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Index
Page numbers in italics refer to maps
Abbas, Mahmoud (Abu Mazen) 521
Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia 78, 132
Abd al-Ilah, Crown Prince of Iraq 51, 154
Hussein’s hatred of 155–6, 159, 165
murder of 160
Abdullah bin Hussein (1880–1951) first King of Jordan
Arab nationalism 3–4, 18, 19, 65, 99
march into Transjordan 11–12
nominated as king of Iraq 11
as Amir of Transjordan 13–14, 18–20
defeated in Hijaz 15–16
Arab view of 18, 20–21, 29–31, 33
and Greater Syria project 19–21, 65
as King of Jordan 20
and Palestine 21–2, 67–8
assassination 35–7, 45–7
and Hussein’s education 42, 43–4
and Israel 33–5, 110; fear of Zionism 22–4; negotiations with Zionist leaders 22–4; First Arab–Israeli war 25, 26–31, 32–3, 252; and invasion of Palestine (1948) 26, 28–9; meetings wit; Golda Meir 26, 27–8; attempts at pea
ce settlement with 33–4, 36, 48, 532; planned secret talks with Israeli officials (1951) 46–7; respect for Jews 48–9
legacy of 36–7, 143, 609
relations with Britain 40
relations with son Talal 40, 42, 44
and son Naif 44, 49
secret negotiations with Iraq 51
My Memoirs Completed: ‘Al Takmilah’ 67
Abdullah bin Hussein II (1962–), King of Jordan 183, 449, 502, 572–3
on alliance with Iraq 414
and succession to Hussein 585–7, 595, 597
nominated as Crown Prince 600–602
as king 607, 610, 616
Abir, Princess 391
Abu Iyad (Salah Khalaf), PLO leader 360, 366
Abu Jaber, Dr Kamel, Jordanian foreign minister 385, 512, 513–14
Abu Nuwar, Ali
influence on Hussein, 62–3, 99
as chief of staff of army 105, 126–7
and Suez 117, 118, 120
contacts with Syria 128, 129
and Zarqa mutiny 130–31, 133–4, 135
and US support for Jordan 145
reinstatement 151
Abu Nuwar, Ma’an 133, 134, 151
Abu Shahut, Maher 100
Abu Shahut, Shahir 62
Abu Taleb, General Fathi 361
Abu-Odeh, Adnan 387, 587, 599
political adviser 325, 432–3
and possibility of disengagement from West Bank 457–8, 459
and Gulf War 490, 495, 498
and meeting with Thatcher 490
and Oslo Accords 525
and peace treaty with Israel 539
Achille Lauro, Palestinian hijacking of 431
Admoni, Nahum, Mossad 249
Afghanistan, Soviet invasion 405
Aflaq, Michel 135
Agranat Commission of Inquiry 364, 378
Aisha, Princess 183
Ajlun
Israeli bombing of radar station 310
fedayeen in 336, 339 Al-Aqsa Mosque tunnel 562
Al-Saiqa (wing of Syrian Ba’th party) 312
Alaiddin, Tariq, director of intelligence 458–9
Albright, Madeleine, US Secretary of State 581, 588
Algeria 115, 266, 268
support for fedayeen 321
opposition to United Arab Kingdom plan 345–6
Ali bin Hussein, as king of Hijaz (1924–5) 16