Lion of Jordan (129 page)

and October War
365
,
366

Khasawneh, Awn
540
,
542
–3

al-Khatib, Abdul Ilah, foreign minister
592

al-Khatib, Anwar, minister of public works, and Suez
118

Khomeini, Ayatollah
409

al-Kilani, Major-General Muhammad Rasul
313

Kirkbride, Sir Alec
11
–12,
41

and succession to Abdullah
49
–52

as adviser to Hussein
61
,
110

and dismissal of Glubb
103

Kissinger, Henry, US Secretary of State
300
,
329
,
356
,
379

and Jordanian civil war
318
,
323
,
329
–30,
331

meetings with Hussein
357
–8,
373
–5

meetings with Meir
358
,
375

and October War
366
,
367

contacts with Sadat
369
–70

marginalization of Jordan
371
,
375
,
387
–8

visit to Middle East (1973)
371

‘shuttle diplomacy'
373
–4,
379
,
387

and 1974 Rabat summit
383
,
384
–5

collusion with Sadat
385

Kitchener, Lord, British plenipotentiary in Cairo
3

Kol Israel, Arabic broadcasts
138

Komer, Robert, US National Security Council
215

Kufr Asad
310

Kuwait
157
,
410

relations with Jordan
438
,
481
,
520

Iraqi invasion (1990)
478
–502,
614

Larnaca, Cyprus, murder of Israelis in
429

Latrash, Fred (CIA)
145

Lausanne
170

Lavran, Colonel Aharon, Israeli military intelligence
361

Lawrence, T.E. (‘Lawrence of Arabia')
3

and Arab Revolt
5
,
6

on Sykes-Picot agreement
8

support for Abdullah in Transjordan
12
,
13

and Hussein bin Ali
14
–15

League of Nations, and independence of Transjordan
14

Lebanese Christians, and Arab Revolt
6

Lebanon
10
,
116
,
151
,
211

and Greater Syria project
10
,
20

instability
153
,
159

US military assistance to (1958)
162
,
169

Fatah bases
274
–5

clashes with PLO
358

civil war (1975–6)
388
–9

Israeli invasions
415
–16

war in (1982)
415
–18,
419
–20,
613

reaction to Oslo Accord
522

Levy, David, Israeli foreign minister
575

Levy, Moshe
434

Libya
321
,
345

Lloyd, Selwyn, foreign secretary
60
,
104
,
115
–16,
122
,
196

London, memorial service in St Paul's Cathedral
616

London Agreement (1987)
440
–47

provisions of
443
–4

failure of
446
–7

al-Lozi, Ahmad
173

Ma'an
16
,
17

bread riots
474
–5

Ma'ayta, Mahmud
62
,
100
,
130

McMahon, Sir Henry, British high commissioner in Egypt, correspondence with Hussein bin Ali
4
–5,
6
,
7
,
8

Macmillan, Harold, Prime Minister
161
–2,
168

Macomber, William, US ambassador to Jordan
179
,
233
–4

Madadhah, Falah, minister of the interior
101

Madrid peace conference (1991)
513
–16,
614

preparations
508
–13

UN Resolutions
242
and
338
as basis
512

subsequent peace talks
515
–18

safety net (private talks)
516

‘corridor diplomacy'
517

Maghrebi peace initiative
492

Majali, Dr Abdul Salam

Jordanian delegation to Madrid
512
,
517
,
524

and Jordanian-Israeli peace negotiations
528
,
536

signing of treaty
543

open letter to
578

as prime minister
583

al-Majali, Ayman
594

al-Majali, Habis

10th Infantry Regiment
52

commander of Arab Union forces
161

as army chief of staff
172
,
177

and Hussein's marriage to Muna
181
–2

as conservative influence
189

as commander-in-chief
239
,
324

and civil war
325

al-Majali, Hazza'

as prime minister
84
–6,
175

chief of royal court
172

murder of
176
–7

al-Majali, Colonel Hussein, ADC to Hussein
593
–4,
597
,
604
,
606

Mallory, Lester, US ambassador to Jordan
122
,
127
,
140
,
145

Mango, Adiba
489

Mango, Dr Ahmad
540

Marwan, Ashraf, Egyptian adviser
398

al-Masri, Taher

foreign minister
425
,
426
,
431
,
451

meeting with Gromyko
426

opposition to disengagement from West Bank
459
,
465

meeting with Baker
508

as prime minister
511
,
515
–16

and move to normalization
538
–9,
548

al-Masri, Zafir, mayor of Nablus, assassination
433

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
519
,
581
,
582
–3,
589
,
595
–6

return to
603
–4,
606
–7

Mecca
2
,
6

Medina, siege of
6

Meir, Golda, Israeli prime minister
308

meetings with Abdullah
26
,
27
–8

as foreign minister
196
,
220
–22,
286

meetings with Hussein
220
–22,
301
,
360
–64,
376
–8

intransigence
300
–301,
352

view of Arab states
300
,
378

rejection of Rogers Plan
309
–10

and Jordanian civil war
330
,
331
,
337

support for Hussein
331
,
378

rejection of United Arab Kingdom plan
346
,
348
,
349
–50,
351
–2

views on Palestinians
346
–7

meeting with Nixon (1973)
358

resignation
378

Meridor, Dan
449
–50,
510

Middle East
5
,
10
–11,
16
–17,
20

effect of Suez on balance of power in
121

military dictatorships
150

realignment (1957)
151

‘Arab cold war'
153
,
172

year of revolution (1958)
153
–71

US view of
159
,
300
,
329
–30,
408
–9,
414

Herzog's plan
198
–9

role for USA in
296
–7

stalemate (1972–3)
356

Hussein's view of
405

and ‘interlock'
455

Hussein's analysis of peace efforts
471
–2

Middle East North Africa (MENA)

Amman Summit (1995)
552

Cairo summit (1996)
564

and economic cooperation with Israel
564
,
565

Mishal, Khalid, Hamas, attempted murder of
570
–76

Mishcon, Victor, Lord
430
,
526
,
569

and London Agreement
441
,
443

Mixed Armistice Commission (Jordanian-Israeli)
69
,
71
,
242

Mordechai, Itzhak, and Mishal affair
574

Morocco
268
,
384

Morris, Benny,
Israel's Border Wars
66
–7

Morris, James
99
,
124
,
165
–6

Mossad

and October War
364
,
387

and attempted murder of Khalid Mishal
570
–76

Muasher, Marwan
524

as first Jordanian ambassador to Israel
543
,
549
–50

on Netanyahu
558
–9

Mubarak, Hosni, Egyptian president
413

and Amman Accord
425

support for Shultz Initiative
455

and ACC
469
–70

and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
479
,
480
–81,
483
,
486

view of Hussein
481

and Netanyahu
563

al-Mufti, Said, as prime minister
80
–81,
83
,
107
,
133

Muhammad, Prince (brother)
60
–61,
184
,
309
,
354
,
586
,
591
,
594

al-Mulki, Fawzi

Jordanian ambassador in London
54
,
57

as first prime minister
64
–5,
75

and relations with Britain
73

dismissal
74
,
75

Muna, Princess
586
,
593

and Dina
9
6
,
183

marriage to Hussein
179
–83

divorce
355

Murphy, Richard, US assistant secretary of state
428
,
429
,
432
,
451
,
452

Musa, Amr, Egyptian foreign minister
552

al-Musa, Colonel Mahmud
158

Muslim Brotherhood
112
,
413
,
466
,
484
–5

and 1989 elections
476

opposition to peace process
511
,
515

and 1993 elections
530

and Hamas
573

Nabulsi, Suleiman
125
–6,
309

election as prime minister
112
–14

and Suez
117
–18,
120
,
121
–2

relations with Hussein
126
–7,
128
,
130
,
131

move towards communism
129
–30

forced resignation
131

as minister for foreign affairs
139

Naharayim, shooting at
569
–70

Naif bin Abdullah, Prince

relations with father
44
,
49

as regent
50
–51

and succession crisis (1951)
50
,
51
–2

Najjar, Laila
397

Narkiss, General Uzi
242

Nasser bin Jamil, Sharif (uncle)
56
,
92
,
172
,
175

as adviser to Hussein
61
–2,
100

hashish smuggling
61
,
239

and formation of Royal Guard
125
,
150

and Zarqa mutiny
130
,
131
–2,
135

and Iraqi revolution (1958)
160
–61,
171

and proposed attack on Iraq (1959)
177

and meetings with Israelis
193
,
194
,
294
–5,
307
–8

command of armed forces
239
,
305
,
306

Hussein's misgivings about
305
–6

plan for expulsion of Fatah
307
–8

dismissal
317

pessimism about future of Jordan
319

Nasser, Gamal Abdel, president of Egypt
159
,
612

and Arab summit meetings: Cairo (1964)
202
–5; Alexandria (1964)
211
–12; Casablanca (1965)
220

influence of among Arab states
68
,
214
,
612

and Baghdad Pact
77
–8,
79
,
84

view of Israel
77
,
214
,
281
–2,
298

defence pact with Saudi Arabia
81
–2

defence treaties with Syria
81
–2,
235

Soviet (‘Czech') arms deal
82

blamed for dismissal of Glubb
103
–4

nationalization of Suez Canal
107
,
114
–15

and role of Jordan in Suez war
119

cable in support of Nabulsi
133