Index
Abadan, 201
Abbas (khédive), 193
Abbas I (Safavid shah), 154
Abbas, Mahmud, 443,444
Abbasid caliphate, 63, 76, 79map
decline of, 84-85
establishment of, 71
public piety of, 78-79
revolts against, 80-81
Turks and, 84
Abdal-Ilah,303,318
Abd al-Malik (caliph), 72, 73, 74
Abd al-Rahman I, 77
Abdallah (king/amir of Jordan and son of
Sharif Husayn), 211,220
Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr (caliph), 68, 69, 73
Abdallah II (Jordan king ), 415,426
Abduh, Muhammad, 190,193, 326
Abdulaziz (sultan), 208
Abdulhamid II (sultan), 196,197,224
Abdulmejid (sultan), 178
Abraham, 23, 26, 36,46,48, 74
Abu al-Abbas (caliph), 78, 80
Abu-Bakr (caliph), 32, 35, 38, 39, 54, 57,67
death of, 57
Abu Ghraib, 438
Abu Ja'far al-Mansur. See al-Mansur,
Abu Ja'far (caliph)
Abu-Kir, Battle of, 172
Abu-Muslim, 80, 81
Abu-Nasr al-Farabi, 120
Abu-Talib, 29, 32, 34
death of, 34
Achaemenid dynasty, 16,17, 396.
See also Persia
Acre, 101
Adam, 36,44,46
Aden, 165,223
Adenauer, Konrad, 307
AdliYakan,257
Aegean Sea, 143
Afghani. See Jamal al-Din
al-Afghani. See Jamal al-Din
Afghanistan, 20, 74,96,163,165,171, 236,
237, 364,368, 378, 381,410,417,
420,424,430,431,432,434,438
Bush war on, 435
Africa, 88, 111, 115,121, 126,130,134,
151, 397,431. See also North Africa;
West Africa
Afshar. See Nader Shah
Age of Discovery, 161
Age of Exploration, 161
Agha Khan, 89
Aghlabids, 84,97
Agriculture. See Farming
al-Ahd, 209
Ahmad ibn Hanbal, 111, 123,125
Ahmad ibn Tulun, 84,91
Ahmad Shah, 238
Ahmet (vezier), 159
Ahriman, 17
Ahura Mazda, 17
AIPAC. See American Israel Committee for
Public Affairs
Aisha,38,39,61533