Index

Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt, 114,

117, 197 n. 1.

Abbasids, 26-34, 46, 50, 56.
Abduh, Sheikh Mohammed, 117.
Abdul Hadi, Awni, 121, 154.
Abdul Hamid II, 90, 94, 96, 104,

120, 127 n. 1.
Abdullah, King of Transjordan,

125, 141, 160, 162, 185, 245-6,

278, 280.

Abuqir Bay, Battle of, 73.
Aden, 74, 80, 83, 127.
Afghani, Jamal ud-Din al, 111.
Afghanistan, 69, 80, 87-8, 94, 198,

262.
Agriculture, 1, 3, 11, 27, 119, 233,

236, and see Irrigation.
'Ahd, al- (political society), 122,

125, 140-1.

Akka (Acre), 46, 48, 51,73.
Alawis, 164, 245 n. 1, and see

Latakia.

Aleppo, Medieval, 34,46,50,52-3;
Ottoman, 62, 65, 68, 70;
Modern, 164, 256, 277,

280.

Alexandretta, Sanjaq of, 191, 280.
Alexandria, Ancient and Medieval,

5, 8, 16, 52-3;
Ottoman, 61, 65, 68;
Modern, 112-13,172.
AH, Caliph, 19,21.
AH Bey of Egypt, 63, 72.
Allenby, Lord, 134, 137, 167.
Almohades and Almoravides, 39.
American University of Beirut,

103.
Anglo-American Committee of

Inquiry (Palestine), 212-13.

Anglo-Egyptian Treaty (1936),
171-3, 227.
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., 94, 96,
232 n. 1, 264, 273.
Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (1930, 1948),
174, 231.
Anglo-Persian Agreement (1919),
261-2.
Anglo-Russian Agreement (1907),
94, 96.
Antioch, 5, 9, 41, 46, 48, 51.
Arab Bureau (Cairo), 127, 138.
Arab character, 20-2, 31, 124.
Arab Higher Committee/Execu-
tive (Palestine), 185, 187,
225.
Arab "League, 131, 215, 219,
230-1, J 245-7, 275, 280-1,
287.
Arab Revolt, 125-8.
Arabi Pasha, 112-14.
Arabia, 11-19, 34, 58, 76, 85, 161,
193, 232 n. 1. 241, 245, and see
Yemen.
Arabic language, 59, 103.
Aris, Mustafa' al-, 256.
Armenians, 59 n. 1, 165, 249, 256,
268, 277.
Ashiqa party (Sudan), 229 n. 1.
Asia Minor, 20, 43, 54.
Assyrians, 8 n. 1, 176-8, 199.
Aswan hydro-electric scheme, 119,
240.
Atabegs, 46, 51.
Ayyubids, 46, 48.
Azerbaijan, 258, 269-74.
Azhar, al-, 34, 44, 51 n. 2, 252.
Azzam, Abd ur-Rahman, 230,
245, 281.