Al-Qasimi, Saud bin Saqr, 31, 266
Al-Qasimi, Sultan bin Kayed, 271
Al-Qasimi, Sultan bin Muhammad, 31, 100, 124, 236, 259
Qatar Airways, 122
Qatar Charity, 56–57
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, 77
Qatar Financial Centre, 47
Qatar Foundation, 91, 104, 251
Qatar Holdings, 90–91
Qatar Investment Authority, 43, 91, 178, 248
Qatar Mosque, 75
Qatar Petroleum Company, 41, 108
Qatar Primary Material Company, 45
Qatar Science and Technology Park, 46
Qatar Sports Investments, 91
Qatar Steel, 45
Qatar Television, 161
Qatar Tourism Authority, 133
Qatar University, 54, 72
Qatargas, 41, 257
Qatari-Eritrean Hall of Friendship, 83
Qatif, 213, 215, 261
Qilu, 106
Qingdao province, of China, 101–108
Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner, 92
Queen’s Household Cavalry, 102
Ramadan, 57, 148, 157–158, 160
Ra’s al-Khaimah, 21–22, 31–32, 35–36, 46, 123, 131–133, 184–186, 235–236, 247, 271
Ras Laffan, 45
Rasgas, 41
Al-Rashid, family, 18
Reach Out to Asia, 84
Red Sea, 44
Reform and Social Guidance Association, of the UAE, 225
Refusal Front, 175
Renaissance Day, of Oman, 38
Rentierism, 6–8, 11, 17, 25, 49–50, 57–58, 60–61, 63, 74, 76, 80, 229–230
Research and Development Corporation, 77
Research in Motion, 150
Revolution in Qatar, forum, 237
Revolutionary Guard, of Iran, 171
Rice, Condoleezza, 90
Riffa, 20
Rio Tinto, 248
Riyadh, 18, 28, 130, 180, 188–189, 214, 233–234
Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 130
Al-Roken, Muhammad, 271
Rose of Dhofar, 211
Rotterdam, 95
Royal Air Force, 165
Royal Dutch Shell, 41–42, 114
Royal Mecca Clock Tower, 162
Ruling bargains, 10–11, 49–50, 66, 79, 229, 231, 241
Ruling Family Council, of Oman, 39, 186
Russia, 85, 150, 167–168, 256
Rutgers University, 103
Ruwais, 248
Rwanda, 86
Saadiyat island, 96–97
Al-Sabah, Abdullah, 19
Al-Sabah, Abdullah Al-Salim, 28
Al-Sabah, Ali Al-Khalifah Al-Athbi
Al-Sabah, dynasty, 18–19, 22, 29–30, 40, 260
Al-Sabah, Jabar Al-Ahmad Al-Jabar, 28, 89
Al-Sabah, Jabar Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad, 270
Al-Sabah, Meshaal Al-Malek, 272
Al-Sabah, Mubarak (the Great), 19, 29
Al-Sabah, Muhammad, 242
Al-Sabah, Nasser bin Muhammad, 29, 67, 101, 216
Al-Sabah, Saad Al-Abdullah, 28
Al-Sabah, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabar, 28, 127, 270
Al-Sabah, Salim Al-Ali, 260
Sahwa, awakening movement, 194
Bin Said, Abu Hilal Ahmed, 22
Al-Said, Azzam bin Qais, 22
Al-Said, dynasty, 22, 26, 38–39
Al-Said, Qaboos bin Said, 38–39, 59, 127–128, 186, 241, 269
Al-Said, Said bin Taimur, 38, 239
Al-Said, Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud, 250
Al-Said, Sayyid Haitham bin Tairq, 250
Al-Said, Sultan Said bin Sultan, 22
Al-Said, Tariq bin Taimur, 38, 266
Al-Said, Turki bin Said, 22
Al-Said, yacht, 128
Sainsburys, 90
Salalah, 24, 128
Salalah Free Zone, 46, 128, 210
Salmaniya Hospital, 54
Sanctions, against Iran, 169, 174
Sandhurst Academy, 101–102
SAMA (Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority), 43
Samsung, 263
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 89, 166, 182
Bin Saud, Abdul-Aziz, 18, 26–27, 189
Al-Saud, Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, 26–27, 127, 188–189, 244
Al-Saud, Ahmed bin Abdul-Aziz, 267
Al-Saud, Bandar bin Sultan, 270
Al-Saud, dynasty, 18–19, 22, 26–28, 30, 40–41, 68, 74, 189, 242
Al-Saud, Fahd bin Abdul-Aziz, 26–27, 244, 251
Al-Saud, Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz, 26, 103, 244
Al-Saud, Faisal bin Musaid, 244
Al-Saud, Khalid bin Abdul-Aziz, 26
Al-Saud, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz, 188, 258
Al-Saud, Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, 189
Al-Saud, Saud bin Abdul-Aziz, 26
Al-Saud, Saud bin Faisal, 264
Al-Saud, Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz, 188
Al-Saud, Talal bin Abdul-Aziz, 189, 267
Al-Saud, Al-Waleed bin Talal, 83, 101, 122
Saudi Arabia Airlines, 122
Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Company, 44–45, 107
Saudi Arabia Royal Guard, 182
Saudi Joint Committee for the Relief of Kosovo, 85
Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims, The, 84
Saudi Red Crescent Society, 85
Saudi Royal Air Force, 168
Sciences-Po, 102
Seeb, 128
SecDev Group, of Ottawa, 149
Seychelles, 127
Al-Shahed, newspaper, 151
Shah, of Iran, 6, 140, 171
Al-Shamsi base, 165
Shandong province, of China, 106
Sharia law, 27, 39, 213–214
Sharjah, 21–22, 24–26, 31–32, 36–37, 46, 66, 68, 100, 102, 114, 116, 123–124, 144, 162, 174, 183, 185, 203, 236, 245, 247, 250–251, 266
Sharm el-Sheikh, 89
Al-Sharqi, Muhammad bin Hamad, 244
Sharqiyin, tribe, 25
Al-Shehhi, Ahmed Mansour, 222, 242
Al-Shehhi tribe, 223
Al-Shehhi, Salim Hamdoon, 271
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Mosque, in Palestine, 82
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Mushaf, 74
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, 74
Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme, of the UAE, 51
Sheikh Zayed Institute, 95
Sheikh Zayed Marriage Fund, of the UAE, 60
Al-Sheikh, Abdul-Aziz bin Abdullah, 26, 202, 268
Al-Sheikh, family, 26, 28
Shard, The, 91
Shia, of Islam, 32, 62, 72, 82, 112, 134, 139–144, 170–171, 178, 185, 196, 206, 208–209, 212–213, 230, 232–234, 272
Shia Crescent, 170
Short message service, 210
Showa Shell Sekiyu, 106
Shuaiba Industrial Zone, 44
Sikh temples, 75
Al-Singace, Abduljalil, 261
Singapore, 47
Sino Arab Chemical Fertiliser Company, 106
Sinopec, 107
Al-Sistani, Ali, 272
Sitra, 131
Slavery, 22, 64
Soccer, 67, 91–94
Social contracts, 10–11, 13, 49, 112, 229, 241
Social media, 130, 151, 161, 198–201, 207, 217, 225, 231, 234, 268
Socony-Vacuum Oil, 40
Sohar, 209–210
Somalia, 83, 86
Sony Corporation, 106
Sorbonne, La, 104
Souq al-Manakh crash, 56
South Africa, 62, 224
Sovereign wealth, 27, 42–43, 45, 47–48, 90–93, 105–107, 125–126, 167, 230
Sowwah island, 47
Spain, 41, 91, 127
Spying, 143, 182
Standard Oil of California, 40
Standard Oil of New Jersey, 40, 243
State Consultative Council, of Oman, 38
State General Reserve Fund, of Oman, 43
Stockholm Environmental Institute, 77
Al-Sudai
ri, Hassa bin Ahmed, 267
Sudairi Seven, 189, 267
Sudan, 83, 89, 140
Suez Canal, 202
Sultan Qaboos University, 54
Sunday Times, The, newspaper, 150
Sunni, of Islam, 18, 32, 82, 134, 139–145, 170, 178, 185, 205–206, 212, 233
Supreme Council for Family Affairs, of Qatar, 57
Supreme Council for Oil, of Bahrain, 40–41
Supreme Council of Rulers, of the United Arab Emirates, 35, 236
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, of Egypt, 202
Supreme Petroleum Council, of Abu Dhabi, 37, 187
Al-Suwaidi, Issa Khalifa, 271
Sweden, 77
Switzerland, 88, 187
Syria, 2, 13, 60, 65, 88, 192, 199, 227, 236, 271
Taleban, The, 86
Tahrir Square, 206, 212
Al-Tamim, Dahi Khalfan, 263, 268
Tan Thuan Industrial Promotion Company, 108
Tanmia, 55, 119
Taxation, 7, 11, 25, 46, 50, 57–58, 63, 120, 130, 160, 241
Taweelah island, 45
Tawfiiq Islamic Centre, 95
Tehran, 160, 170, 174, 181–182, 185, 202
Texas A&M University, 104
Texas Oil Company, 40
Thailand, 225
Thalin refinery project, in China, 107
Al-Thani, Abdullah bin Jassim, 21
Al-Thani, Abdul-Aziz bin Khalifa, 266
Al-Thani, Ahmad bin Ali, 30
Al-Thani, Ali bin Abdullah
Al-Thani, dynasty, 20, 30, 33, 56, 71
Al-Thani, Hamad bin Khalifa, 30, 34, 87, 101, 127, 266, 271
Al-Thani, Hamad bin Jassim, 272
Al-Thani, Jabar bin Yusef bin Jassim, 271
Al-Thani, Jassim bin Muhammad, 20
Al-Thani, Khalifa bin Hamad, 30, 257, 266
Bin Thani, Muhammad, 20
Thumrait, 165
Tianjin Port Group Company, 108
Tianjin province, of China, 107
Total, oil company, 41, 45
Tourism and Development Investment Company, of Abu Dhabi, 75, 96–97
Training and Rehabilitation Centre, in Dubai, 121
Tripoli, Libya, 227
Trucial States, 20–23, 25, 30–32, 40, 137, 157, 243
Tunisia, 132, 192, 199, 201–203, 206, 216, 221, 226, 227
Twitter, 69, 161, 197–198, 200, 217, 225, 234–235
UAE Armed Forces, 35, 83, 86, 174, 184
UAE Presidential Palace, 128
UAE Red Crescent Society, 82, 84–85
Al-Udeid, airbase, 163–165
Umm al-Qawain, 22, 245, 247
Umm Shaif, 41
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 3
United Kingdom, see Britain
United Nations, 28, 81–82, 140, 244
United Nations Children’s Fund, 91
United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation, 96
United Nations Relief and Works Agency, 82
United Nations Security Council, 88, 90, 166
United Nations Working Group of Arbitrary Detention, 224
United States, of America, 14, 28, 32, 41, 43, 63, 73–76, 79, 81–82, 85, 87, 89–90, 92–94, 101–103, 105, 108–109, 113, 126, 149, 150, 161–169, 171–174, 176–178, 180, 184, 188, 194, 228, 232, 237, 244, 251
University College London, 104
University of Arkansas, 102
University of Connecticut, 102, 255
University of Southern California, 103
University of Toronto, 149, 177
University of Wales in Lampeter, 100
Uqair agreement, 242
US Central Command (CENT-COM), 164, 166, 172
US Congress, 94, 169, 173
US Fifth Fleet, 164
US Naval Support Activity Base, 164
US Navy, 164, 173, 232
USS John Kennedy, 164
Value added tax, 57
Vanity Fair, 149–150
Vietnam, 65, 108
Virginia Commonwealth University, 104
Al-Wahhab, Muhammab bin Abd, 18, 26
Al-Wahhabi, Abdul-Aziz, 269
Wahhabism, 18–21, 26, 28, 73–74, 180, 242
War on Terror, 1, 194–195
Washington DC, 94
Wa’ad, 44, 46
Web 2.0, 198–200
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, 208
Weill Cornell Medical College, 104
Westinghouse, 263
Whisky, 158
Wilayet-e-faqih or rule by clerics, 233
WinWinD, 77
Women, 27, 34, 36, 38, 59–61, 87, 98, 129, 160–162, 188, 212, 215, 233–234, 258
World Athletics Championships, 93
World Bank, 76, 167
World Cup, 63, 93, 125, 262
World Food Programme, 83
World Trade Organisation, 176
Xingjiang province, of China, 109
Xingjiang University, 109
Xinhua News Agency, 109
Yacheng offshore gasfield, 106
Al-Yamanah arms deal, 169
Yemen, 3, 192, 199, 207, 261
Yemen, People’s Democratic Republic of, 3
Yom Kippur War, 40
YouTube, 198, 208, 222, 233
Al-Zaabi, tribe, 271
Al-Zaman, newspaper, 211
Zanzibar, 22
Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, 84
Zayed Centre for Co-ordination and Follow-Up, 102, 176, 265
Zayed City, in Afghanistan, 84
Zayed Future Energy Prize, 77
Zayed University of Afghanistan, 84
Zeitoun, Muannad, 261
Zhejian province, of China, 108
Zinat Al-Bihar, 182
Zionism, 175–177
Zoroastrianism, 75
Zubarah, 19–20
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