by Robert Lacey
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)