Malta, 299, 360
Mamilla, 162, 213, 227, 441
Mamluk architecture, 280–81n
Mamluks, 247, 258–9, 271–2, 275–88, 291
Manasseh, King, 38–40
Manchester, 363, 409–10 Manchester Guardian, 411
Mandelbaum, Simchoh and Esther, 486
Mandelbaum Gate, 486, 491, 496
Manichaeanism, 144
Mansur ibn Sanjun, 179
Mansur, Caliph, 188
Manuel, Emperor, 237–9
Manzikert, 202
Mar Saba Monastery, 156n
Marathon, Battle of, 50n
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, 81–2, 84, 88, 113
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor, 138
Maria, Queen of Jerusalem, 239, 249–50, 256n
Maria II, Queen of Jerusalem, 265n
Mariamme, 75, 76–85, 88–9, 111
Mariamme tower, 84
Marina (Marinos), 154n
Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius), 75, 77–8, 80–2, 111, 131, 134n
Marks & Spencer, 446
Marley, Bob, 456n
Maronites, 296, 355
Marr, Wilhelm, 368n
Marshall, General George, 476
Martel, Charles, 65n, 186
martyrdom, 62, 447
Marwan, caliph, 180–1
Marwan Mosque, 509
Marx, Karl, 345, 374
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
her tomb, 178, 277, 288n, 496
Mary Magdalene, xix, 107
Masada fortress, 77, 79n, 81, 123, 130–1, 458
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
Mea Shearim, 364, 399, 444, 478, 486
Mecca, xix, 101, 176, 181–2, 184, 188n, 197, 245, 251, 264, 292, 309n, 370, 395
and Arab Revolt, 402, 406
and life of the Prophet, 169–72
and Wahabis, 281, 327, 432n
Medes, 39, 47
Medina, 171, 188n, 197, 245, 251
Mediterranean Hotel, 357n
Megiddo, 26, 29n, 31, 41
Megiddo, Battle of, 426
Mehmet IV, Sultan, 304, 400
Mehmet V Rashid, Sultan, 395
Meir, Golda, 478, 491
Melania, 151
Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount, 332
Melchizedek, 16, 152n
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, 221–5, 228–30, 232–4, 236
Melisende Psalter, 223n
Melville, Herman, xix, xxiv, 334, 338, 344–5, 347, 349
Menasseh ben Israel, Rabbi, 302
Mendel, Menachem, 343
Menelaos, 61–3, 66
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
Michal, 20, 22
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
Mishnah, 27n, 86n, 139
Mishneh, 35n
Mithraism, 144
Mithridates, King of Pontus, 70
Mizpah, 44n
Moab, 70
Moabites, 19, 31–2n
Modestos, Patriarch, 163, 165
Modin, 63, 66, 458
molok, 39n
Molotov, Vyecheslav, 440n
Monastery of the Cross, 106n, 296n
Mongols, 272, 275, 277–9
Monophysites, 156–7, 174, 519
Montagu, Edwin, 414
Montefiore, Sir Abraham, 357n
Montefiore, Claude, 414
Montefiore, Sir Francis, 375
Montefiore, Judith, 323–4, 332, 349, 351, 357n
Montefiore, Sir Moses, 323–4, 325n, 332–3, 335–6, 348–51, 354, 357, 374, 421
Montefiore Quarter, 351–2, 357, 384, 438, 467–9, 470
Montesquieu, Baron de, 326
Montgisard, 243
Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard, 1st Viscount, 452–4, 459, 464–6
Montjoie, 204, 260
Morgan, J. P., Jr., 423
Morganthau, Henry, 398n
Morley, Edmund Parker, 4th Earl of, 388
Morley, John Parker, 6th Earl of, 393
Mormons, 338
Morocco, 180n, 255, 283
Morphia, Queen of Jerusalem, 218
Morris, Benny, 471
Moscow, 369, 386n, 444n, 454, 462n, 489, 492–3, 515
Moses, 17, 40, 86n, 110, 170, 276, 410, 520
Mosque of Omar, 264
mosque (the word), 171n
Mossad, 488, 505
Mosul, 217, 427
Motol, 350n, 412
Mount Ararat, 389n
Mount Gerizim, 53, 110, 509
Mount Gilboa, 20
Mount Hermon, 248
Mount Herzl, 487, 507
Mount Moriah, 3, 7, 16, 24–5, 27, 35n, 179, 182
Mount Nebo, 17
Mount of Olives, 86–7, 139, 195, 236, 240, 323, 409, 434, 517, 521
and Christianity, 99, 108, 117, 153
churches, 147, 162, 368
and crucifixions, 1–2
and Crusaders, 210–11
and European visitors, 332, 363n and Islamic sultanate, 260, 265
Jewish cemetery, 139, 338, 479
and Mamluk sultanate, 286
and Ottoman sultanate, 295
and Providence, 10, 132
and Second Coming, 500
see also Augusta Victoria fortress
Mount Scopus, 3, 174, 394, 425, 434, 473, 481–83, 494, 496
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
and Islamic sultanate, 254, 255n
and Israeli wars, 480, 495, 497
and Mamluk sultanate, 281, 286–7
and Ottoman sultanate, 292n, 299
synagogue, 139, 148
Mourners of Zion, 195
Moussaieff family, 375
Movement for the Establishment of the Temple, 503
Moyne, Walter Guinness, 1st Baron, 382n, 441, 459
Muawiya ibn Abi Sufayan, caliph, 177–81
Muazzam Isa, Sultan, 265–7
Mubarak, Hosne, 505
Mufti of Jerusalem, see Husseini, Amin
Muhammad, Prince of Jordan, 488, 491
Muhammad, Prophet, 10, 44, 165, 174, 176, 184–5, 187, 246, 259, 291, 303, 403n, 520
his life, 169–72
his Night Journey, 169–70, 182, 200, 259, 437
relics of, 229
Muhammad, son of Farrukh, 297
Muhammad Ali, 326–7, 329, 333–4, 350
Muizz, Caliph, 193–4
Mujir al-Din, 288
mulberry trees, 295
Munich Agreement, 452
Munich Olympics, 502
Munster, 297n
Munqidh, Usamah bin, see Usamah
al-Muqaddasi, 182, 191n, 195–7
Muscovy, 340
Muslim Brotherhood, 445, 477, 506, 508
Muslim Quarter, 276, 281, 356, 357n, 438, 506, 507–8, 520
Mussolini, Benito, 430–1, 454