India\'s Saudi Policy - P. R. Kumaraswamy, Md. Muddassir Quamar

7 Though the records of these princes and Nawabs performing haj have been scant, the tradition of sending family members, mainly ...

8 February 2014); two prime ministerial visits from India in February– March 2010 and April 2016; visits by Saudi foreign minist ...

9 basic Saudi affinity for Pakistan was primarily due to religious considerations. Rather than demanding the outside world to ch ...

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12 played a crucial part in the British campaign in the First World War, espe- cially in the Gallipoli and Palestine campaigns. ...

13 process. Hence, they were not enamoured by Nehru’s anti-colonial and anti-imperial legacy (Agwani 1992 ) and there was little ...

14 the Indian nationalists eschewed great power rivalry, and during the Second World War, for example, the mainstream nationalis ...

15 DiFFerent WorlDvieWs Nehru’s worldview was shaped by India’s colonial experience. When India joined the UN as its founding me ...

16 Nehru’s search for similar non-aligned, socialist and secular leadership in the Middle East left him with limited options. If ...

17 arab ColD War anD regional PolitiCs While Nehru refrained from joining hands with Nasser in the inter-Arab tension and rivalr ...

18 Arab League resulted in a broader Middle Eastern representation, with participation from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, ...

19 al- Sauds, who were afraid of the Soviet intentions vis-à-vis the Arab world. In the 1980s, this manifested in resolute Saudi ...

20 get involved in a regime change in the Kingdom (Gerges 1995 ). King Saud’s preference for lineal succession only complicated ...

21 Quresh tribe, to which Prophet Mohammed belonged. In the Saudi case, the politico-ideological marriage between the Wahhabi br ...

22 The centrality of Pakistan in India’s political, strategic and foreign policy calculations can be traced to the early part of ...

23 it was a strategic mistake on the part of Nehru and not only complicated India’s diplomatic options but also limited its fore ...

24 the Pakistani factor was more visibly manifested in India’s Israel policy and inhibited New Delhi from normalizing relations ...

25 of the last countries to shift its embassy to Riyadh as demanded by the Kingdom and this happened in 1985. The erstwhile miss ...

26 Islam came to India peacefully. There was no fighting in its wake as it hap- pened in other countries. Politically great empe ...

27 The joint statement issued at the end of Nehru’s visit to the Kingdom observed the support of both the countries for “a peace ...