Jerusalem: The Biography

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

Harold, King, 201

Haroun al-Rashid, Caliph, 189–90

Harris, Air Marshal Sir Arthur, 450

Hasan bin Ali, 180n, 403n

Hasidic Jews, 22, 64, 100n, 359, 375n, 364, 375n, 399, 479, 486, 487n

Hatikvah, 425, 474–5

Hazael, King of Damascus, 32n

Hazor, 22, 26, 29n

Hebrew University, 394, 410, 425, 440, 450

Hebrews, 15–17

Hebron, 16, 21, 24, 65, 137, 270, 288n, 329, 333, 346, 438, 449, 483

Heine, Heinrich, xx

Hejaz, 396, 403, 406, 422

Helena, Empress, 143, 145–7

Helena, Queen of Adiabene, 100–1

Henry VI, Emperor, 263n

Henry II, King, 235n, 245n, 257

Henry III, King, 269–70, 422n

Henry IV, King, 285n

Henry V, King, 285n

Henry VIII, King, 146n, 278n, 292, 297

Henry of Champagne, King of Jerusalem, 260n, 265n

Henry, King of the Romans, 270n

Hensmans Hotel, 457

Heraclius, Emperor, 163–5, 172–3, 179, 184, 189, 227

Heraclius, Patriarch, 219n, 244, 245n, 246, 249–50, 254, 256

Hermann of Salza, 270

Herod the Great, King, 3, 5, 9, 14, 27n, 67n, 71, 74–92, 111, 123, 146n, 185

his death, 90–2

and massacre of the innocents, 91

rebuilding of Jerusalem, 82–7

Herod Agrippa I, King, 91n, 111–16, 119, 126

Herod Agrippa II, King, 5–6, 9, 115–16, 119–24, 131–2

Herod Antipas, Tetrarch, 90, 92–6, 98–100, 104–5, 110–12, 119, 122

Herod Archelaus, Ethnarch, 91n, 92–3

Herod Philip, Tetrarch, 93, 96, 111–12

Herod, King of Chalcis, 115–16

Herod’s Gate, 208, 211, 468

Herod’s Palace, 8, 84, 93

Herod’s Tomb, 92n

Herodias, 95–6, 98, 111–12

Herodium fortress, 79n, 92, 136

Herodotus, 47, 49

Hershell, Rabbi David, 345

Herzl, Theodore, 373–82, 475, 503n

Hess, Moses, 374

Hess, Rudolf, 411n

Hethoum II, King of Armenia, 279

Hezekiah, King, 34–9, 355

Hezekiah’s Wall, 69n

Higher Arab Committee, 448

Hilkiah, 40

Hill of Evil Counsel, 440

Hillel, 149

Himmler, Heinrich, 456, 480

Hindenburg, Field Marshal Paul von, 439n

Hindenburg (Allenby’s horse), 419–20

Hindu Kush, 50

Hippicus tower, 84, 132

Hippocrates, 190n

Hiram, King of Tyre, 26

Hirsch, Baron Maurice de, 382

Hitler, Adolf, 65n, 270n, 382n, 400, 423n, 436, 447, 450, 452–5, 459, 461

meeting with Grand Mufti, 454–5

rise to power, 439–41

Hittites, 14–15, 23

Hoess, Rudolf, 408

Hoffenstahl, Captain, 389–90

Holland, 294–5

Holocaust, 59, 395, 400, 408n, 440n, 455n, 457, 463, 487

survivors, 463–4

Yad Vashem memorial, 454n, 483n

Holy Lance, 152, 162, 209

Holy of Holies, 3, 6–7, 27, 62, 72–3, 85–7, 112, 125, 129–30, 510

and Arab conquest, 175–6, 179

Holy Sepulchre, see Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Holy War Army, 448–9, 470

Homer, 45

Homs, 405

Hood, Lord, 322

Horn, Father Eleazar, 309–10

Horns of Hattin, 246, 248

Hoshayahu, 42n

House of Wisdom, 190, 196

Hugh, Count of Jaffa, 222

Hungary, 342

hunting, 233

Hurcombe, Sergeant Fred, 418

Hurva Synagogue, 308n, 330, 349, 352n, 480, 511

Hussars of Israel, 343n

Hussein, bin Ali (grandson of the Prophet), 180

Hussein, King of Hejaz (Sherif Hussein), 402–3, 405–6, 415, 432

his tomb, 479, 484

Hussein, King of Jordan, 477, 484–5, 488–90, 505, 507–8, 515

and Six Day War, 490–6

Hussein, Saddam, 251, 485

Husseini family, 308–9, 329, 360–2, 364, 394, 423, 429, 434, 439, 483, 489, 491

Abd al-Kadir al-Husseini, 449, 452, 468–71, 505n

Adnan al-Husseini, 519n

Faisal al-Husseini, 470, 506–7, 518n

Hussein Effendi al-Husseini, 385, 391, 399, 401, 417–18, 420

Ismail al-Husseini, 385

Jamal al-Husseini, 453

Kamal al-Husseini, Grand Mufti Muhammad ibn Mustafa al-Husseini, 307–8

Musa al-Husseini, 481–2

Musa Kazem al-Husseini, 424, 430, 433, 445, 449

Rabah Effendi al-Husseini, 364–5

Rafiq al-Husseini, 518n

Said al-Husseini, 468

Umar al-Husseini, 362

Uthman al-Husseini, 385

al-Husseini, Grand Mufti Haj Amin, 418, 429–31, 435–9, 441, 443, 445–55, 468–9

and Arab revolt, 448–54

meeting with Hitler, 454–5

political decline, 478, 481, 484–5

Huxley, Aldous, xix

Hyrcanus the Tobiad, 56–7, 61n

Hyrcanus II, 70–2, 74–6, 79, 81

Ibn al-Arabi, 203, 213n

Ibn al-Qaysarani, 233

Ibn Asakir, 183

Ibn Battutah, 281

Ibn Ishaq, 172n

Ibn Khaldun, xviii, xxv, 179n, 186, 283–4

Ibn Killis, Grand Vizier, 193–4, 200n

Ibn Shaddad, Baha al-Din, 251n, 252, 261–4

Ibn Taymiyya, 281

Ibn Tulun, Ahmed, 190–1

Ibn Unain, 253

Ibn Wasil, 265, 270

Ibrahim Pasha ‘the Red’, 326–30, 333–4

Idumeans, 71, 125

al-Ikhshid, Muhammad Ibn Tughi, 191

Ikhshid tombs, 193n

Il-Ghazi, 203, 219–20

Imad al-Din, 247, 251n, 254, 258

Imperial Hotel, 444, 518

Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, 368, 386n

India, 50n, 304, 311, 403

Indus, river, 54, 57n

Industrial Revolution, 331

Intifadas, 503–4, 507

Iran, 73, 180n, 181, 186–7, 454

Jewish community, 34n, 48n

Iraq, 30, 36, 64, 73, 101, 134, 150, 180n, 186, 218, 234, 236, 382n, 404

and Arab conquest, 172, 178, 180–1

and Arab Revolt, 403, 405

and division of Middle East, 432, 446, 454, 467–8

and Grand Mufti’s revolt, 448, 454