Jerusalem: The Biography (116 page)

Arculf, Bishop,
179

Arda, Queen of Jerusalem,
217

Aref, Abdel-Rahman, President,
494

Aretas, King of Nabataea,
71

Aretas IV, King of Nabataea,
95
,
98

Argentina,
376
,
382
,
485

Argyll, John Campbell, 9th Duke of,
354

Aristobulos, King,
69

Aristobulos II, King,
70–2
,
76n

Aristobulos, Prince,
88
,
95–6
,
111

Aristotle,
190n

Arius,
144–5
,
148

Ark of the Covenant,
7
,
17–18
,
22
,
24
,
27
,
44
,
157n
,
376

and Parker fiasco,
389–93

Armageddon,
41

Armenia,
81
,
96n
,
131n
,
156n
,
163–4
,
405n

Armenian Chapel of St Helena,
140n

Armenian Monastery,
287n
,
324
,
352n
,
496

Armenian Quarter,
103n
,
119n
,
132
,
285
,
497
,
510

Armenians,
255
,
285
,
287n
,
296
,
352n
,
359
,
415
,
518–19

genocide,
398
,
400
,
408
,
416n

and religious conflict,
298–9
,
320
,
348
,
488

Arnold, Bishop of Bamberg,
201

Arnulf, Patriarch,
214

Arp Arslan, Sultan,
201–3

Arsuf,
259

Artas,
399

Artaxerxes I, King of Persia,
51
,
337n

Arthur, King,
65n

Ashdod,
65

Asherah,
38

Ashkelon,
18
,
56
,
67
,
214
,
220
,
236
,
238
,
243
,
249
,
255
,
260

Ashkenaz,
298

Ashkenazi Jews,
20
,
191n
,
298
,
308
,
330
,
443

Ashraf,
180n

Ashrafiyya madrassa,
287

Asinaeus,
101n

Asmahan,
457–9

Asquith, Herbert, 1st Earl of Asquith and Oxford
411
,
413

Assassins,
203n
,
260n

Assyrians,
31
,
33–9
,
48

Astyges, King of Media,
47

Athaliah, Queen of Jerusalem,
31–2
,
233n

Athens,
60
,
150

Atlas mountains,
57n

al-Atrash, Amal,
see
‘Asmahan’

Atsiz ibn Awak al-Khwarazmi,
202–3

Attila the Hun,
157

Attlee, Clement, 1st Earl,
462
,
464
,
467

Augusta Victoria fortress,
379n
,
390
,
395
,
408
,
417
,
431
,
433
,
479
,
484n
,
496

Augustus, Emperor (Octavian),
75
,
77
,
81–4
,
88–90
,
92–3
,
113
,
133
,
160

Auschwitz,
408n
,
487

Austin, Willie,
322

Australians,
421
,
456–7

Austrian Hospice,
356
,
429
,
485

Avars,
164

Avigad, Nahman,
106n
,
159n

Azekah,
42n

Azerbaijan,
163

Aziz, Caliph,
194
,
197

Aziz, Sultan,
264

Azizus, King of Emesa,
116

Azmey Pasha,
390

Azouri, Najib,
385

Baal,
31–3
,
38
,
39n

Baal Shem Tov,
359n

Bab al-Qattanin,
see
Gate of the Cotton Merchants

Bab al-Silsila,
see
Gate of the Chain

Bab el-Ghawanmeh,
519

Babylon,
14
,
22
,
27n
,
35–6
,
39
,
41–3
,
44n
,
45–7
,
49
,
54
,
57n
,
60
,
101n
,
370
,
501

Babylonian Chronicles,
39

Babylonians,
1
,
34n
,
39
,
41–6
,
48

Baedeker, Karl,
358
,
360
,
385

Baghdad,
172n
,
188
,
193–5
,
202
,
203n
,
207n
,
215
,
272
,
282
,
449

Jewish population,
48n
,
240n
,
352n

and Ottoman sultanate,
291–2

Bahat, Dan,
506n

Baibars, Sultan,
271–2
,
275–7
,
292n
,
361

Bairam Pasha,
297

Bakaa,
443

al-Baladhuri,
172n

Balak,
220

Balaklava Railway,
348