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                                                                                                 to Persia; and Tehran oil negotiations,
                                           hearings before, 265, 267, 478-81,
                                                                                                 349-50,352,353
                                          482, 487; report to, 496-7;
                                           Committee on Foreign Affairs:
                                                                                              Yaaribah dynasty, 107
                                           hearings before, 267, 306, 364,
                                                                                              Yamani,sef> Ahmad Zaki al-Yamani
                                           478-81
                                                                                              Yanbu,245-6
                                        US Navy, 305, 308, 313, 401
                                                                                              Yemen, Yemenis: ancient history, 473;
                                        US Senate, Committee on Foreign
                                                                                                 relations with Aden protectorate, 4, 6,
                                           Relations: hearings before, 267, 306,
                                                                                                 8-15; with Saudi Arabia, 24, 251,
                                           309, 337, 339, 347, 348, 349, 391,                    269; with Soviet Union, 467; 1962
                                           406, 428, 429, 449, 450, 451, 478-81,
                                                                                                 revolution, 14-15; Egyptian
                                           484-6; reports, 302, 304, 451
                                                                                                 campaign, 17, 24, 26, 27, 32, 39, 240;
                                        US Treasury, 254, 262, 427, 428
                                                                                                 and PDRY, 131, 132, 145
                                        Uqair, 236, 237


                                        Venezuela: oil policy, 325, 341;                      Zahedi, Ardeshir, Persian foreign
                                           production, 440; and OPEC, 326, 354                   minister: on the Gulf, 80; prime
                                        vilayet, defined, 169                                    minister, 346
                                                                                              Zand dynasty, 322
                                        Wahhabis, Wahhabism, 61, 64; origin                   Zanzibar, 104, 109; Arab emigres from,
                                           and beliefs, 224-6; early fortunes,                   128, 155
                                           226-8; and the Saudi state, 243, 268,              Zarrara oil structure, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78,
                                           269; and Oman, 108-9; and Bahrain,                    84, 93, 210
                                            179; and Hijaz, 234-5; and Qatar,                 Zayid ibn Sultan Al Nihayan, ruler of
                                            192; ARAMCO interpretation, 257-8                    Abu Dhabi, 74, 157, 198, 202; wali at
                                        Wadi Sirhan, 233                                         Buraimi, 113, 157; character and
                                        Walker, Peter, secretary of state for                    ambitions, 198-9, 207-9; president of
                                           trade and industry; and Persian oil                   UAE, 204; attitude to federation,
                                           contract, 421                                         204-5, 206, 210, 212; relations with
                                         Warbah island, 282, 283, 284                            Britain, 49, 77-8, 84-7, 92; with
                                         Webb, Sidney (Lord Passfield), 6                        Saudis, 72, 76, 202, 210-11; with
                                                                                                  Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz, 59, 74, 77, 78,
                                         Wigg, George, and Aden, 41
                                                                                                 84-7, 93; with Oman, 157. See also
                                         Wilson, Harold; and Saudi Arabia, 31,
                                            33; and Aden, 36, 46; and the Gulf,                   Abu Dhabi
                                           48, 50, 51                                          Zinjibar, 38, 127, 128
                                         Wright, Sir Denis, British ambassador                 Zubara, 56, 178, 185, 186
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