Notes on a Century: Reflections of A Middle East Historian

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by Bernard Lewis


  Halaby, Najeeb, ref1

  Halevi, Yehuda, ref1

  half-Arabs, ref1

  Hamza, Fuad, ref1, ref2

  Hamza, Prince of Jordan, ref1

  Harnack, Adolf von, ref1

  Harper & Row, ref1

  Harvard University, ref1

  Harvey, Patrick, ref1

  Harvey Prize, ref1

  Hassan, Crown Prince of Jordan, ref1, ref2

  Hatto, Arthur, ref1

  Hebrew, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Herat, ref1

  Heyd, U., ref1

  Hinduism, ref1

  Hiroshima, atomic bombing of, ref1

  Hirschberg, J. W., ref1

  Hirsi Ali, Ayan, ref1

  historical process, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  history, ref1

  falsification of, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Islamic view of, ref1, ref2

  history, study of, ref1

  acknowledgments and, ref1

  bias in, ref1

  BL’s early interest in, ref1, ref2

  cultural context in, ref1

  disciplinary approach to, ref1

  expanded concept of source material in, ref1, ref2

  fairness in, ref1

  following the evidence in, ref1, ref2

  importance of knowing languages in, ref1

  influence of current events on, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  intellectual freedom and, ref1, ref2

  legitimization and, ref1

  Marxist, ref1

  mathematics vs., ref1, ref2, ref3

  methodology of, ref1, ref2, ref3

  and mistrusting documents, ref1

  moral responsibilities in, ref1, ref2

  neutrality in, ref1

  outsiders vs. insiders in, ref1

  political correctness and, ref1, ref2, ref3

  and predicting the future, ref1

  regurgitation of ideas in, ref1

  social sciences and, ref1, ref2, ref3

  taboos in, ref1, ref2

  teaching vs. research in, ref1

  technology and, ref1

  uncertainty in, ref1

  vogues in, ref1

  see also Middle Eastern studies

  history, writing of, ref1, ref2

  and changing meaning of words, ref1

  ideologically slanted language in, ref1

  monographs and, ref1, ref2

  reflective works and, ref1

  revising of previous work in, ref1

  style in, ref1

  techniques of scholarship and, ref1

  History of the Crusades, A (Setton, ed.), ref1

  History Remembered, Recovered, Invented (Lewis), ref1

  Hitchens, Christopher, ref1

  Hitler, Adolf, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  “Hitlerias” (Lewis), ref1

  Holocaust, ref1, ref2

  Armenian massacres compared to, ref1, ref2

  Holy Land, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Hong Kong, ref1

  honor, ref1

  Honorable Society of the Middle Temple, ref1

  House of Commons, ref1, ref2

  House of Lords, ref1

  humor, in Muslim world, ref1, ref2

  Hungary, ref1

  Huntington, Samuel P., ref1

  Hurgronje, Christian Snouck, ref1

  Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan, ref1

  Hussein, King of Jordan, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Hussein, Saddam, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Husseini, Musa Abdullah al-, ref1

  Hutchinson, ref1

  hypothesis, thesis vs., ref1

  Ibn al-Faqīh, ref1

  Ibn Gabirol, Solomon, ref1

  Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, ref1

  ‘Ibri, ref1

  Iceland, ref1

  Icelandic language, ref1

  identity:

  citizenship and, ref1

  Egyptian, ref1

  Islamic, ref1, ref2

  Mexican, ref1

  imperialism, end of, ref1

  Imperial Japanese Academy, ref1

  India, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Indiana University, ref1

  Indonesia, ref1

  In My Time (Cheney), ref1

  Inns of Court, ref1, ref2

  Inquisition, ref1

  Institut de France, ref1

  Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Institute of Islamic Studies (New Delhi), ref1

  Institute of Race Relations, ref1

  interest, Muslim prohibition of, ref1

  International Congress of Historians, ref1

  International Congress of Islamic Studies, ref1, ref2

  Intourist, ref1

  Iran, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  anti-Americanism in, ref1, ref2

  Assassins in, ref1

  nuclear program of, ref1

  oil in, ref1

  U.S. policy on, ref1, ref2

  in war with Iraq, ref1

  Iran, Shah of, ref1, ref2

  Iranian hostage crisis, ref1, ref2

  Iranian Revolution, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Iraq, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Kurdish zone in, ref1, ref2

  Kuwait invaded by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  in war with Iran, ref1

  in World War II, ref1

  Iraq War, First (1990), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Iraq War, Second (2003), ref1, ref2, ref3

  Ireland, religious conflict in, ref1

  Irwin, Robert, ref1

  Islam:

  alcohol banned by, ref1

  Christians and Jews as viewed by, ref1, ref2

  as ethical religion, ref1

  identity and, ref1, ref2

  importance of history as perceived in, ref1, ref2

  political dimension of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  prohibition on interest and loans in, ref1

  triumphalist approach of, ref1

  see also Middle East; Middle Eastern history; Muslim world; specific sects

  Islam, from the Prophet Muhammad to the Capture of Constantinople (Lewis), ref1

  Islamic extremism, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  see also terrorists, terrorism

  Islamic Fundamentalism:

  grievances of, ref1

  as misleading term, ref1

  Islamic guilds, ref1, ref2

  Islamic Institute (Omdurman), ref1

  Isma‘ilis, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  “Isma‘ilites and the Assassins, The” (Lewis), ref1

  Israel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  in Egyptian peace treaty, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Jordan and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Lebanon and, ref1, ref2

  in Oslo agreement, ref1, ref2

  Palestinians and, see Palestinian-Israeli conflict

  Scud missile attacks on, ref1

  in Six Day War, ref1, ref2, ref3

  in Suez Crisis (1956 war), ref1

  Syria and, ref1, ref2

  Vatican and, ref1

  in Yom Kippur War, ref1, ref2

  Israel Oriental Society, ref1

  Issawi, Charles, ref1, ref2

  Istanbul, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  see also Constantinople

  Italian Americans, ref1

  Italian language, ref1, ref2

  historic documents in, ref1

  Italy, ref1, ref2

  in World War II, ref1

  Jackson, Henry M. “Scoop,” ref1

  Japan, ref1, ref2

  Japanese language, ref1

  Jaysh al-Sha‘b, ref1

  Jedda, ref1

  Jeffery, Arthur, ref1

  Jerusalem, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Jerusalem Foundation, ref1

  Jesus, ref1, ref2

  Jewish Agency, Jerusalem, ref1

  Jewish Chronicle, ref1

  Jewishness, ref1
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  Jews, Judaism:

  Ashkenazi vs. Sefardi, ref1

  Christianity as outgrowth of, ref1

  Christian view of, ref1

  dietary laws of, ref1

  expulsion from England, ref1

  expulsion from Spain, ref1

  Islamic view of, ref1

  as Middle Eastern scholars, ref1, ref2

  in Muslim world, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  in Ottoman Empire, ref1

  in Parliament, ref1

  persecution of, ref1; see also Holocaust

  relativist approach of, ref1

  role of religious law in, ref1, ref2

  in U.S. vs. England, ref1

  Jews of Islam, The (Lewis), ref1

  jihad (holy war), ref1, ref2

  John of Capistrano, Saint, ref1

  John Paul II, Pope, ref1, ref2

  Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, ref1

  Jordan, ref1, ref2

  Israel and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Judeo-Christian tradition, ref1

  Judeo-Islamic tradition, ref1, ref2

  justice, ref1

  Kabul, ref1, ref2

  Kaifeng, Jews in, ref1

  Karachi, ref1

  Karlsbad, ref1

  Kennedy, Edward, ref1

  Kenya, U.S. Embassy bombing in, ref1

  Keter Malchut (The Kingly Crown) (Ibn Gabirol), ref1

  Khartoum, ref1

  Khartoum, University of, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Khobar Towers attack, ref1

  Khomeini, Ayatollah, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Kibbutz Kfar Blum, ref1

  Kissinger, Henry, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Koenig, Franz, Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna, ref1

  Kollek, Teddy, ref1

  Koran, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  Kraus, Paul, ref1

  Kurds, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Kuwait, Iraq invasion of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Kyoto, ref1

  Labour Party, ref1, ref2

  Lahore, ref1, ref2, ref3

  LaMonte, John L., ref1

  languages:

  BL’s learning of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  importance in learning of, ref1, ref2

  LaRouche, Lyndon, ref1

  Laski, Harold, ref1

  Latin, ref1, ref2

  law:

  BL’s study of, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Gayssot, ref1, ref2

  Islamic (Shari‘a), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Jewish, ref1, ref2

  Roman, ref1

  League of Nations, ref1

  Lebanon, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Israel and, ref1, ref2

  1958 civil war in, ref1

  Lee Kwan Yew, ref1

  Lenin, V. I., ref1

  Levy, Anne Miller, ref1, ref2

  Levy, Betty, ref1

  Levy, Joseph, ref1

  Lewis, Basil, ref1

  Lewis, Bernard:

  in Afghanistan trip, ref1

  Algiers trip of, ref1

  at Annenberg Institute, ref1, ref2

  and Armenian massacre lawsuits, ref1

  Bar Mitzvah of, ref1

  book collection of, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Cheney and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  childhood of, ref1, ref2

  divorce of Ruth and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  early schooling of, ref1

  eightieth birthday of, ref1

  evolving views of, ref1

  as feminist, ref1

  finances of, ref1

  First Class Honours of, ref1

  first Middle Eastern trip of, ref1

  first U.S. visit of, ref1

  former students of, ref1

  Hadley’s e-mails from, ref1

  at Institute for Advanced Study, ref1, ref2, ref3

  in intelligence corps, ref1

  in Japan trip, ref1

  Jewish identity of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  languages learned by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  legal studies of, ref1, ref2, ref3

  literary ambitions of, ref1

  on London University faculty, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  marriage of Jean and, ref1

  marriage of Ruth and, ref1

  Marxism and, ref1

  media and, ref1, ref2

  Meir and, ref1

  in MI6, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  original source translations by, ref1

  poetry of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  poetry translations by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Pope John Paul II and, ref1, ref2

  on Princeton faculty, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  Princeton home of, ref1, ref2, ref3

  in retirement from Princeton and IAS, ref1

  revising of earlier work by, ref1

  Said’s attack on, ref1

  Senate testimony of, ref1

  at UCLA, ref1, ref2

  as university student, ref1

  in World War II, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Lewis, Bernard (Samuel’s son), ref1

  Lewis, Harry, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  as avid newspaper reader, ref1

  dogs of, ref1

  as opera lover, ref1, ref2

  Lewis, Jean, ref1

  Lewis, Jenny, ref1

  childhood of, ref1

  correct English as important to, ref1

  miscarriage of, ref1

  Lewis, Jessica, ref1, ref2

  Lewis, Lily, ref1

  Lewis, Melanie, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Lewis, Michael, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Lewis, Nat, ref1

  Lewis, Rachel, ref1

  Lewis, Rose, ref1

  Lewis, Ruth Oppenhejm, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  divorce of BL and, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  marriage of BL and, ref1

  Lewis, Samuel, ref1

  Lewis, Zachary, ref1

  “Lewis Doctrine,” ref1

  Liberal Party, ref1

  Liberation, ref1

  Libya, ref1

  “License to Kill” (Lewis), ref1

  Ligue Internationale Contre le Racisme et l’Antisémitisme (LICRA), ref1

  Lithuania, ref1

  London, ref1, ref2, ref3

  London, University of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  BL on faculty of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  Middle Eastern students at, ref1, ref2, ref3

  publication fund of, ref1

  see also School of Oriental and African Studies

  London School of Economics, ref1

  Maidenhead, ref1

  Malaysia, ref1

  Maltese language, ref1

  Mamluk period, ref1

  Marx, Groucho, ref1

  Marxism, ref1

  Massignon, Louis, ref1, ref2

  Materials for the History of the Text of the Qur’an: The Old Codices (Jeffery), ref1

  Mauss, Marcel, ref1

  Mawali, ref1

  Mawdudi, Abu’l-‘Ala, ref1

  Mecca, ref1, ref2

  media, ref1

  Armenian massacre lawsuits and, ref1

  BL and, ref1, ref2

  misrepresentations of Middle East in, ref1

  Medina, ref1, ref2

  Mediterranean Society (Goitein), ref1

  Meir, Golda, ref1, ref2, ref3

  BL’s meetings with, ref1, ref2

  Menderes, Adnan, ref1

  Menzies, Sir Stewart, ref1

  Mesquita, ref1

  Metsuda, ref1

  Mexico, Mexicans, ref1

  MI5, ref1

  MI6, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Michalski, Krysztof, ref1

  Michigan, University of, ref1

  Middle Ages, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

 
Middle East:

  Americans’ views of, ref1

  Anglo-French rivalry in, ref1

  anti-Semitism in, ref1

  authoritarian regimes in, ref1

  BL’s first trip to, ref1

  BL’s wartime service in, ref1, ref2

  Cold War in, ref1, ref2, ref3

  difficulties of Jewish scholars in, ref1, ref2

  European imperialism in, ref1, ref2

  food and meals in, ref1

  government by consultation in, ref1

  Great Britain and, ref1

  Jews in, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  media misrepresentations of, ref1

  medieval period in, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Muslim conquest of, ref1

  nationalism in, ref1

  Nazis and, ref1

  and perceived impotence of U.S., ref1, ref2

  pre-Islamic history of, ref1, ref2

  race and slavery in, ref1, ref2

  U.S. policy in, ref1, ref2

  value system of, ref1

  Western relations with, ref1

  West resented by, ref1, ref2

  see also Muslim world

  Middle East: A Brief History of the Last Two Thousand Years, The (Lewis), ref1

  Middle East and the West, The (Lewis), ref1

  Middle Eastern studies, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  anti-Western bias in, ref1

  BL’s pioneering role in, ref1, ref2

  cultural arrogance and, ref1

  decline of standards in, ref1

  expanded definition of source material in, ref1

  increasing necessity of, ref1

  Marxism and, ref1

  new scholarship and, ref1

  9/11 and, ref1

  orthodoxy in, ref1

  philological vs. disciplinary approaches to, ref1, ref2

  political correctness in, ref1, ref2

  Said’s influence on, ref1, ref2

  theological vs. disciplinary approaches to, ref1, ref2

  Middle East Institute, ref1

  Middle East Mosaic, A (Lewis), ref1

  Middle East Studies Association (MESA), ref1

  Mikasa, Prince, ref1

  Mikoyan, Anastas, ref1

  Minna, ref1

  Mishkenot Sha’ananim, ref1

  Mohammad, Prince of Jordan, ref1

  Monde, Le, ref1, ref2

  Morocco, ref1, ref2

  Moscow, ref1

  Mosul, ref1

  Mu‘awiya, ref1

  Muhammad, Prophet, ref1, ref2, ref3

  biography of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  BL accused of disrespect for, ref1

  hadith of, ref1

  Soviet critiques of, ref1

  Muscat, Grand Mosque of, ref1

  Music of a Distant Drum (Lewis), ref1

  Muslim Brothers, ref1, ref2, ref3

  Muslim Discovery of Europe, The (Lewis), ref1, ref2, ref3

  Muslim University of Aligarh, ref1

  Muslim world:

  annual pilgrimage in, ref1

  Arab Spring in, ref1, ref2, ref3

  democratization in, ref1

  elections in, ref1

  European imperialism in, ref1, ref2

  expansion of, ref1, ref2, ref3

 

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