Read Jerusalem: The Biography Online
Authors: Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Tags: #Asian / Middle Eastern history
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