542 • Index
Hunkar-Iskelesi Treaty, 178
Hunyadi, John, 143
Husayn (grandson of Muhammad), 61,66,
67,73
Husayn (Jordan king ), 299,315,317,325,
331, 337, 344,355,401,407,413,415
Husayn (Mecca sherif/amir), 210,211,
215,216
Husayn Kamil (sultan), 252
Husayn-McMahon correspondence,
211-212
Husayn, Saddam. See Saddam Husayn
Husayn, Taha, 259,260
al-Husayni, Hajj Amin, 281,282,284,297
Huseyin (vizier), 160
Iblis, 44
IbnKhaldun, 121
IbnRushd, 119,120
Ibn Sa'ud, Abd al-Aziz, 224
IbnSina, 119,120,121
Ibrahim (son of Mehmet Ali), 174,205
Ibrahim (sultan), 158
IDF. See Israel Defense Force
Idols, 26,32,49
Ijtihad, 111
Ikhwan, 244
Il-Khanid dynasty, 105,129,133map,
134-137
Persia and, 135-136
Imperial Bank of Persia, 199
Imperial Rescript, 180
Imperialism, 157,158,159,160,162,164,
166,183,186,208,210, 217, 282,
285,291,302, 306,314, 317, 318,
319,340,373,399,446
India, 96,101,130,137
Indian Ocean, 18
Industrial Revolution, 161,173
Industrialization, 231,418,423.
See also Modernization; Reforms;
Westernization
Inflation, 151, 224,235,247,263,355,362,
378,385,423
Inheritance, 37,111,113,230
Intifada, 369,406,407,415,438,441
first, 406-408
second, 415-416
Iqta' system, 94,96,140
Iran, 9,10,16,20,73,111,177,181,224,
235,237, 239,240-242,312,351,
367-384,387,394. See abo Persia
Baha'i faith and, 181
basic statistics for, 530f
Britain and, 239,241
development of, 240
geography of, 10,235
Germany and, 241
hostage crisis in, 377-379
Iraq and, 369,382-384,394,398,426
Islamic Republic of, 395
Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps, 379
Majlis in, 377,378,424
National Front Party of, 373,376
oil and, 372
reforms for, 239-240
Revolution of 1979 and, 370-379
SAVAK in, 241,372,373, 374
Soviet Union and, 241
terrorism in, 423-424
ulamaand, 241
United States and, 240-241,368-379
Westernization of, 238-241,372-373
White Revolution of, 241,372,373
Iran-Contra affair, 383,394
Iran-Iraq War, 369,382-384,394,398,
399,426
Iraq, 6,20, 57,69, 78,105,213,225,245,
302-303,318,436map.
See also Kurds
Assyrian uprising in, 303
basic statistics for, 530t
Britain and, 213,219,303
coup in, 303
factions within, 302
Fertile Crescent union of, 303
Iran and, 369,382-384,394,398,426
Israeli War of Independence and, 303
Kurds in, 302