INDEX 269Bethman-Hollweg, Theobald von,
136–37
Bey, Ibrahim, 119
Bheemsi, regent of Chittur, 56–57
Bilbeis, massacre at, 45
bin Laden, Osama: in Afghanistan, 196,
200; charisma of, 169 n.1; life of,
245–51; and nuclear weapons, 250–51;
and terrorism, 205, 253; and World
Trade Center attack, 139 n.1
Bin Qasim, Muhammad, 51, 61
Black Hole of Calcutta, 60, 62 n.1
Blood River, Battle of the, 19–20
Bohemund II, king of Jerusalem, 42
Bohemund the Norman, 39–40
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 7, 70
Bonjol, Tank Imam, 154
Bragadino, governor of Famagusta,
148–49
Breslau(ship), 128, 140 n.2
Bridge, Battle of the, 22, 34
British East India Company, 154, 155
Browne, General S., 156–57
Bucar, King, 85
Bulgaria, killings in, 123–25
Bursa, siege of, 93
Bush, George, 198
Bush, George W., 49, 200
Buwaib, Battle of, 22, 35
Buzakha, Battle of, 17, 34
Buzurg-Ummed, Assassin grand master,
236–37
Byzantine empire: characteristics of, 24,
26–27; effect of the Crusaders on, 48;
end of, 37; power of, 15–16; theory of
warfare, 29
Cairo, 69–70, 71–72, 73
Caliph of all Islam, 75–76
camels, 19, 60, 75
cannons, use of, 101
Cantich, Battle of, 84
Carter, Jimmy, 198
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 76
Cem, 101–2
Ceuta, capture of, 81–82, 88, 143
Chaldiron, Battle of, 69
Chamb, Battle of, 187
Charar-e-Sharief mosque, destruction of,
225
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 146
children of the book, fate of, 214, 217,
226–27, 229
Chittur, siege of, 56–57
Chosroes II, King of Persia, 17–18
Christian Army of Revenge, 128
Christians: condemnation of, 214,
226–27; discrimination against, 229;
missionaries, 135
Churchill, Winston, 128
Circassians, settlement of, 125, 134
Clive, General Robert, 60
Conrad of Montferrat, 238–39
Constantinople: attacks on, 151; capture
of, 99–100, 144, 151; importance of,
15–16; Janissary revolt in, 111; Siege
of, 100; siege of, 143.See also
Istanbul
conversion, forced, 27, 228–29, 230–31
Crimean War, 122–23
crusade, use of term, 49, 195, 253 n.2
Crusader kingdoms, 41
Crusaders: and the Assassins, 236;
influence of, 46–47, 93
Crusades: effects of, 48–49; First, 39, 49;
with the Hungarian army, 98–99;
perceptions of, 47–48; reality of, 38;
Second, 43, 49; Seventh, 49; in Spain,
85; Third, 46–47, 49
Cuarte, Battle of, 85, 88
Cubuk, Battle of, 98
Cyprus: attack on, 151; control over, 67,
69; massacre at, 222Damascus, 26; destruction of, 79; fall of,
28, 68–69; Mongol sacking of, 67;
Mongol siege of, 64–65; occupation
of, 35