The
Jerusalem Quartet - A Who's Who of Historical and
Literary Characters mentioned or alluded to in the text
Version 2. Compiled
September, 8, 2007, from the totality of the Quartet:
Sinai Tapestry, Jerusalem Poker, Nile Shadows and Jericho
Mosaic - Old Earth Books editions.
Abdullah
I of Jordan
- 1882-1951
First king of Jordan, Jericho Mosaic, page 180
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_I_of_Jordan
Al-Assad,
Hafez - 1930-2000
President of Syria from 1970 to his death, Jericho Mosaic,
page 240.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafez_al-Assad
Al-Assad, Rifaat
- 1937-
Younger brother of Hafez al-Assad, Jericho Mosaic, page
278.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad
Al-Husseini
(or Al-Husayni), Mohammad Amin 1895-1974
Mufti of Jerusalem, Sinai Tapestry page 216
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haj_Amin_Al-Husseini
Al-Jundi, Abd-al-Karim
- died 1969
Head of Syrian intelligence, probable inspiration for
Colonel Jundi in Jericho Mosaic.
Allon, Yigal
1918-1980
Zionist fighter, then Israeli politician, Nile Shadows
page 24.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yigal_Allon
Amit, Meir -
1921-
Second director of Mossad, inspiration for General Dror,
Jericho Mosaic, page 83.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Amit
Arnauti, Jacob
Literary character, from Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria
Quartet, Jerusalem Poker, page 216.
Atatürk,
Mustafa Kemal 1881-1938
Turkish statesman, Sinai Tapestry page 226.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataturk
Baring, Evelyn,
Lord Cromer 1841-1917
British statesman and diplomat, Cairo Martyr's disguise
in Jerusalem Poker, page 157.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Baring%2C_1st_Earl_of_Cromer
Ben-Gurion,
David - 1886-1973
First Prime Minister of Israel, Jericho Mosaic, page
179.
Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gurion
Burckhardt,
Johann Ludwig 1784-1817
Swiss traveller and orientalist, the obvious inspiration
for Johann Luigi Szondi ( Sinai Tapestry, page 29, Jerusalem
Poker, page 83), mentioned by name in Nile Shadows,
page 392.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Ludwig_Burckhardt
Burton, Richard
Francis 1821-1890
British explorer, an obvious inspiration for Plantagenet
Strongbow.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton
Cavafy, Constantine
P. 1863-1933
Greek poet, an inspiration for Ahmad in Nile Shadows.
Joe's mention of "abstractions and pseudonyms"
(page 352) refers to a Cavafy essay, and Ahmad's description
as standing "at a slight angle to the universe" is E.M. Forster's description of Cavafy. Not to mention
a few paraphrases of his poems, plus the Rue Clapsius
bit.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavafy
Codex Sinaiticus
- Bible discovered at St Catherine's Monastery by Constantin
von Tischendorf in 1844. This bible is obviously the
inspiration for the original bible which features in
Sinai Tapestry.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus
The Codex Sinaiticus Project is an international collaboration to reunite the entire manuscript in digital form and make it accessible to a global audience for the first time. The web address is:
http://www.codex-sinaiticus.net/
Cohen, Eli 1924-1965
Israeli master spy - obvious inspiration for Yossi/Halim
in Jericho Mosaic.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen
Dayan, Moshe
1915-1981
Israeli military leader and politician, Nile Shadows
page 24
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Dayan
(According to this entry, he lost an eye in the same
circumstances as Bletchley.)
Donovan, William,
a.k.a. Wild Bill 1883-1959
American lawyer and politician, first director of the
OSS, Nile Shadows page 35.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Joseph_Donovan
Doughty, Charles
Montagu 1843-1926
British poet and traveller, maybe one of the inspirations
for Strongbow, Nile Shadows, page 392.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Doughty
Dupuis, Auguste,
a.k.a. Yakouba 1865-1945
The White Monk of Timbuktu, Sinai Tapestry, page 46.
The only web reference I managed to find is:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/french_historical_studies/toc/fhs27.3.html
There is also a book (not read): Yakouba, by William
Seabrook, 1934.
Fellers, Bonner
Frank 1896-1973
American military attaché in Cairo, re the Black
Code fiasco, Nile Shadows, page 239.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonner_Fellers
Fermor, Patrick
Leigh - 1915-2011
British author, scholar and soldier upon whom Our Colly,
the original Purple Seven Armenian, was partly based,
Nile Shadows, page 25, describes the kidnapping of the
German commandant in Crete. Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Leigh_Fermor
Frangieh, Suleiman
- 1910-1992
President of Lebanon from 1970 to 1976, Jericho Mosaic,
page 281.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_Frangieh
Frangieh, Tony
- 1941-1978
Son of Suleiman Frangieh, Jericho Mosaic, page 278.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Frangieh
Gemayel, Amine
1942-
Son of Pierre Gemayel, president of Lebanon from 1982
to 1988, probable inspiration for Fuad, Jericho Mosaic,
page 303.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amine_Gemayel
Gemayel, Bachir
- 1947-1982
Son of Pierre Gemayel, killed after he was elected president
of Lebanon, probable inspiration for Naji, Jericho Mosaic,
page 303.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachir_Gemayel
Gemayel, Pierre
- 1905-1984
Lebanese politician, probable inspiration for Sheikh
Jean-Claude, Jericho Mosaic, page 303.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Gemayel
Gulbenkian,
Calouste 1869-1955
Armenian businessman, also known as "Mr. Five per
cent", an inspiration for Sophia. Mentioned by
name in Nile Shadows, page 25.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulbenkian
Hafiz, Amin
- 1911-
President of Syria from 1963 to 1966, Jericho Mosaic,
page 32.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_Hafiz
Hamid II (a.k.a.
Abdu'l-Hamid II) 1842 -1918.
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Sinai Tapestry, page 216.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Hamid_II
Harel, Isser
- 1912-2003
Second director of Mossad, inspiration for Little Aharon,
Jericho Mosaic, page 36.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isser_Harel
Hofi, Yitzhak
- 1927-
Fifth director of Mossad, inspiration for General Reuvah,
Jericho Mosaic, page 349.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Hofi
Hunt, William
Holman - 1827-1910
British painter, Jericho Mosaic, page 107.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Holman_Hunt
Hussein bin
Ali 1852-1931
Sharif of Mecca, Sinai Tapestry, page 215
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherif_Hussein_ibn_Ali
Hussein I -
1935-1999
King of Jordan from 1952 to his death, Jericho Mosaic,
page 124.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan
Ibn Saud 1880-1953
Arab leader, later the first king of Saudi Arabia, Sinai
Tapestry page 215.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud
Ismail Pasha
1830-1895
Khedive of Egypt, Nile Shadows, page 268.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isma%27il_of_Egypt
Jadid, Salah
- 1926-1993
Leader of Syria from 1966 to 1970, Jericho Mosaic, page
239.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salah_Jadid
Jennings, Asa
?-?
Assistant YMCA director in Smyrna, Sinai Tapestry page
301.
No wikipedia entry. The one devoted to the Great Fire
of Smyrna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Smyrna
) is very much in the "don't offend anybody" mode. I found a page on what I think is a Christian
website which uses the same quotes as Whittemore (http://unicorn.phoenixrising-web.net/shelp/getinvolved.htm).
Menzies, Stewart
1890-1968
British spy, head of MI-6, may have inspired the "M" character in the James Bond novels, Nile Shadows page
35.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Menzies
Nasser, Gamal
Abdel - 1918-1970
President of Egypt from 1954 to his death, Jericho Mosaic,
page 91.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasser
Noli, Fan (Theofan
Stilian Noli, a.k.a.) 1882-1965
Albanian bishop and politician, Jerusalem Poker, page
206.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Noli
Osman-Bey (a.k.a.
Millinger) ?-?
Author of World Conquest by the Jews, Jerusalem Poker,
page 198.
No immediate web reference.
O'Sullivan Beare
The famous march of the O'Sullivan Beares is told here:
http://www.carriganass.com/Pages/history.html
Rachkovsky (Piotr)
1853-1910
Author or instigator of the Protocols of the Elders
of Zion, Jerusalem Poker page 209.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Rachkovsky
Retcliffe, John
(a.k.a. Herman Goedsche) 1815-1878
Author of Biarritz, Jerusalem Poker page 198.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Goedsche
Sadat, Anwar
Al - 1918-1981
President of Egypt from 1970 to his death, Jericho Mosaic,
page 198.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Al_Sadat
Shiloah, Reuven
- 1909-1959
First director of Mossad, may have inspired the character
of Tajar in Jericho Mosaic.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuven_Shiloah
Smyth, Ethel
1858-1944
English musician and suffragette, Sinai Tapestry page
215.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Smyth
also see (you need to register, I think):
http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4135
Stephenson,
William 1897-1989
Canadian businessman and spy, code name "Intrepid",
may have inspired the James Bond character, Nile Shadows
page 35.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephenson
Suedani, Ahmed
Head of Syrian intelligence at the time Eli Cohen was
captured, may have inspired the character of Colonel
Jundi in Jericho Mosaic.
Ticho, Anna 1894-1980
Famous Jerusalem artist on whom Anna Cohen is partly
based, Jericho Mosaic page 131.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ticho
Tischendorf,
Constantine 1815-1874
The "young German" who found the Codex Sinaiticus,
Sinai Tapestry page 64.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tischendorf
Ulrichs, Karl
Heinrich (Numa Numantius) 1825-1895
German defender of homosexuality, coined the word "uranism",
Sinay Tapestry page 14, Jerusalem Poker page 27.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Heinrich_Ulrichs
Note: "Aunt Magnesia" was the nickname given
to his disciple Maghus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) - wikipedia
entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Hirschfeld
Wallenstein
About the first Wallenstein, as mentioned in Sinai Tapestry,
page 25, see wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallenstein
Weizmann, Chaim
1874-1952
Zionist leader, first president of Israel, Sinai Tapestry
page 216
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Weizmann
Wied, William
of 1876-1945
King of Albania in 1914, Jerusalem Poker page 206
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Wied
Wingate, Orde
Charles 1903-1944
British soldier and Christian Zionist, a probable inspiration
for Our Colly, see Nile Shadows, page 24. Wikipedia
entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Orde_Wingate
Zaghlul, Saad
1859-1927
Egyptian politician, Sinai Tapestry page 216.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaghlul
Zamir,
Zvi - 1925-
Fourth director of Mossad, the inspiration for General
Ben-Zvi, Jericho Mosaic page 178.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvi_Zamir
Zog of Albania
(a.k.a. Skanderberg III) 1895-1961
King of Albania from 1928 to 1939, Jerusalem Poker page
206.
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zog_of_Albania |