TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keating, Aileen
TI  - Mirage: power, politics, and the hidden history of Arabian oil
SN  - 1591023467
U1  - 338.272820953 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Prometheus Books
KW  - 	 Holmes, Frank, -- 1874-1947
N1  - 	"Major" Frank Holmes --
The way to handle natives --
An immense Arabian oilfield --
The intruder --
Conflict, anger and abdication --
Resolute rulers --
"A little affair like this"---Iraq oil --
A colonial takes on the Empire --
Water and war --
Big New York shaikhs --
No honour among oilmen --
Double dealing --
The nationality clause --
Diplomatic dance --
Pipeline politics --
Kuwait out---Bahrain in --
King Solomon's mines --
All eyes on Al Hasa --
Intrigue and illusion --
An unclean subject --
Pressure points --
Ahmad and Holmes --
Closure
ER  -