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of, 479-81. See also Saudi Arabia 400-1,407; propaganda, 257-8,
Al Thani family of Qatar, 52, 56; 259-6i, 392, 479, 480; attitude to
history, 185-7; members, 188; Britain, 255-7; and H. St. J. B.
character and rule, 188-92; relations Philby, 258; and Saudi frontier
with Ottoman Turks, 186; and claims, 69, 71, 73, 84, 85, 256-7; and
Saudis, 185, 187-8, 192 participation, 371-2, 386-7;
Algeria: relations with France, 8, 333, production, 372, 387, 392, 401, 450
358-9; with Libya, 336, 359; with Arab Nationalists’ Movement: origins,
United Stales, 336, 362; oil policy and 16; aims, 16-17, 129; ideological and
tactics, 334, 358, 442> 443; and 1973 factional rifts, 17-18, 23, 129-30,
oil embargo, 399, 400, 405; 135» 175; relations with Nasser,
SONATRACH (Societe Nationale de 16-17, 23; with Baath, 16-17; with
Transport et de Commercialisation NLF, 23, 27; in Aden and
des Hydro-Carbures), 359, 362, 363 protectorate, 16, 17, 18, 23; in Saudi
Ali Ahmad Nasir al-Bishi; and Radfan Arabia, 270; and Dhufar rebellion,
campaign, 19, 27; and NLF, 27, 134, 135; and Oman, 141, 155;
130 Kuwait branch, 134, 135, 136, 174-5,
Ali Muhammad Nasir, defence minister, 177, 386
PRSY, 130; prime minister, 131; Arab Petroleum Congress, see under
acting president, PDRY, 472 OAPEC
Ali Salim al-Baid, 126, 127, 129 ARAMCO,see Arabian-American Oil
Amoseas Oil Company, in Libya, 334, Company
381 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, in
Amuzegar, Jahangir, on OPEC, 383 Aden, 34-6
Amuzegar, Jamshid, Persian minister of arms, arms trade: in Saudi Arabia, 31,
finance; and Tehran oil negotiations, 263, 264-5; in Dhufar, 137; in
346, 347, 348, 351-2, 353, 355, 356; Arabia, 476; in the Gulf, 490; and oil,
on Tehran agreement, 357; on dollar 308, 474; Britain and Oman, 152;
fluctuation, 384, 393; on oil prices, Britain and Persia, 93, 300, 303, 304,
395, 397, 409-10, 417 310; Britain and Saudi Arabia, 31,
Anglo-Persian/Anglo-Iranian Oil 264; Britain and the Gulf, 101, no,
Company: Kuwait concession, 171, 311, 488-9; France and Persia, 304;
266; nationalized in Persia, 291; and France and Saudi Arabia, 264; France
British government, 437. See also and the Gulf, 488, 489; Soviet Union
British Petroleum and Egypt, 173; Soviet Union and
ANM,see Arab Nationalists’ Movement Kuwait, 172-3; Soviet Union and
Arabian-American Oil Company PDRY, 132, 471-2; Soviet Union and
(ARAMCO): constituent companies, Persia, 309, 316-17; Soviet Union and
69, 252, 253, 371; concession, 254, Middle East, 474; United States and
256; exploration, 69, 74, 256; and Ibn Persia, 300, 301-9, 313, 483, 484-6;
Saud, 253, 256, 257; and Saudi United States and Saudi Arabia, 263,
government, 252-7, 259, 261-2, 264-5, 483> 487; United States and
266-7, 325, 358, 371-3, 378, 384, the Gulf, 488, 489; arms export
386-8, 389-92, 450-1,452-3, 481; control act (1976), 483-4. See also
and US government, 253, 254-5, 261, under individual countries
262, 291, 393, 396, 438-9, 478; and Atherton, Alfred L., Jr, on Saudi arms
073 oil embargo/reductions, 399, purchases, 265, 487-8
