Christopher Davidson - After the Sheikhs - The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies

Harrods, 90–91

Harvard Medical School, 46

Harvard University, 102–103, 149, 177, 255

Al-Hasa, 18, 133, 261

Hashim, Husain Kazhim, 270

Hawar Islands, 55

Heineken International, 158

Hejaz, 18

Helmand Province, 86

Henjam oilfield, 174

Hezbollah, 88, 140, 144–145, 171

Hinduism, 75

Hitachi, 263

Hitler, Adolf, 172, 176

Ho Chi Minh City, 108

Hollywood, 92

Hong Kong, 47, 108

Hormuz, Strait of, 173

Horn of Africa, 83, 89

Horse-riding, 68–70, 159

House of Lords, of Britain, 142

Human immunodeficiency virus, 88

Hurricane Katrina, 94

Hussein bin Ali, Imam, 145

Hussein Mirza Najati, Ayatollah, 245

Hussein, Saddam, 13, 28, 83, 89

Hussein, Sharif, of Mecca, 18

Hyundai, 263

Ibadism, 136, 143, 157, 179

Ibri, 210

IDB Holdings, 178

Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain, 261

Independent, The, newspaper, 149

India, 19, 21–25, 64, 66, 75, 83, 157, 243, 250

Indian Ocean, 22, 25

Indonesia, 84, 207, 214

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, 106–107

Industries Qatar, 45

International Atomic Energy Agency, 173

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 153

International Criminal Court, 89

International Defence Exhibition, of Abu Dhabi, 168

International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition, of Abu Dhabi, 102

International Monetary Fund, 57

International Petroleum Investment Company, 44–45, 106, 248

International Prize for Arabic Fiction, 98

International Progress Organisation, 265

International Renewable Energy Agency, 176

Internet, the, 46, 69, 133, 144–147, 149, 151–153, 177, 192, 197–200, 211, 214, 220, 262

Internet service providers, 177

Intifada, of Bahrain, 140

Intifada, of Dignity (Saudi Arabia), 235

Intifada, of Palestine, 175

Investment Corporation of Dubai, 43, 248

Investment Dar, 93

Iraq, 13, 19, 24, 28–29, 43, 56, 73, 79, 82–83, 89–90, 135–136, 139, 151–152, 164, 174, 179, 184, 194, 233, 242–244, 250, 261

Iraqi Petroleum Company, 24–25

Iran, 6, 13, 29, 32, 41, 64, 79, 83, 90, 137–140, 142–144, 151, 156, 160, 166, 169–175, 179, 181–182, 184–185, 187, 196, 202, 231–232, 261, 263, 265, 271

Iran-Iraq War, 29, 174, 179

Al-Islah, 271

Islamic Arts Museum, of Qatar, 75

Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain, 261

Islamic Jerusalem studies, 100

Islamic Revolution, of Iran, 29, 140

Islamic Umma Party, 213

Islamism, 14–15, 29, 73, 79, 139, 194–196, 213, 225, 263

Israel, 3, 40, 75, 79, 82, 102, 156, 169, 175–179, 185, 187, 193, 228, 231, 237, 265–266

Italy, 92, 128, 168

Al-Ittihad, newspaper, 176

Jahra, 19

Jamlaka, 13

Japan, 41, 93, 104–106, 173

Japan External Trade Organisation, 106

Japan Oil Development Company, 41

Al-Jazeera, news network, 84, 152–153, 195, 208, 214, 226–228

Jazirah Al-Hamra, 271

Jebel Ali, 123, 164

Jebel Ali Free Zone, 46

Jebel Dhukan, 40

Jeddah, 102, 122, 233–234

Jenin Camp, 82

Jews, 75, 176, 237

Joint Arab Deterrent Force, 86

Jordan, 141, 184, 204–205, 207, 214

Jurists’ Association, of the UAE, 225

Al-Kaabi, family, 26

Kabul, 165

Kafala system, 8, 58–59, 127

Kalba, 25, 185

Al-Kalbani, Muhammad Rashid, 271

Kamel, Saleh, 258

Al-Kanjar, Abdulghani, 261

Kashgari, Hamza, 270

Kashmir, 84

Kenya, 83

Kerry, John, 272

Khal, Abdo, 98

Al-Khalaifi, Sultan, 272

Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation, 56

Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Mushaf, 74

Khalifa Committee for Social Services and Commercial Buildings, 53

Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone, 45

Al-Khalifa, Abdullah bin Ahmed, 20

Al-Khalifa, dynasty, 19–20, 32, 40, 62, 72, 139–140, 206

Al-Khalifa, Hamad bin Isa, 269

Al-Khalifa, Isa bin Salman, 30

Al-Khalifa, Khalid bin Ahmad, 269

Al-Khalifa, Khalifa bin Salman, 32–33, 41, 67, 269

Al-Khalifa, Salman bin Ahmed, 20

Al-Khalifa, Salman bin Hamad, 33

Khartoum, 89

Al-Khawaja, Abdulhadi, 269

Al-Khawaja, Maryam, 271

Al-Khoie, Abu Al-Qasem, 272

King Abdullah Economic City, 44

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 53

King Khalid Military City, 180

Kingdom City, 122

Al-Kitbi, Fatima bint Mubarak, 266

Koran, the, 18, 59, 73–74, 86, 251

Korea, South, 105, 173

Kosovo, 85

Al-Kumaiti, Abdul Hamid, 262

Kuwait Airways, 122

Kuwait China Investment Company, 107

Kuwait Crisis, 27–28, 43, 83, 194, 244, 250

Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, 101–102

Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, 81, 109

Kuwait Investment Authority, 43, 56, 106

Kuwait Oil Company, 40

Kuwait Petroleum Company, 106–107

Kuwait Projects Company, 55

Kuwaiti Bidoon Gathering, 136

Kuwaiti Journalists’ Association, 218

Kuwaiti Lawyers’ Society, 218

Bin Laden, Osama, 194

Las Vegas, 159

Lebanon, 82, 84, 86, 88, 144, 170–172, 200

Lebanese National Dialogue Conference, 88

Leninism, 3–4

Libya, 3, 13, 88–89, 192, 226–227

Libya Contact Group, 226

Libyan National Transitional Council, 226

Liquefied Natural Gas, 41

London, 18–19, 22, 24, 47, 85, 90–92, 97, 142, 162, 218, 236

London Eye, 92

London School of Economics and Political Science, 100, 102

Louisiana, 94

Louvre, Le, 75, 95–96

Lowndes hotel, 92

Maaden, 44

Madame Tussauds, London, 92

Madinat Jumeirah, 71

Mahadha, 26

Malaysia, 207, 214–215

Manama, 142, 172, 205–206, 227, 239, 244

Manhatten, 92

Al-Makhdur, Nasser, 243

Maktoum bin Butti, 21

Al-Maktoum College, Dundee, 100

Al-Maktoum, dynasty, 21, 30, 63

Al-Maktoum Foundation, 95

Al-Maktoum, Hamdan bin Muhammad, 69

Al-Maktoum, Hamdan bin Rashid, 102

Al-Maktoum, Maktoum bin Hasher, 21

Al-Maktoum, Rashid bin Maktoum, 21

Al-Maktoum, Rashid bin Said, 30, 68, 258

Al-Maktoum, Maktoum bin Rashid, 30–31

Al-Maktoum, Muhammad bin Rashid, 31, 69, 127, 147, 242

Mamluk sultans, of Egypt, 73

Manama, 46, 142, 170, 172, 205–206, 227

Al-Manasif, Fadhil Makki, 270

Manchester City Council, 94

Manchester City, football club, 92, 94

Al-Mansoori, Muhammad, 271

Al-Mansuri, Sultan bin Said, 244

March 14 alliance, of Lebanon, 88

Marxism, 3–4, 6

Masdar City, 77–78

Masirah, 24

Mataams, 32, 245

McLaren Group, 93

McMaster University, 102

Mecca, 18, 22, 65, 73, 98, 162–163

Medina, 73, 98, 143

Ménard, Robert, 153

Mercenaries, 192, 105, 207, 214, 218, 245

Mesaieed, 45

MGM Mirage Corporation, 159

Al-Misna, Moza bint Nasser, 75

Mohammed-Najjar, Mostafa, 266

Mongolia, 84–85

Morocco, 127, 204–205

Mozambique, 86

Al-Mualla, family, 22

Mubadala Development Company, 44–45, 47, 55, 77–78, 92, 159, 187, 242

Mubarak, Hosni, 13, 89, 202–203, 212, 221, 228

Al-Mubarak, Khaldun Khalifa, 255

Al-Mubarak, Mustafa Al-Badr, 270

Muhabasher satellite television, 217

Muhammad, Prophet, 18, 215, 235, 245

Muhammad bin Rashid Charitable and Humanitarian Establishment, 85

Muhammad bin Rashid Housing Programme, of Dubai, 51

Muharraq, 20

Mumtalakat Holding Company, 43, 93, 248

Municipal Council, of Qatar, 34

Municipal Council, of Saudi Arabia, 27, 36

Al-Muqdad, Muhammed, 261

Musandam Peninsula, 173