Medjuel was dead by 1904 when Lady Anne Blunt visited Damascus. His son, Afet, is said to have joined the Arabs who fought alongside T. E. Lawrence for the recapture of Damascus from the Turks during the First World War. He was still alive in September 1936, according to Colonel H. R. P. Dickson, and since he was born in 1854 he lived well into his eighties, old for a bedouin.
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Index
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Abdallah, Munni 192, 229, 231, 233, 235
About, Edmond 137–8, 148, 185–6; on Jane and Xristos 140, 141; meets Jane 145–7; La Gréce contemporaine 185–7
Achmed Pasha 246, 250, 251
Albania 139
Albert, Prince 258, 259
Almack’s 12–13, 14, 26, 27, 218
Almack’s (Spencer-Stanhope) 28, 71
Amalie, Queen of Greece 128, 182, 265; dislikes Jane 129–30, 139, 170; jealous of Jane and Xristos 140, 141–3, 144
Amherst, Mr and Mrs 269
Anazeh tribe 155, 165–6, 192
Andover, Lady Jane Digby (née Coke; mother) 1, 6–7, 77–8, 118–19, 121–2, 132; introduces Jane to society 14–15; distraught over end of Jane’s marriage 54–5; asks Steely to testify 68; continuing affection for Jane 123–4; death of husband 127–8; Jane’s last visit 215–18; death of 266
Anson, Lady Anne (née Coke; aunt) 1–2, 9, 30; tries to mend Ellenborough marriage 52, 53–4
Anson, Fanny (later Isted; cousin) 3, 218, 222, 234
Anson, George (cousin) 9, 24, 199; affair with Jane 26–30, 33–5; end of affair 35–7, 40; father of child 35–7; death of brother 47; escapes divorce case 70; marriage to Isabella Forrester 74–5; later life 170; death of 222
Anson, Henry (cousin) 3, 182; death from plague 46–8
Anson, Isabella (née Forrester) 74–5, 75, 234
Anson, Lord (uncle) 3
Anson, William 75
Anton (gardener) 314
Apponyi, Count Rodolphe 40, 42–3, 72, 76, 96; d
uel between Charles and Spiros 109–11
Arabian Nights, The (Burton) 290
Arbuthnot, Harriet 19, 27, 55
Ashburton, Lady Lena (niece) 288
Athens, Greece 129, 130; Otto’s court 139–40
Authentic Arabian Horse, The (Wentworth) 312
Babylon 180
Baghdad 179–80
Balzac, Honoré de 103–5, 109; Le Lys dans la vallée 103; Comédie humaine, La 104
Bandel, Josef 187
Barak, Sheikh 188, 191, 192;journey to Baghdad 174–84; becomes a nuisance 198–90
‘Basily’ see Ludwig I of Bavaria
Beaufort, Emily (later Lady Strangford) 192–3, 237–40; Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines 239–40; concerned about Jane’s reported death 302–3; Jane as role model 327
bedouins see also Mezrab, Sheikh Medjuel el: Saleh’s caravan 152–4
enemy tribes of Anazeh and Shemmar 155
rival tribes 165–6
Jane’s introduction 177
marriage customs 192
slaves 192–3
women 195–6, 197–8
tents and status 202
marriage customs 203
desert warfare 229–30, 235, 292–3, 314–15
reaction to European dress 293
Beirut 149, 172–3
Bey, Hassan 280, 288
Bibichi the highwayman 145
Blunt, Lady Anne 310–12, 315–16, 320–1
Boyle, Caroline 8
Brighton 48–51, 56–7, 70
Buchon, Alexandre 124, 125
Buffet, Madame 227
Burton, Isabel 278–95
parting from Jane 298–9
unrelentingly European 300
upsets Jane with proposed biography 303–6, 317
The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine and the Holy Land 315
erroneous biography of Jane 329–33
Burton, Sir Richard 168, 175, 278–95, 315, 331
The Arabian Nights 290
The Perfumed Garden 290
Jane as source for sexual knowledge 290
political rumblings 293, 297–8
dismissed as consul 298–9
Buxton, Edward 257, 259–61
Buxton, Emmie (née Digby; niece) 257–8, 259–61, 280, 323
Byron, Lord (George Gordon)
Don Juan 18
Cabouly Effendi 269
Cadlands (racehorse) 41, 46, 79
Caroline of Brunswick 16, 58, 70–1
Carpenter, William 44, 57, 65
Castlereagh, Lord (Robert Stewart) 15–16, 29
Charles X of France 74
Chirol, Sir Valentine 317
Christians: massacred in Syria 244–53
Jane supports community in Damascus 251–2
Churchill, Charles 240, 246
Clare, Lord 72
Coke, Anne see Anson, Lady Anne
Coke, Edward 4
Coke, Elizabeth see Spencer-Stanhope, Elizabeth
Coke, Thomas (later Lord Leicester of Holkham
grandfather) 1–2, 3–5, 9, 256
new family 8–9, 20, 30
manuscript collection 30
Jane never sees again 113
death of 127
Comédie humaine. La (Balzac) 104
Creevey, Thomas 19–20, 27, 30
Crystal Palace 217–18
Dalkeith, Lord 160
Damascus 156–9, 168–70
Jane’s house 203–6, 210, 220, 224–5, 227–8, 240, 253–4, 265
social life 236–41, 280, 306
massacre of Christians 244–53
Jane’s disillusionment 251, 260
Jane sells house 265
Demetri (Damascus hotelier) 156, 161, 174, 315
Dickson, H. R. P. 328, 333
Dietrichstein, Count Moritz 41, 44–5
Digby, Caroline (sister-in-law) 259, 276
Digby, Carrie (niece) 280
Digby, Charles (nephew) 280
Digby, Lord Edward (brother) 3, 55, 558, 122–3, 263, 326
marriage 113
Charles confides in 117–18
death of father 127–8
becomes Lord Digby 211
distance from Jane 215–16
receives news of Jane’s death 327
inheritance from Jane 328–9, 334
death of 329
Digby, Emmie see Buxton, Emmie
Digby, Admiral Sir Henry (father) 2–3, 7–8, 55
remains friendly with Ellenborough 58–9, 71
tries to persuade Felix to marry Jane 73
approves marriage to Charles 97, 98
welcomes Spiros and Leonidas 120–2
ill-health 123–4
death of 127–8
Digby, Henry (nephew) 258
Digby, Jane Elizabeth: appearance when young 1, 14–15, 51, 86–7
early childhood 1, 5–10
education 6–8, 12, 82
débutante 11–16
courtship with Ellenborough 15–20
marries Ellenborough 20–6
marriage to Ellenborough breaks up 23–6, 42–3, 46, 51–7
affair with George 26–30, 33–7, 40, 41–2, 44
affair with Madden 30–2, 33–4
birth of Arthur 35–9
affair with Felix 39–46, 48–52, 57–60, 76–9, 90–5
pregnant by Felix 51, 56, 66–7
Ellenborough considers divorce 57–61
birth of Mathilde 60
notorious divorce 63–73
family embarrassment 73, 97, 105, 113, 122–3
Felix unable to marry 73–5
birth and death of son Felix 75
move to Munich 78–80
friendship with King Ludwig 82–4,88–94,99–101, 105–6, 130, 280
affair with Charles 83–95
pregnant by Charles 89
marries Charles 90–4, 96–9
birth of Heribert 92
gives up little Mathilde to Felix’s sister 93
as Charles’s wife 101–2
birth of Bertha 101–2
portrayed by Balzac 103–4
portrayed in Two Friends 105
affair with Spiros 106–12
financial provision from Ellenborough 113–14
elopes with Spiros 115–19
birth of Leonidas 119–20
happy family life with Spiros 120–7, 128–9
last visit to England 121–2
marries Spiros 123
investigates history of Tinos 124–5
disliked by Queen Amalie 129–30
rift in marriage to Spiros 132
death of Leonidas 132–3, 134–5
travels after Spiros 136–8
ill-health 137, 151, 181
settlement for Spiros 138–9
affair with Xristos 139–48, 150, 154
betrayed by Xristos to Queen 143
annulment of marriage to Spiros 144, 146
meets Edmond About 145–7
appearance when older 146, 295–6, 311, 316–17
leaves Greece for Syria 147–9
travels in Jordan 151–5
affair with Saleh 152–4
visit to Palmyra 155–70
easy comradeship with Medjuel 156
visit to Palmyra 166–8
return to Damascus 171–3, 218–20
Medjuel proposes marriage 173–4, 183–4
journey to Baghdad with Barak 175–84
held for ransom 176–7
story of the horse and the sheikh 185–6
terms for marriage to Medjuel 186–91
honeymoon with Medjuel 191–200
relationship to bedouin women 194–8
gloomy about rumours 201, 208
married life with Medjuel 201–12, 220–7, 266–77, 306, 310–11, 313–15, 322
visit to England 213–18
family tree for Heribert 217
return to Dama
scus 218–20
escorts Englishmen to Palmyra 223–4
ill-health 227, 270, 276, 317–18
reflection on children 227
alone in Palmyra 229–35
social life in Damascus 236–41, 307–12
emissary for tribe to sheikh assembly 243–4
role during the massacre of Christians 244–51
becomes churchgoer 251–2
nicknamed ‘Umm el Laban’ 255
acceptance by tribe 255–7
most important European in Syria 257
social life in Damascus 258–60
tries to recover camels from ebn Dukhi 261–5
loses British nationality 271, 276
worry about cholera 273
worried by remours of another wife 274, 277
friendship with Burtons 278–95, 315
hurt by Medjuel’s marriage to Ouadjid 281–6
described by Mitford 294–5
false report of death 301–6
whole tribe sleeps in house 309
friendship with Blunts 310–12, 315–16, 320–1
sexual relationship with Medjuel 319–20
death and funeral 322–6
erroneous obituaries 327–8
estate and will 328–9, 334
Isabel Burton’s erroneous biography 329–33
Digby, Kenelm (brother) 3, 122, 280
Vicar of Tittleshall 113
meets Jane and Spiros in Paris 118–19
letter from Damascus 210–11
good nature 216–17
becomes Honourable 235
wife dies 276
death of 329
inheritance from Jane 329, 334
Digby, Lena (niece) 288
Digby, Lord 211
Digby, Lucy (niece) 306
Digby, Theresa (sister-in-law) 122, 306
Digby, William (nephew) 276, 280
Don Juan (Byron) 18
Doukades, Corfu 125
Drummond, Admiral 307
Drummond, Mr (banker) 201
Druses 150, 240, 244, 263
Dufferin, Lord 251, 258
Dukhi, Sheikh Mohammed ebn 229, 232, 243–4, 257, 271
steals Jane’s camels 261–5
raids and counter-raids 292–3