A Concise History of the Middle East

Index • 539

Egypt, 17, 91,100,131,158,165,166.
See also Suez Canal
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty and, 260
Arab Socialist Union Party of, 302,321
Arabs and, 259,264
basic statistics for, 530f
Britain and, 166-167, 191,192,
251-257,264,265,306
civilization of, 5
constitution of, 189,190,191,260
democracy in, 258
elections in, 260
financial problems of, 188-189
French and, 191
Hashimites and, 304
independence for, 255-256,
260-262,267
Israel and, 292,295
Israeli War of Independence and, 304
1952 military coup in, 266
Napoleon's occupation of, 171-172
National Party of, 191,194
nationalism in, 187-195,255-258
Palestine and, 281,304
pan-Arabism in, 304
political parties of, 258
poverty in, 262
protectorate in, 256,257
1919 revolution in, 255-256
Soviet Union and, 305,314
terrorism in, 429-430
United States and, 256,305-306,314
Western creditors to, 189-190
westernizing reforms for, 170—171
WWI and, 254
WWII and, 263
Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 213,214
Egyptian-Israeli treaty, 329,364,382,384
Egyptian Museum, 188
Egyptian National University, 259.
See also Cairo University
Eilat, 295
Eisenhower Doctrine, 314-316, 318
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 313,314
Elburz, 20

Elites. See Class structure

Energy crisis, 345

Enlightenment, the, 161, 273

Enver (Young Turk), 197,209

Ephesus Council, 19

Ertogrul, 140

Erzurum, 227

Eshkol, Levi, 323,324,325,341

Ethiopia, 25, 34, 35,135,189, 260, 364

Mecca invasion by, 29

Eugen (Savoy prince), 159

Euphrates River, 8,25,57,78,87,302,340,

417,422

Europe/Europeans. See also Great Powers

19th Century power of, 169

balance of power in, 163

Evangelical Christianity, US policy and,

347,434,440,445

Evren, Kenan, 325

Family life, under Islam, 116-117

al-Farabi, 119,120

Farming, 8

beginnings of, 15

in Middle East, 7-8

Faruq (king), 251,260,261,263,264,265,

266,296,297, 304,305, 316,358

Fascism, 229,370. See also Nazis

Fasting, 36,40,47-48,124, 349

Fatalism, 151

al-Fatat, 209,214,323, 337,412,444

FathAli Shah, 181

Fatima,32,61,89,90

Fatimids, 88, 90, 91

Seljuks and, 92map

Faysal (Saudi Arabia king ), 219

Faysal I (Iraq king/son of Sharif Husayn),

212,213,214,217

Faysal II (Iraq king ), 303, 317, 318

Feith, Douglas, 432,433

Ferid, Damad, 227

Fertile Crescent, 23,26,164,171,174,211,

218,220,223, 225,264,301, 303,424

terrorism in, 424—426

Festivals, 117,272