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Western views of, 138-41; absorbs Qajar dynasty, 290, 291, 298, 310, 311,
NDFLOAG, 144; changes name, 322
146-7. See also PFLO Qara tribe, 133
Popular Front for the Liberation of Qasim district, 226, 227, 228, 229
Oman (PFLO): antecedents, 146-7; Qasimi, Qawasim: family and tribe, 96;
and Dhufar rebellion, 147-50; tribal history, 88, 158, 199, 200-1,
activities in Oman, 147, and 203; piracies, 61
elsewhere, 178, 206, 209, 221 Qassim, Major-General Abdul Karim;
Popular Front for the Liberation of and Iraqi claim to Kuwait, 277; and
Palestine (PFLP): origin, 129; and IPC, 358; overthrow and death, 277,
Oman, 147; and Kuwait, 174 286
Portugal, Portuguese: in Gulf, 103; in Qatar: population, 188, 190; society,
Oman, 104, 107, 504; trade and 188, 190; constitution, 189, 192;
dominion in East, 473, 504; 1973 oil national museum, 191; armed forces,
embargo, 400, 423 490; frontiers, 65-6, 75-6, 187; and
PSP, see People’s Socialist Party (Aden) Gulf federation, 56-7, 90, 92;
PSRY,see People’s Republic of South relations with Britain, 3, 51-2, 90-1,
Yemen 94, 186-7, 189; with Saudi Arabia,
57, 75, 187—8; with Bahrain, 56-7,
Qabus ibn Said Al Bu Said, sultan of 178—9, 185-6; with Abu Dhabi, 186;
Oman: accession, 141-2; character oil, 187, 190; revenues, 188, 190;
and government, 151, 155-7, 158; expenditure, 188, 189-91,431; 1973
and Dhufar rebellion, 143, 145, 146, oil embargo/reductions, 399
150; relations with Muhammad Reza Qatif, 236, 237
Shah, 145; with Faisal ibn Abdul qaza, defined, 169
Aziz, 145; with Muammar Qaddafi, Qishn, sultanate of, 40, 41, 125;
145; with Zayid ibn Sultan, 157; with subverted, 126
Britain, 160-1
Qaddafi, Muammar: accession to power, Radfan campaign, 18-19, 20
332; oil policy and tactics, 332-3, Rakhyut, 136, 137, 144,147
334> 342-3> 373> 381, 384, 385, 386; Ras al-Khaimah, 61, 194, I95> J99>
on conservation, 380; threatens 201—2; defence force, 205; and UAE,
nationalization, 357; nationalizes BP’s 93-5; and Tunbs, 88-9, 93, 95-6
concession, 96, 340, 366-7, and Rashid ibn Said Al Maktum, ruler of
Bunker Hunt’s, 384-5; on oil Dubai, 203; character and
weapon, 389; and 1973 oil embargo, government, 197, 207; ambitions,
399> 4I2> 423J and Oman, 145; and 197-8; and Britain, 49-5°, So, 92;
United States, 385; and terrorism, and Persia, 90, 212; vice-president of
337> 382. See also Libya UAE, 204; attitude to federation,
defined, 114 204-5,206,212
Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi; and Rashidi dynasty of Hail; and Saudis,
ANM, 18, 23; and NLF, 23, 26, 38; 228, 229, 231; and Ottoman Turks,
assumes power, 42; president of 229; overthrown, 231
PRSY, 127; challenged, 127-9; Rastaq, 109
overthrown, 130 Reporter, Sir Shapoor, 93
Qaiti sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla, Revolutionary Command Council
40, 120, 125;subverted, 126 (RCC),see under Iraq, Libya
