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Author : D. van der Meulen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780758162434
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (624 download)
Download or read book The Wells of Ibn Saud written by D. van der Meulen and published by . This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniël Meulen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Wells of Ibn Saʻud written by Daniël Meulen and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic rise to power of the Sa'udi family in Central Arabia and the emergence of the country from early Moslem ways into the modern materialism of the West are vividly described in this book by a Dutch official stationed in South Arabia from 1926 to 1931 and from 1941 to 1945. This is much more than a personal memoir. Through the account of his long service in Sa'udi Arabia, the author gives the reader a unique perspective on this feudal land. The personal glimpses of Arab life, the author's acquaintance with Ibn Sa'ud and St. John Philby, and his affection for the pilgrim town of Jedda, are the more interesting because he is Dutch and thus in a position to compare impartially the impact upon Arabia of the British and the Americans. He knew the spiritual wells that inspired Ibn Sa'ud in the austere Wahhabi faith and he witnessed the mastery of the material wells, wells of oil, that came into conflict with the faith and broke it. He saw also wells of precious water - to the Arab "The Blessing of Allah" - produced by American technology, and often poured out to waste in the desert. The reader first glimpses Jedda through the author's eye as he arrives there in 1926. He discusses the history of the ancient town and its significance as the port of entrance to the spiritual and geographical center of Islam. Then he explores the influence of Wahhabism upon the Sa'udi dynasty and the political developments of the Arabian peninsula, particularly Ibn Sa'ud's becoming the ruler of the new Arab nation. Contacts with the outside world are taken up : first, the complicated British-Arab relationship with its political overtones; then its gradual replacement by the technical and commercial interests of the Americans. The religious and political conflicts involved in the meeting between East and West are explored, as are the questions of Palestine and the Arab League and the effects on the economy of the growing oil industry and the new agriculture based on irrigation. In 1952 the author returned to Arabia to visit the old King Ibn Sa'ud and his family. While awaiting the Crown Prince in the garden of his new home, the an-Nasriyya Palace, he had an experience which typified the vast changes that had taken place during his long service as Dutch Minister to Sa'udi Arabic. As the hour for sunset prayer drew near, he writes, "hundreds of coloured electric light bulbs burst into light...the minaret suddenly rose up floodlit out of the dark... from the top of the minaret a modern loudspeaker started to rend the air with a metallic roar that Allah was the most great." Summing up this last visit, the author says: "The reality was that in the garden of an-Nasriyya we had witnessed not a return to an Arabian Night of Harun ar-Rashid but a demonstration that what should have been the last bulwark of Wahhabism was in full retreat from advancing materialism." The story of Ibn Sa'ud, whose story this book relates, is superficially, or materially, a success story. But spiritually, as Mr. van der Meulen views it, it has its bitter aspect, as the King began to realize before he died.
Author : Barbara Bray
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1620874148
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Ibn Saud written by Barbara Bray and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ibn Saud grew to manhood living the harsh traditional life of the desert nomad, a life that had changed little since the days of Abraham. Equipped with immense physical courage, he fought and won, often with weapons and tactics not unlike those employed by the ancient Assyrians, a series of astonishing military victories over a succession of enemies much more powerful than himself. Over the same period, he transformed himself from a minor sheikh into a revered king and elder statesman, courted by world leaders such as Churchill and Roosevelt. A passionate lover of women, Ibn Saud took many wives, had numerous concubines, and fathered almost one hundred children. Yet he remained an unswerving and devout Muslim, described by one who knew him well at the time of his death in 1953 as “probably the greatest Arab since the Prophet Muhammad.” Saudi Arabia, the country Ibn Saud created, is a staunch ally of the West, but it is also the birthplace of Osama bin Laden and fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. Saud’s kingdom, as it now stands, has survived the vicissitudes of time and become an invaluable player on the world’s political stage.
Author : MOHAMMED ALMANA
Publisher : HUTCHINSON BENHAM
ISBN 13 : 0091472903
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Arabia Unified A Portrait of Ibn Saud written by MOHAMMED ALMANA and published by HUTCHINSON BENHAM. This book was released on 1982 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the plethora of works about Arabia and the Arabs written by European ‘experts’, here at last is a book which gives a Saudi Arabian’s view of his country’s’ recent past. A unique ‘insider’s’ view of Arabia, it is full of humour, anecdote and reminiscence. Mohammed Almana unfolds for Western eyes the remarkable career of Saudi Arabia’s founder. His story covers the capture of Riyadh from the Saud family’s greatest rivals, the Rashids, and the eventual defeat of Al Rashid at the battle of Rowdhat Muhanna; the elimination of Ibn Bijad and the redoubtable Faisal Ad-Dawish, Ibn Saud’s most implacable enemies; the incorporation of the provinces of Asir and Hejaz into the kingdom; and the rise, rebellion and eventual defeat of the puritanical Ikhwan tribesmen. He describes life with the King’s Bedouin warriors and the intricacies of the Arabian tribal system; the confrontation with Imam Yahya of the Yemen; and finally the start of oil exploration, which was to transform the country. There are also chapters on daily life at the Court, the outstanding Court personalities of the time and the celebrated explorer, Harry St John Philby. The author concludes with his own account of the King’s character and achievements. This revised and expanded version follows the success of the first edition. There have since been editions in Arabic and Urdu. An accurate and personal record, Arabia Unified is essential reading for all who wish to penetrate the myths and misconceptions surrounding the rulers of one of the richest countries of the world.
Author : Nestor Sander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781587360176
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Ibn Saud written by Nestor Sander and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was created by the man whose life is recounted in this book. His sons still rule it nearly a century after the day in mid-January 1902, when triumphant in a bloody battle against odds, Abdul Aziz ibn Abdur Rahman ibn Faisal as Saud, just twenty-five years old, stood on the battlements of the capital city, Riyadh, and proclaimed to all, 'Your own amir is with you again!' For the next thirty years, Ibn Saud's superior intelligence, strong body, great courage, deep comprehension of the strengths and weaknesses of his people, and indisputable charisma were all used in full measure to regain most of his ancestors' holdings and to unite them into a kingdom, formally declared so on 27 September 1932.The ebbs and flows of the struggle to reach that goal are a saga of ingenious ploys that together with acts of force freed him from the threat of three strong adversaries and a large number of weaker ones. At the end, through the shrewd use of religious fervor, Ibn Saud had an army of unprecedented valor and strength of purpose. In 1929–30 a part of that army turned against him and was dispersed only after a period of uncertainty, but stability had been achieved when on 9 May 1933 a contract obtained by the Standard Oil Company of California granted rights to explore for and develop the resources of oil in the eastern half of the nation.The revenues from oil after the first valid discovery in mid-1938 were, during the king's lifetime, used mainly to satisfy his wants and those of his family, for Ibn Saud made all decisions. More often than not the exchequer was empty but the government functioned.The final section of the book discusses Ibn Saud himself: his aspect, his qualities of mind, mannerisms, and interests. He was a man of his time with a greater-than-average sex drive. He had 48 legitimate sons, 22 declared wives, and later in life, several concubines. Some marriages were made only to firm up alliances, but all were consummated.
Author : D. Van der Meulen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317847660
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book The Wells Of Ibn Sa‘ud written by D. Van der Meulen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2001. The dramatic rise to power of the Sa’udi family in Central Arabia and The emergence of the country from early Moslem ways into The modern materialism of The West are vividly described in this book by a Dutch official stationed in South Arabia from 1926 to 1931 and from 1941 to 1945. This is much more than a personal memoir. Through The account of his long service in Sa’udi Arabia, the author gives the reader a unique perspective on this feudal land. The personal glimpses of Arab life the authors acquaintance with Ibn Sa’ud and St. John Philby, and his affection for The pilgrim town of Jedda, are The more interesting because he is Dutch and thus in a position to compare impartially the impact upon Arabia of the British and the Americans. The story of Ibn Sa’ud whose story this book relates, is superficially, or materially, a success story. But spiritually, as Mr Van der Meulen views it. it has its bitter aspect, as The King began to realise before he died.
Author : Van
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Wells Of Ibn Saud written by Van and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Michael Darlow
Publisher : Interlink Books
ISBN 13 : 9780704371811
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (718 download)
Download or read book Ibn Saud written by Michael Darlow and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ibn Saud grew up living the harsh traditional life of the desert nomad, then during his adolescence in Kuwait, studied the ways of great imperial powers. Thus equipped between 1902 and 1930 he fought and won a series of astonishing military victories over a enemies much more powerful than him, and transformed himself into a revered king and elder statesman, courted by world leaders such as Churchill and Roosevelt. Saudi Arabia, the country he created is a staunch ally of the West but it is also the birthplace of Osama bin Laden and fifteen of the 9/11 hijackers. The question that looms is whether the Kingdom, as it now stands, will survive the vicissitudes of time.
Author : Ben Hubbard
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1984823841
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)
Download or read book MBS written by Ben Hubbard and published by Crown. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A gripping, behind-the-scenes portrait of the rise of Saudi Arabia’s secretive and mercurial new ruler “Revelatory . . . a vivid portrait of how MBS has altered the kingdom during his half-decade of rule.”—The Washington Post Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Kirkus Reviews MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia’s sprawling royal family to overhaul the economy and society of the richest country in the Middle East—and gather as much power as possible into his own hands. Since his father, King Salman, ascended to the throne in 2015, Mohammed bin Salman has leveraged his influence to restructure the kingdom’s economy, loosen its strict Islamic social codes, and confront its enemies around the region, especially Iran. That vision won him fans at home and on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, in Hollywood, and at the White House, where President Trump embraced the prince as a key player in his own vision for the Middle East. But over time, the sheen of the visionary young reformer has become tarnished, leaving many struggling to determine whether MBS is in fact a rising dictator whose inexperience and rash decisions are destabilizing the world’s most volatile region. Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, MBS reveals the machinations behind the kingdom’s catastrophic military intervention in Yemen, the bizarre detention of princes and businessmen in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton, and the shifting Saudi relationships with Israel and the United States. And finally, it sheds new light on the greatest scandal of the young autocrat’s rise: the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul, a crime that shook Saudi Arabia’s relationship with Washington and left the world wondering whether MBS could get away with murder. MBS is a riveting, eye-opening account of how the young prince has wielded vast powers to reshape his kingdom and the world around him. Praise for MBS “Saudi Arabia is testing the extremes of tradition and innovation, of half-baked visions and intensifying repression. Ben Hubbard’s authoritative reporting on the inner sanctums of its society offers a perfect synthesis of journalism and area expertise: the best description we have at the moment of why things happen as they do in the kingdom.”—Robert D. Kaplan, author of The Return of Marco Polo’s World
Author : Harold Courtenay Armstrong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Lord of Arabia, Ibn Saud written by Harold Courtenay Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barbara Bray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780002173391
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (733 download)
Download or read book Ibn Saud written by Barbara Bray and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce Riedel
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815737165
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)
Download or read book Kings and Presidents written by Bruce Riedel and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider's account of the often-fraught U.S.-Saudi relationship Saudi Arabia and the United States have been partners since 1943, when President Roosevelt met with two future Saudi monarchs. Subsequent U.S. presidents have had direct relationships with those kings and their successors—setting the tone for a special partnership between an absolute monarchy with a unique Islamic identity and the world's most powerful democracy. Although based in large part on economic interests, the U.S.-Saudi relationship has rarely been smooth. Differences over Israel have caused friction since the early days, and ambiguities about Saudi involvement—or lack of it—in the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States continue to haunt the relationship. Now, both countries have new, still-to be-tested leaders in President Trump and King Salman. Bruce Riedel for decades has followed these kings and presidents during his career at the CIA, the White House, and Brookings. This book offers an insider's account of the U.S.-Saudi relationship, with unique insights. Using declassified documents, memoirs by both Saudis and Americans, and eyewitness accounts, this book takes the reader inside the royal palaces, the holy cities, and the White House to gain an understanding of this complex partnership.
Author : Ameen Fares Rihani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia written by Ameen Fares Rihani and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Karen Elliott House
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307473287
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book On Saudi Arabia written by Karen Elliott House and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over thirty years of experience writing about Saudi Arabia, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and former publisher of The Wall Street Journal Karen Elliott House has an unprecedented knowledge of life inside this shrouded kingdom. Through anecdotes, observation, analysis, and extensive interviews, she navigates the maze in which Saudi citizens find themselves trapped and reveals the sometimes contradictory nature of the nation that is simultaneously a final bulwark against revolution in the Middle East and a wellspring of Islamic terrorists. Saudi Arabia finds itself threatened by fissures and forces on all sides, and On Saudi Arabia explores in depth what this portends for the country’s future—and our own.
Author : Colin Wells
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592571130
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (711 download)
Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Saudi Arabia written by Colin Wells and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some call it a friend to the U.S.; others a foe. Now get the facts on this complex and crucial nation. A detailed and comprehensive overview of this complex Middle Eastern country, this book covers Arabia's early history, the rise of the House of Saud, the discovery of Saudi oil, Islamic fundamentalism, day-to-day-life, and the country's connection to 9/11, as well as the country's future.
Author : Alexei Vassiliev
Publisher : Saqi
ISBN 13 : 0863567797
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (635 download)
Download or read book The History of Saudi Arabia written by Alexei Vassiliev and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How has Saudi Arabia managed to maintain its Arab and Islamic values while at the same time adopting Western technology and a market economy? How have its hereditary leaders, who govern with a mixture of political pragmatism and religious zeal, managed to maintain their power? This comprehensive history of Saudi Arabia from 1745 to the present provides insight into its culture and politi, its powerful oil industry, its relations with its neighbours, and the ongoing influence of the Wahhabi movement. Based on a wealth of Arab, American, British, Western and Eastern European sources, this book will stand as the definitive account of the largest state on the Arabian peninsula. A Choice Outstanding Academic Book 'If you read or own just one book on Saudi Arabia, make sure it is this one' -- Middle East Quarterly 'Combines a wealth of fascinating detail with rigorous and penetrating analysis.' -- Bernard Lewis 'An outstanding book: a study of the Saudi state rich in historical documentation. Comprehensive and measured.' -- Fred Halliday 'It will become required reading for all those interested in the country's shaping and development over the past two centuries.' -- Tim Niblock
Author : Matthew R. Simmons
Publisher : Wiley + ORM
ISBN 13 : 111804052X
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Twilight in the Desert written by Matthew R. Simmons and published by Wiley + ORM. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twilight in the Desert reveals a Saudi oil and production industry that could soon approach a serious, irreversible decline. In this exhaustively researched book, veteran oil industry analyst Matthew Simmons draws on his three-plus decades of insider experience and more than 200 independently produced reports about Saudi petroleum resources and production operations. He uncovers a story about Saudi Arabias troubled oil industry, not to mention its political and societal instability, which differs sharply from the globally accepted Saudi version. Its a story that is provocative and disturbing, based on undeniable facts, but until now never told in its entirety. Twilight in the Desert answers all readers questions about Saudi oil and production industries with keen examination instead of unsubstantiated posturing, and takes its place as one of the most important books of this still-young century.
