Index
Abdulla, Abdulkhaleq, 76, 123
Abha, 119. See also Saudi Arabia
Abu Dhabi (UAE), 2, 17, 19– 20, 24, 34,
54– 56, 65, 79– 82, 85, 103– 105, 147– 148,
151– 152, 166; International Petroleum
Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC),
85– 86; Zakum field, 35
Abu Safah oilfield (Bahrain), 24, 146
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud (president of
Iran), 99– 100, 125
Ajman (UAE), 17
Alabbar, Mohammed, 64– 65
Al- Aqsa Mosque, 45
Al Bu Said (Omani ruling dynasty), 54
Algeria, 45, 114, 152, 166
al- Hasa Oasis, 9, 31– 32, 131, 136
Al- Jazeera, 20
al- Oud cemetery (Riyadh), 120
Anglo- Persian Oil Co. (BP), 29, 36, 39, 44,
48, 98
Arabian- American Oil Co. (Aramco),
36– 38, 41, 44, 46, 48; as intelligence for
US government, 38; Master Gas System,
- See also Saudi Aramco
Arabian Desert, 13
Arabian Peninsula, 7– 8, 13, 29, 35, 73, 75, 94
Arab oil embargo. See oil embargo (1973)
Arab Spring uprisings, 89, 107– 108, 112,
138, 144, 145– 148, 153– 155, 163, 172;
Bahrain, 145; Dubai, 107– 108; Oman,
143– 145; role in subsidy reform, 90, 108,
148; UAE, 147
Arizona, energy demand in, 79– 82, 106, 125
asabiyya, 117
Assad, Hafez al- (Syrian president), 47
Ayatollah Khomeini. See Khomeini,
Ayatollah Ruhollah
Azerbaijan, 29Babylonians, 23
Baghdad, 8– 9
Bahrain: al- Khalifa family (1783), 24; British
control (1880), 26; independence (1971),
10, 24; Jebel al- Dukhan, 30– 31, 35, 171;
Persian Empire (1600s), 24; pre- 1500s, 24;
Portuguese rule, 24
barasti, 64
barjeel, 35, 64
Basra, 9
Beblawi, Hazem, 87– 88
Bechtel, 38
Bedouin, 26, 28, 38, 117, 130