Jerusalem: The Biography

Kollek, Teddy, 501, 504–5

Konstantin Nikolaievich, Grand Duke, 353

Koran, 165, 170–1, 173–4, 183–4, 197n, 251, 264, 284, 304, 384, 425, 477

Kosygin, Alexei, 490

Kress von Kressenstein, Baron Friedrich, 395, 416

Kurdistan, 405n

Kut, 403

Kuwait, 488

la saison, 461

Lachish, 38, 42n

Ladino language, 295, 335, 360

Lagerlöf, Selma, 366

Laodicea, 80

Last Emperor legend, 189, 256, 269, 340

Last Supper, 25n, 103n, 254

Latrun fortress, 260, 480

Lawrence, Sarah, 404

Lawrence, T. E., xxv 403–7, 408, 410, 418–22, 425–7, 431–3, 477, 488, 510

and Orde Wingate, 450–1

Lawrence, Thomas, 322

Le Moniteur, 317

Le Thoron des Chevaliers (Latrun), 260

League of Nations, 428

Lebanon, 22, 79, 82, 116, 131n, 180n, 203n, 243, 355, 405, 428, 442, 449, 455n, 456, 469, 477

Lebanese war, 502–3, 511

Lehi (Stern Gang), 460–62, 464–6, 471, 481

Leicester, 363

Lenin, V. I., 410, 415, 434

Leo, Pope, 229n

Leontopolis, 66n

Leopold II, King of the Belgians, 348

leprosy, 242n

Levine, Alter, 407–8, 417n

Levites, 59

Libya, 54, 101, 382n, 394

Licinius, Emperor, 144

Lifta, 418

Ligne, Prince de, 311

Lincoln, Abraham, President, 347n

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 347n

Lions’ Gate, 162n, 276, 292n, 496

Litani, river, 244

Literary Society, 422

Lithuania, 191n, 293–4, 298, 350n

Livermore, Harriet, 338–9

Livia, Empress, 90, 92, 95

Living Imams, 193–4, 197

Livonia, 285

Livorno, 302, 350

Lloyd George, David, 1st Earl of Dwyfor, xxv, 381, 409, 411, 413, 415, 418, 424, 426–8, 431

locusts, 398

London, 207n, 219n, 352, 370, 421, 441, 446, 453

London Jews Society, 332, 335, 365

London Stock Exchange, 350

Lott, Clyde, 86n

Loughborough, 363

Louis VII, King, 234–5, 244

Louis IX, King, 271–2

Louis Philippe, King, 330

Lovers of Zion, 382

Lucera, 267

Lueger, Karl, 373

Luke, Sir Harry, 442, 444

Luri, Rabbi Isaac, 298

Luther, Martin, 296

Luxor, 14

Lydda, 138, 478

Lynch, Lieutenant William, 346

Lyons, 112

Lysias, 63

Maamun, Caliph, 190, 196n

Macarius, Bishop, 145–6, 147n

Macasader, Mr, 390–1

Maccabee, Jonathan, the Diplomat, 66–7

Maccabee, Judah, the Hammer, 64–6

Maccabee, Simon, the Great, 65, 67–8

Maccabees, 23, 65–70, 72, 76, 78–80, 83, 89, 100n, 120, 277n, 373, 434, 452, 458

MacDonald, Malcolm, 453

MacDonald, Ramsay, 438–9

Macedonians, see Greeks

Machaerus fortress, 79n, 96, 98

Machiavelli, Niccolò, 327

McMahon, Sir Henry, 403–5

MacMichael, Harold, 461–2

McNeil, Brigadier Angus, 442

Madaba, 69, 160n

Madagascar, 382n

Madrid, 504

Maghrebi Gate, 497–8, 503

Maghrebi Quarter, 421, 491n, 502

magic, 48n

Magnes, Judah, 450

al-Magribiyyah, Sima, 399

Mahmoud II, Sultan, 327

Maimonides, Moses, 240–1, 252–3

Makhtesh, 35n

Malik Shah, Sultan, 202n

Malta, 299, 360

Mamilla, 162, 213, 227, 441

Mamluk architecture, 280–81n

Mamluks, 247, 258–9, 271–2, 275–88, 291

Manasseh, King, 38–40

Manchester, 363, 409–10 Manchester Guardian, 411

Mandelbaum, Simchoh and Esther, 486

Mandelbaum Gate, 486, 491, 496

Manichaeanism, 144

Mansur ibn Sanjun, 179

Mansur, Caliph, 188

Manuel, Emperor, 237–9

Manzikert, 202

Mar Saba Monastery, 156n

Marathon, Battle of, 50n

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, 81–2, 84, 88, 113

Marcus Aurelius, Emperor, 138

Maria, Queen of Jerusalem, 239, 249–50, 256n

Maria II, Queen of Jerusalem, 265n

Mariamme, 75, 76–85, 88–9, 111

Mariamme tower, 84

Marina (Marinos), 154n

Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius), 75, 77–8, 80–2, 111, 131, 134n

Marks & Spencer, 446

Marley, Bob, 456n

Maronites, 296, 355

Marr, Wilhelm, 368n

Marshall, General George, 476

Martel, Charles, 65n, 186

martyrdom, 62, 447

Marwan, caliph, 180–1

Marwan Mosque, 509

Marx, Karl, 345, 374

Mary I, Queen, 278n

Mary of Antioch, Queen of Jerusalem, 278n

Mary, mother of Jesus (Virgin Mary), 91, 92n, 107–8, 222, 519

and icons, 229

her tomb, 178, 277, 288n, 496

Mary Magdalene, xix, 107

Masada fortress, 77, 79n, 81, 123, 130–1, 458

Mattathias, 63–5

Maundrell, Henry, 306n

Maurice, Emperor, 161

Maxentius, Emperor, 143

Maximilian, Archduke, Emperor of Mexico, 348

May, Kurt and Miriam, 441–2

Maysun, 179

Mazor, Dr Eilat, 23n

Mea Shearim, 364, 399, 444, 478, 486

Mecca, xix, 101, 176, 181–2, 184, 188n, 197, 245, 251, 264, 292, 309n, 370, 395

and Arab Revolt, 402, 406

and life of the Prophet, 169–72

and Wahabis, 281, 327, 432n

Medes, 39, 47

Medina, 171, 188n, 197, 245, 251

Mediterranean Hotel, 357n

Megiddo, 26, 29n, 31, 41

Megiddo, Battle of, 426

Mehmet IV, Sultan, 304, 400

Mehmet V Rashid, Sultan, 395

Meir, Golda, 478, 491

Melania, 151

Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount, 332

Melchizedek, 16, 152n

Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, 221–5, 228–30, 232–4, 236

Melisende Psalter, 223n

Melville, Herman, xix, xxiv, 334, 338, 344–5, 347, 349

Menasseh ben Israel, Rabbi, 302

Mendel, Menachem, 343

Menelaos, 61–3, 66

Menelik, King, 157n

Mengele, Dr Josef, 487

menorah, 130n

Merneptah, pharaoh, 18

Merrill, Selah, 365–6

Merv, 202n

Mesha, King of Moab, 31–2n

Meshal, Khaled, 512n

Mesopotamia, 13

Messalina, 116n

Messina, 257

Micah, prophet, 38

St Michael, 502

St Michael’s Chapel, 518

Michal, 20, 22

Michmas, 66

Mickiewisz, Adam, 343n

Mihrimah, 292

mikvah, 95

Milford Haven, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquis of, 444n

Miller, William, 337n

Milton, John, 39n

Mir Mehmed, 292

Mishnah, 27n, 86n, 139

Mishneh, 35n

Mithraism, 144