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Abdessalem, Belaid, Algerian oil Qatar; treaty with Britain, 186-7;
minister; tours Europe, 410-11 abdicates, 187
Abdul Aziz ibn Abdur Rahman Al Saud Abdullah ibn Sabah, ruler of Kuwait;
(Ibn Saud): early career, 228; and Turks, 169, 186
marriage alliances, 239; sons, 239, Abdur Rahman al-Atiqi, Kuwaiti oil
243; territorial ambitions, 4, 64-9, minister, 173, 353, 381; on sanctity of
187, 233, 238, 256; recovers Hasa, agreements, 386; scolds Britain, 408,
228; conquers Asir and Jabal and EEC, 408, 410, 413
Shammar, 231, Hijaz, 234-5; acquires Abdur Rahman ibn Faisal Al Saud,
Wadi Sirhan, 236; and the ikhwan, imam of Wahhabiya, 228, 234;
230-1, 233, 237-8; king of Hijaz, acknowledges Ottoman sultan, 228;
235, of Najd, 236; imam, 237; death, 237
relations with Britain, 3, 64-9, 187, Abqaiq oilfield, 264, 387, 450, 451,
228, 234, 235-7, 252, 256; with 496
Kuwait, 170-1, 180, 228, 231, 232, Abu Dhabi: population, 194; society and
236-7; with Hashimites, 229-30, 232, economy, 194-6, 198-200, 202, 207;
276; and slave trade, 236-7; grants oil immigrants, 194-5, 207-8, 209;
concession, 238; and ARAMCO, 253, defence force (ADDF), 97, 205-6,
256, 257; death, 238 209, 490; revenues, 194, 262-3, 428,
Abdul Fattah Ismail al-Jaufi; and ANM, 444; expenditures, 197, 198-200, 399;
18, and NLF, 27, 42; secretary frontiers, 65-78, 84-7, 158 and maps
general, 130; struggles for power, 2 and 4; oil, 73, 193, 194; oil policy,
127-8, 129, 130; triumphs, 472 443, 448, 452, 453-4; 1973 oil
Abdullah al-Asnaj; and Aden TUC, 7, embargo, 399, 408-9; relations with
14; political activities, 19, 22, 23, Qatar, 56, 186, 187-8; with Dubai,
24> 25; relations with NLF, 26, 27 202-4; with Saudi Arabia, 56, 66-78,
Abdullah al-Tariki, Saudi 84-7, 210-n; with Britain, 74, 76-7,
director-general of petroleum; and 84-7. See also Al Nihayan, Bani Yas
posted prices, 327; and OPEC, 327; Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company
and participation, 331, 364; and (ADPC), 73, 74, 75-6, 77-8, 84, 85,
Libya, 333; dismissed, 327 87, 210
Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud, 243, Abu Musa island: physical features, 89;
244,271,495 sovereignty, 87-9; oilfield, 89; Persian
Abdullah ibn Faisal Al Saud, amir of
claim, 87-9, 93-5; occupation, 95, 96
Najd, 227-8, 239 ADDF, see under Abu Dhabi
Abdullah ibn Husain, amir of Aden Association, 5-6, 12, 13, 14, 21
Transjordan, 231, 232, 234 Aden Colony: population, 5, 12, 46;
Abdullah ibn Jasim Al Thani, ruler of history and government, 2-4;
