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9781616085797

IBN SAUD CL

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    1616085797

  • Edition: 00
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-07-17
  • Publisher: FRWHEEL
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Authors' Notep. vii
Photographic Credits and Sourcesp. ix
Acknowledgementsp. xi
Glossaryp. xv
Cast Listp. xix
Cast Out: January 1891p. 1
Fugitives in the Land of Their Fathers: From times immemorial to 1891p. 9
Making of the Man: 1891-January 15th 1902p. 58
Shaikh Amid the Imperialists: 1902-1910p. 104
Shakespear, the Ikhwan and the Coming War: 1910-1914p. 149
Death of an Englishman: 1914-January 1915p. 190
War and Revolt: 1915-1918p. 217
Unleashing the Ikhwan: 1919-1923p. 253
'Calif Out': 1924-1926p. 293
Rebellion: 1926-1929p. 319
Hard Times and the Coming of the Oil Men: 1929-1934p. 350
New Ways, New Wars: 1934-1939p. 374
War and Meetings of Great Men: 1939-1945p. 404
Riches and the Dying of the Light: 1945-1953p. 447
Legacy: 1953 to the presentp. 486
Saud to Fahdp. 486
9/11, King Abdullah and the Futurep. 539
Bibliographyp. 569
Indexp. 577
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