Islam at War: A History

INDEX 271

Greek fire, use of, 99, 142–43.See also
naphtha, use of
Greek Revolution, 76–78, 119, 140
Greeks, massacres of after WWI, 132
guerrilla warfare, 59, 154, 194, 195,
202–3
Gujarat, sacking of temple at, 55
gulet(modern yacht), 151
Gulf War, 197–200, 206; tactics in, 202,
204

Hajjaj, governor of Iraq, 223–24
Halil Pasha, 136
Hamas, 244–45, 253
Hamid, Abdul, 135
Hapsburg Empire, 104–5, 107, 112–13,
114, 146
Harun-ur Rashid, 143, 151
Hasan-as-Sabah, 235
Hasan III, Assassin, 239
hashish, use of by Assassins, 240–41
Hassan, Ottoman General, 100
Hattin, Battle of, 46, 49
Hazrat Hamza, 8
Hebrew tribes: expulsion of, 10;
Muhammad’s relations with, 4–5;
relations with Islam, 9.See alsoIsrael;
Jews
Hegira, 3–4, 14, 209
Heliopolis, Battle of, 32
Henry of Champagne, 239
Heraclius, Byzantine Emperor, 17–18, 25,
26, 32–33, 34
heretics, persecution of, 25, 33, 225
Herzog, Chaim, 175–76, 182–83
Hicks, Colonel William (Hicks Pasha),
161–62
Highway of Death, 200
Hijrah to Medina, 3–4, 14
Hilli, Battle of, 187
Hims, Battle of, 66–67
Hinduism, differences with Islam, 52–53
Hira, siege of, 19–20
Hitler, Adolph, 137, 232

HMSInflexible, 158

Holy Lance, incident of, 40

Holy League fleet, 146, 148, 149

Homs, 42–43; Battle of, 120

horses, in war: in Afghanistan, 195;

against elephants, 55–56; tactics, 55,

59, 64–65, 82–83; use of, 94–95, 97

Hospitallers, 239

Hulugu, 239

Humayun, 58

Hunyadi, John, 98–99, 100, 106

Hussain, Brigadier Tajjamal, 187

Hussein, King of Jordan, 179, 181

Hussein, Saddam, 189, 193, 197–98, 200,

202, 249

hypocrites, fate of, 215–16

Ibn Rashid, Husain, 75–76

Ibn SaÛud, Muhammad , 74, 75

Ibn SaÛud (Abd al-Aziz ibnÛAbd ar-

Rahman Al Faysal Al SaÛud), 75–76

Ibrahim Pasha, 120–21

idols, smashing of, 11, 55, 226

illiteracy in the Muslim world, 154, 172,

194, 259–60

India: British in, 60–61; hatred of

Muslims, 224; massacres in, 222–24;

moving of the capital of, 57; Muslim

conquest of, 52, 226; states of, 52;

wars with Pakistan, 185–88

Indonesia, European colonial rule in,

154–55

Indo-Pakistani wars, 185–88

Intifada, 244

Iranian Revolution, 192

Iran-Iraq war, 188–93, 218–19

Iran military training in, 192–93

Iraq, attack on Israel, 183–84

Islam: and Hinduism, 52–53, 61; in

history, 255–57; nature of, 212–14,

216–17; pacifism in, 5; spread of

culture, 48–49

Islamic Law (ShariÛa ), 217

Ismail (Hasan), assassin, 236–37