INDEX 323Hindu–Muslim unity, 22
Hungarian crisis, 37
Huntington, Samuel, 163
Hussein, Saddam, 158, 198, 199, 208
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Ibn-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 17,
18, 35, 53, 54, 115, 225
Imam, Syed Hasan, 57
India’s approach towards the
Middle East
diminishing US influence and, 196
expatriate workers, 6, 184
foreign visits, 151, 156
Israeli–Palestinian negotiations,
133, 163
Middle East policy, 5, 9, 17, 61,
103, 140
Modi’s approach, 150–155
Palestinian issue, 164
political exchanges, during
2004–2014, 155
role and influence of Iran, 207
Indian Ambassadors to Saudi Arabia,
42n4, 223–225
Indian foreign policy, 60–62
Indian migration to Gulf Arab
Countries
economic slowdown in Gulf Arab
countries and, 188
Saudization impact, 44, 185, 188
Indian Mujahedeen, 71
Indian Muslims
haj, 6, 67–69
religious radicalism, 60, 70, 73
India-Saudi Arabia
Arabic learning institutions, 66
Arab–Israeli conflict, 4, 25, 61, 109
Charitable Muslim organizations, 66
Delhi Declaration, 2006, 141,
244, 252
Economic Cooperation Agreement,
1981, 227–228
Energy Dialogue, 144, 255
engagements between two
countries, 14, 34, 38, 91, 153,
154, 164, 170, 185
geostrategic regional differences, 38
India’s pro-Iraqi disposition and, 44
India-Saudi Arabia-Iran triangle, 161
India-Saudi Joint Communiqué,
1982, 66, 229–235
Indira Gandhi’s era, 48, 235
Islamist resurgence and oil crisis, 41
Kuwait crisis, 96
Modi, Narendra, 8, 133, 134,
140, 141, 143, 144, 149,
152–154, 164, 165, 251,
252, 254–257
Pakistan factor, 6, 28, 75,
83–103, 219
Palestinian issue and, 109
political exchanges, 25, 121, 123,
132, 133
regional challenges in
transforming, 186
Riyadh Declaration, 2010, 122,
137–140, 248, 252
Riyadh Joint Statement, 2016,
140–144
US-led sanctions, 139
Indo-Arab culture, 47, 230
Indo-Iran relations, 160, 206, 208
Indo-Israeli relations, 61, 86, 109,
115, 123
Indo-Pakistan relations, 22, 24, 42,
65, 83, 91, 95
Indo-Pakistan Wars
1965, 40, 88
1971, 88, 90
Kargil conflict of 1999, 90
Indo-Palestine relations,
9, 109–115