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  oryx, search for

  Oryx summit

  Osama Bin Laden I Know, The (Bergen)

  Osirak nuclear reactor

  Otayba tribe

  Otaybi, Juhayman Al-, see Juhayman Al-Otaybi

  Otaybi, Mohammed bin Sayf Al-

  Othman, Caliph

  Ottaway, David

  Ottoman Empire

  Pakistan

  ISI of

  jihadis’ retreat to

  madrasas in

  Palestine, Palestinians

  intifada of

  Israeli occupation and

  Jewish homeland in

  Saudi relations with

  state for

  Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

  Parssinen, Jon

  Pashtun tribes

  “People of the Caves Are Going to Hell, The” (Al-Salmi)

  Perle, Richard

  Perry, William

  Persian Gulf

  Peshawar

  Bayt Al-Ansar (House of the Helpers) in

  pétanque (boules)

  Philby, Harry St. John

  Philippines

  police

  religious, see religious police

  secret, see Mabahith

  Possessed, The (Dostoevsky)

  Powell, Colin 286

  prayer time

  Princes of Darkness (Murawiec)

  Prince Sultan Air Base

  Protocols of the Elders of Zion, The

  PTT (posts and telecommunications)

  Puerto Ricans

  Putin, Vladimir

  Qadhafi, Muammar Al-

  Qahtani, Ammar Al-

  Qahtani, Mohammed Abdullah Al-

  Qasabi, Nasser Al-

  Qaseem

  Qatar

  Gulf War and

  Qateef, Al-

  Qateef girl

  Qorvis Communications

  Qudheibi, Abdul Aziz

  Qunaybit, Mohammed Al-

  Qutub, Mohammed

  Qutub, Sayyid

  Rabbani, Mohammed

  racial prejudice

  Radio Jeddah

  Radio Tehran

  Rahman, Akhtar Abdur

  Rajhi, Abdul Aziz Al-

  Ramadan

  rape

  Rasheed, Mohammed Al-

  Rasheed, Mohammed bin Talal Al-

  Rasheed family

  Rashid, Ahmed

  Reagan, Nancy

  Reagan, Ronald

  Red Cross

  Red Sea

  Reformed Church

  religious police (Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice; mutawwa)

  women’s driving and

  Rice, Condoleezza

  Riggs Bank

  Rise, Corruption, and Coming Fall of the , House of Saud, The (Aburish)

  Riyadh

  arrests and imprisonments in

  bombings in

  driving demonstration in

  executions in

  Hay Al-Rabwah neighborhood in

  Hu Jintao in

  majlis day in

  National Guard hospital in

  opera house for

  Putin in

  Rasheedi princes in

  return of Guantánamo detainees to

  Shumaysi neighborhood of

  Tenet in

  ulema in

  Riyadh, University of

  Robertson, Pat

  Rockefeller, David

  Rome

  Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

  Royal Air Force College

  Royal family, see House of Saud index

  Royal Victorian Chain

  Rumsfeld, Donald

  Rundell, David

  Russia

  Sabri, Ahmad

  Sadat, Anwar

  Sadhan, Abdullah Al-

  Saeed Tayeb, Abdul Nasser

  Saeed Tayeb, Mohammed

  Safari Club

  Saffar, Hassan Al- (Abu Hadi)

  Safwan airfield

  Sahwah (the Awakening), Sahwists

  arrests of

  Sajir

  Salafi Group

  freeing of

  in Qaseem

  Salmi, Hamad Al-

  Saqaabi, Mohammed Al-

  Saud, House of; for names and themes, see the dedicated index beginning on p. 401

  Saudia Airlines,

  Saudi Arabia:

  Afghanistan jihad and

  Bin Laden supported by

  bombings in

  budget of

  China’s relations with

  economic reform in

  five-year plans for

  formation of

  maps of

  oil boom in

  racial prejudice in

  U.S. presence in

  “Saudi Arabia Between Yesterday and Today” (exhibition)

  Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA)

  Saudi Army

  Saudi Gazette

  Saudi Hizballah (Party of God)

  Saudi Investment Banking Corporation

  Saudi National Day

  Saudi Telecoms Company

  Sayhat

  Schwarzkopf, Norman

  Scowcroft, Brent

  Scud missiles

  SDECE (Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage)

  Second Saudi State

  Seif, Tawfiq Al-

  Shah of Iran

  Shakespeare, William

  Shame in the House of Saud

  shariah law

  Sharon, Ariel

  Shayeb, Jaffar

  Shia,

  Ali and

  battle of Karbala and

  in Iran

  in Mazar-e Sharif

  prejudice against

  in Qateef

  Saudi exile

  Shiat Ali (party or followers of Ali)

  Shobokshi, Ali Al-

  Shobokshi, Hussein Al-

  Shultz, George

  Sibillah

  Simpson, William

  Six-Day War (1967)

  Socal, see Standard Oil of California

  soccer

  Social Affairs Ministry, Saudi

  Somalia

  South Africa

  South Korea

  Soviet Union

  in Afghanistan

  collapse of

  oil and gas of

  Saudi relations with

  Spain

  Special Security Force, Saudi

  Stalin, Joseph

  Standard Oil of California (Socal; later Chevron)

  State Department, U.S.

  Subayl, Mohammed ibn

  succession, see Bayaa (Allegiance) Council

  Sudan

  Bin Laden in

  Sudayri, Hissa bint Ahmad Al-

  Sudayri, Mohammed Al-

  Sudayri Seven

  Suez Canal

  Sufism

  suicide

  suicide bombers

  Suleiman, Abdullah Al-

  Suleymaniya

  Sunni 312

  Supreme Economic Council

  Supreme Judiciary Council

  Surehi, Saud Al-

  Suri, Abu Rida Al-

  Syria

  Tabuk

  Taif

  takfeer (condemnation or excommunication

  Taliban

  Taliban (Rashid)

  Tanker War

  tanks

  Tash Ma Tash (Splash, No Splash; TV show

  telephone system

  television

  Abdullah’s monitoring of

  opposition to

  satellite

  Saudi

  U.S.

  Tenet, George

  terrorism

  Arafat and

  U.S. retaliation against

  see also Grand Mosque; 9/11

  Texaco

  Texas Monthly

  Thabit, Abdullah

  Thatcher, Margaret

  Theroux, Peter

  Tomahawk missiles

/>   Tora Bora

  Tornado fighter-bombers

  torture

  Townsend, Frances

  TOWs

  Transjordan, creation of

  Trofimov, Yaroslav

  Truman, Harry

  Tunis, Arab League summit in

  Tunisia

  Turabi, Hassan Al-

  Turkey

  Turki, Abdullah

  Turkmenistan

  1, Tuwayjri, Abdul Aziz Al- (T-1)

  Tuwayjri, Ahmad Al-

  Tuwayjri, Khaled Al-

  Ubaiqan, Abdul Muhsin Al-

  ulema

  ), Grand Mosque siege and

  Gulf War and

  Unayzah

  unemployment

  United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), )

  United Nations (UN)

  United States

  Afghanistan policy of

  anti-Communism of

  Bin Laden’s declaration of war on

  bombing of African embassies of

  Gulf War and

  Iran-Iraq War and

  Iraq War and

  Israel policy of

  9/11 and, see 9/11

  oil boycott and

  religious extremists created by

  United States-Saudi relations

  anti-Communism and

  effects of 9/11 on

  Soviet defeat and

  as special

  stagnation in

  Tanker War and

  Vatican Bank

  Venezuela, oil of

  Vidal, Gore

  videos

  video shops, burning of

  Wahhab, Mohammed Ibn Abdul

  Wahhabism

  heartland of

  Muslim Brotherhood compared with

  origins of

  royal alliance with

  Shia denounced in

  Taliban and

  Walsh Report

  War of the Cities (1985)

  Washington.C.

  Saudi embassy in

  Saudi human rights office in

  Washington Post

  Weaver, Sigourney

  West Bank

  White Army, see National Guard

  White House

  “Why Do States Disintegrate?” (Al-Awdah tape)

  Wolfowitz, Paul

  women

  Kuwaiti

  Muslim

  women, Saudi

  battered

  at Beirut conference

  control of

  driving of

  education of

  lesbianism and

  male guardian of

  photographs of

  physical activity for

  Qateef girl case and

  segregation and

  TV as bad influence on

  with weapons

  as wives

  women, western

  Woodward, Bob

  World Bank

  World Trade Center

  World Trade Organization (WTO)

  World Youth Soccer Cup

  Yalla Saadah (Let’s Go for Happiness; TV show)

  Yamamah arms deal, see Al-Yamamah

  Yamani, Ahmad Zaki

  Yamani, Hashim

  Yathrib

  see also Medina

  Yazid, Caliph

  Yehya, Fahd Al-

  Yemen, Yemenis

  donkey from

  Yom Kippur War (1973)

  youth, Saudi vs. western

  Zahrani, Talal Al-

  Zahrani, Yasser Al-

  Zaire

  Zawawi, Mahdi

  Zaynab

  Zia-ul-Haq, Mohammed

  Zionism

  Christian

  Zulfiqar

  House of Saud Index

  Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman (Ibn Saud)

  Al-Ikhwan and

  death of

  foreign relations of

  kingdom formed by

  Mohammed Bin Laden’s relationship with

  sons of; see also specific sons

  wives of

  Abdul Aziz bin Fahd (Azouz or Azouzi), Prince

  Abdullah’s reaching out to

  Abdul Elah bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, King

  Al-Qaeda and

  Bin Laden and

  education and

  flying privileges and,

  Free Princes and

  Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and

  as National Guard commander

  9/11 and

  Obama and

  Palestinians and

  Qateef girl case and

  Russia policy of

  Saddam’s overthrow and

  Saudi Arabia distanced from U.S. by

  sons of

  stutter of

  telephone privatization and

  Abdul Majeed bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Abdul Muhsin bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Abdul Rahman (father of Ibn Saud)

  Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Ahmad bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal, Prince

  Badr bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Bandar bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Bandar bin Sultan, Prince

  Desert Storm and

  medical problems of

  parenthood of

  Bin Jaluwi family

  Fahda bint Asi Al-Shuraim

  Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, King

  Abdullah compared with

  Afghan aid of

  Bin Laden family pressured by

  China’s missiles and

  constitutional reform and

  death of

  education of

  on elections

  Free Princes and

  Grand Mosque siege and

  Guardian of Holy Places title

  Gulf War and

  Memorandum and

  oil and

  pleasures reined in by

  return of Shia and

  Robert Jordan’s presentation to

  satellite TV and

  Shia uprising and

  stroke of

  Wahhabism and

  at White House

  women’s driving and

  World Trade Organization and

  on youth

  Faisal bin Abdul Aziz, King

  assassination of

  Basic Law and

  oil boycott and

  Faisal bin Abdullah bin Mohammed, Prince, Education Minister 2009-

  Faisal bin Musaed

  Fawwaz bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Hadhlul bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Haifa bint Faisal, Princess

  House of Saud

  Bin Laden as foe of

  constitutional reform promised by

  financial allowances

  Juhayman’s criticism of

  king selection and

  lookout for leftists by

  numbers

  provincial administrators from

  respect for religious scholars of

  Shah compared with

  smile-gifts-threat strategy of

  succession mechanisms and

  territory controlled by

  Wahhabi alliance with

  Wahhabi deference to

  Jaluwi, Bin, see Bin Jaluwi family

  Khaled Al-Faisal, Prince

  Khaled bin Abdul Aziz, King

  capture of Grand Mosque and

  death of

  oil boom and

  succession issues and

  Khaled bin Sultan, Prince

  Gulf War and

  Latifa bint Musaed, Princess

  Mamduh bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Mashhur bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Migren bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Mishaal bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Miteb bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz, Prince (Abu Sharrain; the Father of Twin Evils)

  Mohammed bin Fahd, Prince

  Qateef girl and

  Mohammed bin Nayef, Pr
ince

  Mohammed Ibn Saud, Ruler of Dariyah

  Musaed bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Nawwaf bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  9/11 and

  Reema bint Abdullah, Princess

  Saad bin Fahd, Prince

  Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  driving demonstration and

  Sattam bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Saud Al-Faisal, Prince

  Saud bin Abdul Aziz, King

  Saud bin Abdul Muhsin, Prince

  Sudayri, Hissa bint Ahmad Al-

  Sudayri Seven

  Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, Crown Prince

  Al-Yamamah deal and

  as Bandar’s father

  9/11 and

  succession and

  Sultan bin Salman, Prince

  Talal bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Turki Al-Faisal, Prince

  Afghanistan and

  Bin Laden and

  Grand Mosque siege and

  Taliban and

  Turki bin Abdul Aziz, Prince

  Turki bin Nasser, Prince

  Waleed bin Talal, Prince

  PHOTOGRAPHIC SOURCES

  Picture research by Suzanne Hodgart

  Insert 1

  The Saudi army on the march in 1911 photographed by Captain William Shakespear (© Royal Geographical Society)

  Abdul Aziz and his family in 1918 photographed by Harry St. John Philby (Middle East Centre Archive, St Anthony’s College, Oxford GB 165-0229, Philby Collection PA 10/1202)

  Oil well number 15, Dhahran, 1939 (Aramco)

  Abdul Aziz meets FDR, 1945 (Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, D.C.)

  An Aramco typing lesson in the late 1940s (Aramco)

  Ahmad Zaki Yamani, Saudi oil minister, 1962-1986 (Getty Images)

  TIME Cartoon. OPEC plucks U.S. feathers (Don Wright © 1979 Palm Beach Post. Image supplied by the British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent)

  King Faisal with hawk, 1967 (Jean-Claude Sauer/Paris Match, Camera Press, London)

  Kings Faisal, Khaled, Fahd, and Abdullah dance the ardha (Arab News)

  Juhayman Al-Otaybi, December 1979 (AFP/Getty Images)

  Juhayman’s followers under arrest (AFP/Getty Images)

  Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Baz (Arab News)

  Sheikh Hassan Al-Saffar, Shia leader (Arab News)

  Ali Al-Marzouq, Eid Al-Ghadeer, November 1979 (Ali Al-Marzouq Private Collection)

  Insert 2

  Prince Fahd at Kidbrooke Comprehensive School, November 1954 (© Topfoto)

  King Fahd arrives in Nice, April 1987 (SIPA/Rex Features)

  King Fahd with Saddam Hussein (AFP/PHOTO/HO)

  King Fahd’s yacht, the Prince Abdul Aziz (Chris Wood/Rex Features)

  Ronald Reagan greets King Fahd in Mexico, October 1981 (AFP/Getty Images)

  King Fahd’s palace in Marbella (SIPA Press/Rex Features)

  Prince Turki Al-Faisal with hawk (Arab News)

  Prince Bandar bin Sultan as a fighter pilot (© Ron McGaffin)

  AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft (Getty Images)

  Prince Sultan bin Salman in space, July 1985 (© UPPA/Topfoto)