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139-41, 144, 163; in Bahrain, 184-5; renounced, 58-9, 87, 315; claim to
in the UAE, 209; in the Gulf, 217, Abu Musa and Tunbs, 87-90, 93-6,
221-2, 476; in Saudi Arabia, 272; in 312; and Straits of Hormuz, 88-9;
Iraq, 284, 287; in Persia, 321, 322; in and Dhufar rebellion, 145-6, 147-8,
Asia, 463; and Islam, 492 I59> 315; relations with UAE, 58, 87,
Maudling, Reginald, on the Gulf, 57 89, 92-3; with Kuwait, 173, 315; with
Mecca: first Wahhabi conquest, 226, Iraq, 280, 281, 285; with Al Saud,
second,234 316; with Soviet Union, 317, 318;
Mehemet Ali Pasha, viceroy of Egypt: with United States, 291, 302-9,
ambitions, 227, 239-40; and Bahrain, 317-18; Grumman affair, 306; with
179; and Wahhabis, 226-7 oil companies, 330, 353, 363, 374-5;
Middle East Oil Company (MEOC), in and OPEC negotiations at Tehran,
Abu Dhabi, 76 347-9, 352, 353-4, 355, 356;
Mitchell, Lieutenant-Colonel Colin: in threatens embargo, 348; on Tehran
Aden, 34-6; on Denis Healey, 43 and Tripoli agreements, 357, 358,
Mobil Oil Company: partner in 364; on participation, 364, 374; on oil
ARAMCO, 253; in IPC, 437; in prices, 416, 417, 425; and barter and
Libya, 334, 335, 385, 386; in Iraq, financial arrangements, 421-2, 433;
395 fall, 319-23
Mubarak ibn Sabah Al Sabah, ruler of Muhammad Salih al-Aulaqi, 18, 130
Kuwait; and Ottoman Turks, 169; Mukalla, 120, 126, 128
and British, 169-70, 171 Mullah Mustafa al-Barzani, 284
Muhammad Aba al-Khail, Saudi muqaddam system, 196-7
minister of finance, 243, 272 Musallim ibn Nufl, Bait Kathir, and
Muhammad Ali Haitham, and NLF, Dhufar rebellion, 134, 136, 143
27; prime minister of PRSY, 130; Muscat, 3, 104, 105, in
replaced, 131 mushrik, defined, 225
Muhammad ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud, mutawua, defined, 109
and succession, 244 muwahhidun, defined, 225, 257
Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab, life and
teachings, 224-5, 226 Najd, Saudi amirate, 60-1; history,
Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Khalili, 224-30; frontiers, 65, 170, 232-3,
imam of Oman, m-13 236
Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi: Nasser, Gamal Abdul, 8; strategic aims,
accession, 289, 464; character, 239-41; and ANM, 16-17, 23, 129;
289-90, 322; titles, 290; ambitions, and NLF, 26-7; and Britain, 9, 26,
289-90, 292, 310, 312-13, 485; 241; and Yemen, 9, 24, 26, 27, 240;
nature of rule, 291, 319-20; economic and South Arabia, 9, 19, 20, 22, 24,
policy, 292-3, 294-5, 319, and 26-7, 32, 241; and Soviet Union, 466;
consequences, 295, 298, 319; land and Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz, 24, 26, 32,
reform, 292, 320-1; personal wealth, 241; and Saud ibn Abdul Aziz, 239,
299-300; expenditures, 292-3, 295, 240
on arms, 300, 302-3, 305-6, 308, National Democratic Front for the
309; and Shii establishment, 290, Liberation of Oman and the Arabian
320-1; and the Gulf, 311-13, 314-15, Gulf (NDFLOAG), 14U I44> *59
317-18; and British withdrawal, 54, National Front for the Liberation of
58, 79, 289; claim to Bahrain, 54-5, Palestine (NFLP), 17-18, 129
