Damasus, Bishop, 151

  Damietta, 265

  Dan, 30

  Daniel, prophet, 45–6, 97, 100n, 150

  Daniel the stylite, 154

  Danube, river, 343

  Danzig, 513

  Darius I ‘the Great’, King of Persia, 49–50, 52, 106n

  Darius III, King of Persia, 53

  d’Aubeny, Philip, 422n

  House of David, 22, 32n

  David, King, xix, xxiv, 7, 10, 13, 19–25, 32n, 40, 46, 67n, 86, 133, 140, 304–5, 374, 491

  and Bathsheba, 23, 25, 363

  and Charlemagne, 189

  and Islam, 170, 175, 182, 185

  his palace, 23n, 501n

  relics of, 152

  David el-Rey, 240n

  David’s Tomb, see Mount Zion, Cenacle

  Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), 171, 302, 436–7, 459, 502

  see also Yom Kippur War

  Dayan, Moshe, 400n, 456, 481, 487, 504

  and Orde Wingate, 451–2

  and Six Day War, 493–8

  Dayan, Ruth, 452, 494

  D-Day, 459

  Dead Sea, 90, 96, 123

  Dead Sea Scrolls, 100n, 495

  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

  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