Jerusalem: The Biography (122 page)

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