INDEX 325Korean crisis, 14, 16, 196
Krishna Menon, V. K., 37, 86
Kuwait crisis, 4, 96, 129, 130, 151,
206, 207
L
Look East policy, 5, 198
M
Malabar region, influence of Arab
culture, 1
pre-Islamic mercantile exchanges, 54
Marwah, Onkar, 16
Masood, Talat, 102
Mecca Accord, 119
Modi, Narendra, 8, 61, 75, 100, 110,
113, 114, 122, 133, 134,
140–144, 142n5, 149–157, 164,
165, 175, 189, 206n2, 207, 219,
251, 252, 254–257
Mohammed, Fasih, 7
Motamar Al-Alam Islami (World
Islamic Conference), 92
Mubarak, Hosni, 45, 113, 118, 134,
162, 199, 216, 217
Mukherjee, Pranab, 114, 134, 137,
152, 153, 155, 174, 230, 247
Muslim Anglo-Oriental (MAO)
College, 56
Muslim rule in India, 55
N
al-Nahyan, Crown Prince Mohammed
bin Zayed, 135, 154
Narasimha Rao, P. V., 4, 46, 96, 97,
112, 120, 130, 150, 206n2, 227
Nasser, Gamal Abdul, 16, 196
pan-Arabism, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24,
33, 39, 64, 84
Nehru Era
approach to Arab Cold War and
regional politics, 17–24
foreign policy convergences, 14
Indo-Palestinian relations,
109, 111, 123
Indo-Saudi relations, 21, 27, 33, 44
interactions between Indian
nationalists and Saudi
leadership, 13
Middle East policy, 17
nation-building process, 15
non-alignment path, 14, 17, 64
oil imports, labour migration and
bilateral trade with Saudi, 44
Pakistan factor, 24, 28
political differences, 12, 13, 15,
16, 20
power shift in favour of Saudi
Arabia, 34
ties with the countries of Asia and
Africa, 15
Nehru, Jawaharlal
on Arab–Israeli conflict, 17, 25, 34
meeting with King Saud, 26
support for Nasser, 16
view on Zionism, 15
worldview, 15–16, 87
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 100, 154, 158
Nitaqat, 187, 188
Non-aligned Movement (NAM), 13,
18, 34–37, 34n1, 40, 43, 44, 46,
47, 49, 110, 112, 115, 123, 132,
150, 151, 155, 232, 234
Noorani, A. G., 42, 65, 66, 93
Nuclear test of 1975, 34O
Olympic Council of Asia, 120
Oman, 2, 113, 114, 150–153, 183,
196, 201, 202, 216