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

Al-Saud, Ahmed bin Abdul-Aziz, 267

Al-Saud, Bandar bin Sultan, 270

Al-Saud, dynasty, 18–19, 22, 26–28, 30, 40–41, 68, 74, 189, 242

Al-Saud, Fahd bin Abdul-Aziz, 26–27, 244, 251

Al-Saud, Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz, 26, 103, 244

Al-Saud, Faisal bin Musaid, 244

Al-Saud, Khalid bin Abdul-Aziz, 26

Al-Saud, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz, 188, 258

Al-Saud, Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, 189

Al-Saud, Saud bin Abdul-Aziz, 26

Al-Saud, Saud bin Faisal, 264

Al-Saud, Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz, 188

Al-Saud, Talal bin Abdul-Aziz, 189, 267

Al-Saud, Al-Waleed bin Talal, 83, 101, 122

Saudi Arabia Airlines, 122

Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Company, 44–45, 107

Saudi Arabia Royal Guard, 182

Saudi Joint Committee for the Relief of Kosovo, 85

Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims, The, 84

Saudi Red Crescent Society, 85

Saudi Royal Air Force, 168

Sciences-Po, 102

Seeb, 128

SecDev Group, of Ottawa, 149

Seychelles, 127

Al-Shahed, newspaper, 151

Shah, of Iran, 6, 140, 171

Al-Shamsi base, 165

Shandong province, of China, 106

Sharia law, 27, 39, 213–214

Sharjah, 21–22, 24–26, 31–32, 36–37, 46, 66, 68, 100, 102, 114, 116, 123–124, 144, 162, 174, 183, 185, 203, 236, 245, 247, 250–251, 266

Sharm el-Sheikh, 89

Al-Sharqi, Muhammad bin Hamad, 244

Sharqiyin, tribe, 25

Al-Shehhi, Ahmed Mansour, 222, 242

Al-Shehhi tribe, 223

Al-Shehhi, Salim Hamdoon, 271

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Mosque, in Palestine, 82

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Mushaf, 74

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, 74

Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme, of the UAE, 51

Sheikh Zayed Institute, 95

Sheikh Zayed Marriage Fund, of the UAE, 60

Al-Sheikh, Abdul-Aziz bin Abdullah, 26, 202, 268

Al-Sheikh, family, 26, 28

Shard, The, 91

Shia, of Islam, 32, 62, 72, 82, 112, 134, 139–144, 170–171, 178, 185, 196, 206, 208–209, 212–213, 230, 232–234, 272

Shia Crescent, 170

Short message service, 210

Showa Shell Sekiyu, 106

Shuaiba Industrial Zone, 44

Sikh temples, 75

Al-Singace, Abduljalil, 261

Singapore, 47

Sino Arab Chemical Fertiliser Company, 106

Sinopec, 107

Al-Sistani, Ali, 272

Sitra, 131

Slavery, 22, 64

Soccer, 67, 91–94

Social contracts, 10–11, 13, 49, 112, 229, 241

Social media, 130, 151, 161, 198–201, 207, 217, 225, 231, 234, 268

Socony-Vacuum Oil, 40

Sohar, 209–210

Somalia, 83, 86

Sony Corporation, 106

Sorbonne, La, 104

Souq al-Manakh crash, 56

South Africa, 62, 224

Sovereign wealth, 27, 42–43, 45, 47–48, 90–93, 105–107, 125–126, 167, 230

Sowwah island, 47

Spain, 41, 91, 127

Spying, 143, 182

Standard Oil of California, 40

Standard Oil of New Jersey, 40, 243

State Consultative Council, of Oman, 38

State General Reserve Fund, of Oman, 43

Stockholm Environmental Institute, 77

Al-Sudairi, Hassa bin Ahmed, 267

Sudairi Seven, 189, 267

Sudan, 83, 89, 140

Suez Canal, 202

Sultan Qaboos University, 54

Sunday Times, The, newspaper, 150

Sunni, of Islam, 18, 32, 82, 134, 139–145, 170, 178, 185, 205–206, 212, 233

Supreme Council for Family Affairs, of Qatar, 57

Supreme Council for Oil, of Bahrain, 40–41

Supreme Council of Rulers, of the United Arab Emirates, 35, 236

Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, of Egypt, 202

Supreme Petroleum Council, of Abu Dhabi, 37, 187

Al-Suwaidi, Issa Khalifa, 271

Sweden, 77

Switzerland, 88, 187

Syria, 2, 13, 60, 65, 88, 192, 199, 227, 236, 271

Taleban, The, 86

Tahrir Square, 206, 212

Al-Tamim, Dahi Khalfan, 263, 268

Tan Thuan Industrial Promotion Company, 108

Tanmia, 55, 119

Taxation, 7, 11, 25, 46, 50, 57–58, 63, 120, 130, 160, 241

Taweelah island, 45

Tawfiiq Islamic Centre, 95

Tehran, 160, 170, 174, 181–182, 185, 202

Texas A&M University, 104

Texas Oil Company, 40

Thailand, 225

Thalin refinery project, in China, 107

Al-Thani, Abdullah bin Jassim, 21

Al-Thani, Abdul-Aziz bin Khalifa, 266

Al-Thani, Ahmad bin Ali, 30

Al-Thani, Ali bin Abdullah

Al-Thani, dynasty, 20, 30, 33, 56, 71

Al-Thani, Hamad bin Khalifa, 30, 34, 87, 101, 127, 266, 271

Al-Thani, Hamad bin Jassim, 272

Al-Thani, Jabar bin Yusef bin Jassim, 271

Al-Thani, Jassim bin Muhammad, 20

Al-Thani, Khalifa bin Hamad, 30, 257, 266

Bin Thani, Muhammad, 20

Thumrait, 165

Tianjin Port Group Company, 108

Tianjin province, of China, 107

Total, oil company, 41, 45

Tourism and Development Investment Company, of Abu Dhabi, 75, 96–97

Training and Rehabilitation Centre, in Dubai, 121

Tripoli, Libya, 227

Trucial States, 20–23, 25, 30–32, 40, 137, 157, 243

Tunisia, 132, 192, 199, 201–203, 206, 216, 221, 226, 227

Twitter, 69, 161, 197–198, 200, 217, 225, 234–235

UAE Armed Forces, 35, 83, 86, 174, 184

UAE Presidential Palace, 128

UAE Red Crescent Society, 82, 84–85

Al-Udeid, airbase, 163–165

Umm al-Qawain, 22, 245, 247

Umm Shaif, 41

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 3

United Kingdom, see Britain

United Nations, 28, 81–82, 140, 244

United Nations Children’s Fund, 91

United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation, 96

United Nations Relief and Works Agency, 82

United Nations Security Council, 88, 90, 166

United Nations Working Group of Arbitrary Detention, 224

United States, of America, 14, 28, 32, 41, 43, 63, 73–76, 79, 81–82, 85, 87, 89–90, 92–94, 101–103, 105, 108–109, 113, 126, 149, 150, 161–169, 171–174, 176–178, 180, 184, 188, 194, 228, 232, 237, 244, 251

University College London, 104

University of Arkansas, 102

University of Connecticut, 102, 255

University of Southern California, 103

University of Toronto, 149, 177

University of Wales in Lampeter, 100

Uqair agreement, 242

US Central Command (CENT-COM), 164, 166, 172

US Congress, 94, 169, 173

US Fifth Fleet, 164

US Naval Support Activity Base, 164

US Navy, 164, 173, 232

USS John Kennedy, 164

Value added tax, 57

Vanity Fair, 149–150

Vietnam, 65, 108

Virginia Commonwealth University, 104

Al-Wahhab, Muhammab bin Abd, 18, 26

Al-Wahhabi, Abdul-Aziz, 269

Wahhabism, 18–21, 26, 28, 73–74, 180, 242

War on Terror, 1, 194–195

Washington DC, 94

Wa’ad, 44, 46

Web 2.0, 198–200

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, 208

Weill Cornell Medical College, 104

Westinghouse, 263

Whisky, 158

Wilayet-e-faqih or rule by clerics, 233

WinWinD, 77

Women, 27, 34, 36, 38, 59–61, 87, 98, 129, 160–162, 188, 212, 215, 233–234, 258

World Athletics Championships, 93

World Bank, 76, 167

World Cup, 63, 93, 125, 262

World Food Programme, 83

World Trade Organisation, 176

Xingjiang province, of China, 109

Xingjiang University, 109

Xinhua News Agency, 109

Yacheng offshore gasfield, 106

Al-Yamanah arms deal, 169

Yemen, 3, 192, 199, 207, 261

Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic of, 3

Yom Kippur War, 40

YouTube, 198, 208, 222, 233

Al-Zaabi, tribe, 271

Al-Zaman, newspaper, 211

Zanzibar, 22

Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, 84

Zayed Centre for Co-ordination and Follow-Up, 102, 176, 265

Zayed City, in Afghanistan, 84

Zayed Future Energy Prize, 77

Zayed University of Afghanistan, 84