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Contents
Prefaceix
Contributors and Their Entriesxi
List of Entriesxiii
Foreword by Janet L. Abu-Lughodxv
Reevaluating the Past, Rethinking the Future, by Michael Dumperxvii
The Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Seeing Cities Comparatively, by Bruce Stanle...
Regional and Sub-Regional Mapsxxvii
Cities of the Middle East and North Africa 1
Glossary 401
Timeline: Dynastic and Imperial Ages 405
Index 411
About the Editors 439
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Index
A
al-Aas, Amr ibn, 367
Abadan, 1-3
Abbas, Shah, 349
Abbasid dynasty
- Aden, control of, 10
- Ankara, capture of, 37
- Aqaba/Eilat, rebuilding of, 43
- Aswan, removal of the Umayyads from, 51
- Baghdad, 58
- in Baghdad, 55-58
- Basrah's pilgrimage route, 73
- Damascus's occupation ending the golden age, 121
- Hims's revolt against, 172
- Jerusalem's decline under, 208
- Karbala, controlling Muslim tension in, 213-214
- Kufa, importance under, 227, 228-229
- Mosul, 260
- Muscat's importance under, 262
- Nippur's prosperity under, 283
- Samarkand's profiting from, 320
- Samarra, development of, 323-324
- Tripoli, struggle for control of, 367
- Yanbu as source of Shi'i activity, 388
Abd al-Hadi, Muhammad, 80
Abd al-Jalil, 261
Abd al-Rahman bin Amr al-Awzai, 83
Abd-al-Wahid ibn Zayd, 1
Abd Allah Ocalan (Apo), 39
Abd ar-Rahman, 117
Abdallah Jammah, 217
Abdeen Palace, 111
Abduh, Muhammad, 112
Abdul Aziz, King, 314
Abdul Aziz as-Saud, 344
Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, 56
Abdullah al-Taashi, 219
Abgaal immigrants, 253-254
Aboukir Bay, Battle of, 26
Abraha, 328-329
Abu Bakr, 237-238, 270, 343
Abu Dhabi, 138-139
Abu Hanifa, 56, 228
Abu Harmal, 55
Abu Mikhnaf, 228
Abu Yaza, 246
Abu Yusuf, 228-229
Abyssinian invasion, 329
An Account of Timbuctoo and Hause, 1820, 359
Achaemenid Empire
- Amid (Diyarbakir), capture of, 127
- Ankara, domination of, 36
- Ashdod, conquest of, 48
- Baku's prosperity under, 63
- Beirut, rule in, 82
- Cyprus, administration of, 276
- Ionian States, capture of, 188
- Istanbul's burning in the Ionian Revolt, 181
- Jericho's abundance, exploitation of, 203-204
- Muscat, control of, 262
- Nippur, expansion of, 283
- Sogdiana (Samarkand), 318-319
- Trabzon, capture of, 360
Acre, 3-7, 159
Ad-Dammam, 7-8
Adam, Andre, 115
Adasi, King, 281
Aden, 8-16
Adrianople Treaty, 364
Adulis, 18
Adultery, 343
Aeolians, 188
Aetius of Amida, 128
Afars, 133
Afghanistan, 149, 167-171
Aflaq, Michel, 62
Africa Orientale Italiana (AOI), 255
African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), 299
African City of Peace Award, 52
African Union (AU), 259
Afshar dynasty, 340
Aga Khan III, 51
Agha Khan's Trust for Culture (AKTC), 113-114 k
al-Aghlab, Abdullah Ben Ibrahim, 367
Agriculture
- Abadan's dates and henna, 1
- Aksum, 18
- Aleppo, 23
- Ankara's mohair production, 37-38
- Antakya's rich agricultural industry, 40-41
- Beersheba, 77-78
- Bursa's fruit production, 100
- Damascus, 119, 122, 124
- Diyarbakir's abundance, 127
- Gaza, 156-157
- Haifa, 159, 160
- Hims's ancient irrigation, 171
- Iskenderun's marshland, 175
- Istanbul's tulipmania, 185
- Izmir as state farm, 190
- Iznit, 194
- Jaffa, 199
- Kirkuk, 222
- Nablus as center of West Bank production, 265
- Oman's economy, 318
- Samarkand, 318
- Sanaa's pagan cults, 328
- Sudan's fertile flood plain, 216
- Taif's fruit production, 342
- Trabzon's loss of arable land, 360
- Tripoli's prosperity under Roman rule, 366-367
Agrippa, 204
Ahmad, Imam, 331
Ahmad Baba, 357-358
Ahmad Pasha Karamanli, 367-368
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 351
Ahmed ibn Ibrahim, 20
Aida, Operation, 333
Aidid, Hussayn, 258
AIDS/HIV, 135, 258
Akkadian Empire
- Ebla as threat to, 142
- Nineveh, 280-281
- Ugarit, 379
Akko. See Acre
Aksum, 16-21, 328, 387
Al-Ain. See Buraimi and Al-Ain
Al-Awwam, Zubair ibn, 398
Al-Azm, Haqqi, 125
Al-Basri, Hasan, 73, 398
Al-Hakim, Ayatollah Mohsen, 270
Al-Hakim, Muhammad Bakr, 270
Al-Haram Mosque complex, 241
Al-Husri, 61-62
Al-Jama' al-Islamiya, 52
Al-Jazzar, Ahmed Pasha, 6
Al-Mahdi al-Muntazar, 218-219
Al-Mansur, 55-56, 247
Al-Massudi, 252
Al-Nabulusi, Abd al-Ghani, 123
Alawite dynasty, 151-152, 247, 249, 336-337
Albuquerque, Alfonso de, 11, 69-70, 262
Aleppo, 21-24, 102, 163, 179
Alexander I, Czar, 65
Alexander the Great
- Acre, control of, 4
- Aleppo, capture of, 22
- Alexandria, 24-28
- Amid (Diyarbakir), capture of, 127
- Ashdod, conquest of, 48
- Babylon, conquest of, 54
- Bukhara, capture of, 95-96
- Byblos, conquest of, 106
- Cyprus as a prize, 276
- damascene sword, 126
- Damascus, conquest of, 120
- Herat, founding of, 168
- Iskenderun, 175
- Luxor Temple, investiture at, 234
- Samarkand, capture and destruction of, 319
- Smyrna, capture of, 189
- survey of the eastern Arabian coast, 387
- Trabzon, capture of, 360
- Tyre, conquest of, 375-376
Alexandria, 24-28, 108
Alexius III, 362
Algeciras Conference (1905), 347
Algeria, 29-33, 289-292
Algerian Revolution, 291
Algiers, 29-33
Ali, Muhammad (Egypt), 59
Ali, Salem Robea, 15
Ali Ben Youssef, 247-248
Ali ibn Abi Talib, 226, 268, 269, 388
Ali Salih, Haji Shirmarke, 91
Allal al-Kairaouni, 116
Allenby, Edmund, 80
Allon, Yigal, 80-81
Almohad dynasty
- Marrakesh, siege of, 246
- Meknes as security city, 249
- Oran, control of, 289
- Sijilmassa, conquest of, 336
- Tunis, conquest of, 370
Almovarid dynasty, 246, 249, 286, 335, 359
Alphabet development, 106
Alwa, 216
Amal movement, 88
Amazons, 360
Amenhotep III, 233
American Plan (Cairo), 113
American Rapid Deployment Force, 131
American Revolution, 191
Amiranshah, 59
Amman, 33-35
Ammurapi, 380
Amorites, 281
Anaxikrates, 387
Anchovies, 364-365
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