Lion of Jordan (132 page)

support for Hussein in America
508
,
510

at Madrid Conference
514
,
515

Shamir, Professor Shimon
543
–4

al-Shar'a, Sadiq
172
,
174
–5

al-Shar'a, Salih
158

Sharaf, Sharif Abdul Hamid, as adviser to Hussein
397
,
403

Sharett, Moshe, foreign minister
72

Sharm el-Sheikh
378

Sharon, Ariel
331
,
393
,
414

and raid on Qibya (1953)
71
–2

and attack on Qalqilyah (1956)
108

and destruction of PLO
416

and invasion of Lebanon (1982)
416
,
417

policy of destruction of Jordan
416
,

429
–30,
446
,
502

and London Agreement
446

abstention on peace treaty vote
545

dislike of Netanyahu
574
–5

and Mishal affair
574
–5

commitment to cooperation with Jordan
579

Shatila refugee camp, massacre
419

Shatt al-Arab Waterway
410

Shemesh, Moshe
226
–7

Shiloah, Reuven, of Mossad
46
,
167

Shimoni, Yaacov, Jewish Agency official
29
–31

Shuckburgh, Evelyn, Foreign Office
163

Shukri, Ali
447
,
558

and Gulf War negotiations with Israel
498
–9

and peace negotiations with Israel
516
,
525
,
537
,
541

and Netanyahu
568

and Mossad agents
572

Shultz, George, US Secretary of State
417
,
435
–6

and Amman Accord
426
–7

and inclusion of PLO in talks
428
,
429

and London Agreement
444
,
445
–6

suggestion of linking Middle East talks with Gorbachev summit
450
–52

secret briefing folder
451

tour of Middle East
459
–60

and Jordanian disengagement
465

Shultz Initiative (1988)
455
–7

Jordanian response to
459
–60

Shuneh, royal palace at
180
,
183

Shuquairi, Ahmad, first chairman of PLO
205
,
212
,
214
,
237

and PLA
219
,
222

and Fatah
220

Shurdom, General Ihsan
412
,
479
,
540

Shureiki, Mohammed
50
,
52

Silberg, David, Mossad
576

Sinai
236
,
266
,
400

Sinai
II
agreement, between Egypt and Israel
387
–8

Sisco, Joseph, US assistant secretary of state
307

Six-Day War
see
June War

Smith, Jock, MI6 representative in Israel
249
–50

Snow, Peter
175

Sorensen, Theodore
286

Soviet Union
141
,
405
,
442

and Baghdad Pact
76

Jordanian overtures to
121
,
122
,
126
,
128
,
275
–6

Jordanian diplomatic relations with
129
–30,
198

influence in Egypt
265
,
361

Hussein's first official visit
268
–9

US perception of
329
–30

and October War
365
–6,
370

and Amman Accord
425
–6

Israeli objections to participation of
448
–9

and Madrid Conference
513

Spain, visit to (1955)
92

Stirling, Colonel David
308

Suez Canal
266
,
310
,
345

Suez War (1956)
104
,
107
,
114
–21

Israeli plans
115
–16

‘Operation Beisan'
117
,
119

Anglo-French attack
118
–19

al-Sulh, Riad, assassination (1951)
35

Sunni Muslims
6

Susser, Asher
204

Sykes, Sir Mark
7
,
8

Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916)
7
–8,
9

Symmes, Harrison, US ambassador to Jordan
284
–5,
296
–7,
322

Syria
10
–11,
150

Ba'th Party
62
,
413

coup(1949)
62

defence pacts with Egypt
81
–2,
235
,
237

and Baghdad Pact
84

and Palestinian guerrilla activities
107
–8,
223
,
232
,
235
,
321

Amman Pact
113

and Suez
117
,
118

troops in Jordan
120
–21,
136

relations with Jordan
123
,
345
,
359
,
388

and UAR
153
–4

and Iraq
157
,
164
,
438
–9

tension with Jordan
157

attack on Hussein's aircraft
170
–71

and murder of Hazza Majali
176
–7

coup (1961)
178
–9

Ba'th coup (1963)
189

military supplies from Arab states
211

relations with Israel
220
,
257
–8

anti-Hussein propaganda
229
–30

and air battle with Israeli Air force (April 1967)
235

and June War
243
,
249
–50

threats to Jordan
254
,
423
–4

hardline view of Israel
266
,
268

rejection of UN Resolution
242
:
274

intervention in civil war
326
,
328
–30,
332
–5

October War preparations for (1973)
358
,
362

joint war plan with Egypt
359
–60,
369

October War
365
,
366
,
367
–9

and Lebanon
388
,
556
–7

rejection of Camp David Accords
400

support for Iran against Iraq
412
–13

and Amman Accord
425

and peace process
440
,
511

reaction to Oslo Accord
522

and Jordanian-Israeli peace treaty
526
,
547

Syrian nationalists
10

and Arab Revolt
5
–6

and concept of Greater Syria
19
–21

Ta'amari, Salah
94
–5

Tabbara, Bahjat, director of public security
130
,
135

Taif

fall of (1916)
6

captured by Ikhwan (1924)
16

Taif agreement, with Saudi Arabia
187
–8

Takriti, Barzan, Iraqi military intelligence
411

al-Takriti, General Hardan, Iraqi vice- president
334

Tal, Lawrence
138
,
174

Talal bin Abdullah (1909–72)
38
,
40
–42,
49

mental illness
40
,
50
,
55
–6

relations with Britain
40
–41,
65

succession as king (1951–2)
50
–55

abdication
55
–6

Talal bin Muhammad (nephew)

on Hussein's nationalism
65

on relations with Iraq
79
,
164
,
414

on Golan Heights (October War)
367

on Hussein Kamel
551

and succession to Hussein
587
,
603

on reason for letter to Hassan
605
–6

Talbot, Philip, US assistant secretary of state
215
–17

al-Talhouni, Bahjat
131
,
189

chief of royal court
89
,
100
,
130
–31,
134
,
190

and Zarqa mutiny
130
,
134
,
143

and Hussein's marriage to Muna
181
–2

as prime minister
184
,
317

and Nasser
299

al-Tall, Mreiwad
85
,
148
,
365
,
386

and 1974 Rabat summit
383
,
386

al-Tall, Wasfi
85

as prime minister
184
–6,
218
,
234
,
338
–9

support for Palestinians
186
–7

view of Israel
186
,
275

and revolution in Yemen
188
–9

resignation
190

opposition to PLO
218
–19

on Samu' incident
225
–6

as chief of the royal court
234

dismissal (1967)
234
,
239

warning against pact with Nasser (1967)
234

and civil war
325

assassination
339

Tarawneh, Dr Fayez, Jordanian

ambassador in Washington
524

as prime minister
583
,
592

and succession to Hussein
601

Tel Aviv, meeting between Meir and Hussein (
25
September 1973)
360
–64

Templer, General Sir Gerald

and Baghdad Pact
82
–4

Glubb's letter to
88

terrorism

Palestinian
67
,
415
,
429
–30,
431

Hamas suicide bombers
466
,
556
,
570
,
571

Arafat's renunciation of
468

see also
fedayeen terrorists

Thatcher, Margaret
489
–90

Tiberias, Jordanian shelling of
314

Tiran, Straits of
235
,
239

Toukan, Ahmad, as prime minister
335

Toukan, Alia
see
Alia, Queen

Toukan, Baha Uddin, Jordanian ambassador to Egypt
43
,
355

Toukan, Salah, minister of finance
118

Toukan, Suleiman
50

murdered in Baghdad
166

trade unions, disbanded
149

Transjordan

British mandate over
10

as part of Greater Syria
10

Abdullah's claim to
11
–12

Abdullah as Amir of
13

independence (1922)
14

1928 Treaty
17

geography of
17
–18

formal independence (1946)
20

see also
Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of

Trevelyan, Sir Humphrey, ambassador to Cairo
77
–8,
84

Tripp, Peter, FCO
328

Troutbeck, Sir John
116

Turaba, battle of (1919)
15

Turkey

Baghdad Pact
76
,
82

see also
Ottoman Empire

Turkish National Assembly, abolition of

caliphate (1924)
15

Unified National Command (UNC)
453
,
457
–8

United Arab Command
203
,
204
,
212
,
234

Herzog's view of
213
–14

United Arab Emirates
410
,
412

United Arab Kingdom plan (1970–71)
341
–52

compared with Reagan Plan
418

United Arab Republic (1963) (Egypt, Iraq and Syria)
189

and military build-up
210
–211

United Arab Republic (UAR), merger of Syria and Egypt
153
–4

and blockade of Jordan
169
,
170

collapse of
178
–9

United Nations
195

and plan for partition of Palestine
24
,
26

proposal for Jerusalem (1949)
32
and Suez
120

and Iraqi revolution
168
–70

General Assembly Resolution on integrity of states (1958)
169

observer at Madrid Conference
513

Security Council: and Samu' incident
226
,
228
; June War ceasefire
246
–7,
250
; draft resolutions (1967)
268
,
269
; Resolution
242
(1967)
272
–4,
287
,
289
–90,
371
,
424
,

612
; Resolution
383
(1973)
371
; embargo

on Iraq
483
; Resolution
660
(1990)

483
; Resolution
661
(1990)
484
;

Resolution 678 (1990)
493
–4

United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF)
236

United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization (UNTSO)
241

United States