A Concise History of the Middle East

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Fez, 391
Fidaiyin, 305,311,313,330,334,336,337,
338, 340,341, 342, 344,356, 388,
392,412. See also Palestine
Liberation Organization
Fiqh, 72,109,125
Firearms, 129, 134,138,153. See also
Gunpowder
First aliya, 274
First Revelation, of Muhammad, 31
Fitna, 60,64,66, 73, 74
Food(s), 5,93,118
riots, 364
shortages of, 181,254
Ford, Gerald, 361
Four Reserved Points, 258,259
Fourteen Points, 216
France, 163,165-166,197
Arab nationalism and, 217,218
Lebanon and, 300
Syria and, 165,213,218,300
Franjiyah, Sulayman, 360
Frankincense, 25, 26
Free will, 44,120
French National Assembly, 300
Fuad (sultan/king), 255, 257, 258,259,260,
261,320
Fuqaha, 109
Fustat, 58, 91


Gabriel (angel), 31,44. See also Angels
Galilee, 293,294, 295, 309, 322, 350
Gallipoli, 141
al-Gaylani, Rashid Ali, 303
Gaza Strip, 291,298, 305, 314,330,
332-333, 343,348, 354, 356, 361,
406,407,410,411,416,440,445,446
Gender roles, under Islam, 116
Génies. See Jinns
Geography, 121
Georgia, 136,237
Germany
Iran and, 241
post WWI punishment of, 217
Ghassanids, 25
al-Ghazali, Abu-Hamid, 124


Ghazan Khan, 135
Ghazisy 96,126,140, 142
Ghazna, 96
Ghaznavids, 87,96
Ghulams, 154,155
Gibralter, Strait of, 74
Glubb,Bagot,293,299,315
Gobi Desert, 101
God, 43-44
communion with, 124
revelation of, 44—45
Goddesses, 33, 34
God's will, 43,123
Goha, 122
Gokalp, Ziya, 198,234
Golan Heights, 330,331, 333, 334,348,349,
352, 385, 389,409,413,414,417,
446,459,460
Golden Horde, 131,136,161
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 401
Gospels, 45
Granada, 138
Grand National Assembly, 228
Great Powers, 162,163,174,183,
196,218
Arabs and, 312-325
Great Silk Route, 95,101
Greek(s), 4
civilization(s), 5
culture of, 17
language, 73
nationalism, 186
philosophy, 18,19, 20, 21, 83,119
science, 83
Turkey and, 213, 228
war of independence, 162
Greek Orthodox Christianity, 18,19,56,
88,162,229,357
Gulf Cooperation Council, 381
Gulf states, 426
terrorism in, 426-429
Gulf War, 397, 398,400,402,404,405,406,
408,409,410,412,414,416,418
human shields in, 402,405
Gunpowder, 129,130,137-138.
See also Firearms
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