Jerusalem: The Biography (114 page)

Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of,
334

Abibaal, King of Tyre,
25

Abishag,
25

Aboukir Bay, Battle of,
312

Abraham,
16
,
27n
,
39n
,
45n
,
86
,
152n
and Islam,
170
,
182
,
185

Abraham’s Vineyard,
335

Absalom,
23–4

Absalom’s Pillar,
24n
,
195

Abu al-Abbas, Caliph,
see
al-Saffah Abu Bakr,
171–2

Abu Dis,
507

Abu Ghosh,
308–9
,
346
,
363

Abu Muslim,
187–8

Abu Saad,
200n

Abu Sulayman Dawud,
243

Abu Ubayda,
172
,
404

Abyssinia,
453n

Achcar, Gilbert,
435
,
455n

Acra fortress,
62
,
65–7

Acre,
310–11
,
315
,
322
,
456

Crusader siege,
255–8

and Crusaders,
209
,
213n
,
216–17
,
227
,
233
,
236
,
239
,
243
,
249
,
255–8
,
263
,
265n
,
267
,
269–70

and Mamluk conquest,
277–8
,
279

Napoleonic siege,
316–17

see also
Ptolemais

Actian Games,
83

Actium, Battle of,
81
,
88

Adam,
17
,
27n
,
152n
,
170
,
182
,
185

Adams, John, President,
337
,
374

Adelaide, Queen of Jerusalem,
217–18

Adhemar of Le Puy, Bishop,
210–11

Adiabene, Helena, Queen of,
see
Helena

Adonijah,
25

Adonizedek, King,
18

Aegean Sea,
15
,
18

Aelia Capitolina,
134–5
,
137–8
,
140
,
145–7

Afdal, Sultan,
247–8
,
264
,
437
,
502

Afdaliyya Madrassa,
264

Afghanistan,
54
,
161
,
187
,
406

Agnes, Queen Mother,
237
,
243–4

Agrippina, Empress,
116
,
120

Ahab, King,
31–2

Ahaz, King,
33–4

al-Ahd,
403

Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud,
48n
Ahmed Duzhdar Aga,
351

Ahmet Jazzar Pasha, the Butcher,
see
Jazzar, Pasha, Ahmet

Aibeg, Sultan,
272n

Aisha,
171

Akeldama,
109
,
227
,
389

Akhenaten, pharaoh,
14
,
15n

Akhmon, Arik,
494

Akiba, Rabbi,
135–6

Alami family,
360
,
446

Musa al-Alami,
447

Sheikh al-Alami,
255n

Alamut,
203n

Alapaesk,
444n

Alaska,
382n

Alchelai, Rabbi Yehuda Hai,
374

Aleppo,
220
,
234
,
254
,
264
,
271n
,
276
,
291
,
303
,
405
,
416n

Alexander the Great,
52–5
,
57
,
72
,
82n
,
106n
,
133

Alexander I, Emperor of Russia,
340

Alexander II, Emperor of Russia,
347
,
350n
,
353
,
368

Alexander III, Emperor of Russia,
368–9

Alexander Jannaeus, King,
69–70
,
71n
,
106n
,
233n

Alexander, Prince,
88–9
,
93n

Alexander, Michael Solomon,
334

St Alexander Nevsky Church,
135n
,
147n
,
369
,
386

Alexandra,
79–81
,
83

Alexandra, Empress of Russia,
369
,
386n
,
387n
,
444n

Alexandria,
54–6
,
60
,
62
,
74
,
76–7
,
81–2
,
122
,
124
,
126
,
144–5
,
164
,
239
,
281
,
333

Alexandrium fortress,
81
,
89

Alexei, Tsarevich,
385

Alexios, Emperor,
209

Ali (Caliph),
178
,
180
,
187–8
,
194

Ali, King,
432n

Ali Bey,
310

Aliyah,
369–70
,
375
,
383

Allenby, General Sir Edmund, 1st Viscount,
355n
,
408–9
,
414–21
,
425–6
,
486n
,
496

Allenby Barracks,
463

Almohads,
240

al-Qaeda,
447

Alter family,
486n

Alypius,
150

Amaury, King of Jerusalem,
237–43
,
249
,
256n
,
265

Amaury of Lusignan, King of Cyprus,
165n

Amel-Marduk, King of Babylon,
45–6

al-Amer, Field Marshal Abdel-Hakim,
492–5
,
492
,
495