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000456481 1001_ $$aDarlow, Michael.
000456481 24510 $$aIbn Saud :$$bthe desert warrior who created the kingdom of Saudi Arabia /$$cMichael Darlow and Barbara Bray.
000456481 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSkyhorse Pub.,$$cc2012.
000456481 300__ $$axxvi, 598 p., [32] p. of plates :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm
000456481 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 569-576) and index.
000456481 5050_ $$aCast out: January 1891 -- Fugitives in the land of their fathers: from times immemorial to 1891 -- Making of the main: 1891-January 15th 1902 -- Shaikh amid the imperialists: 1902-1910 -- Shakespear, the Ikhwan and the coming war: 1910-1914 -- Death of an Englishman: 1914-January 1915 -- War and revolt: 1915-1918 -- Unleashing the Ikhwan: 1919-1923 -- 'Calif out': 1924-1926 -- Rebellion: 1926-1929 -- Hard times and the coming of the oil men: 1929-1934 -- New ways, new wars: 1934-1939 -- War and meetings of great men: 1939-1945 -- Riches and the dying of the light: 1945-1953 -- Legacy: 1953 to present -- Saud to Fahd -- 9/11, King Abdullah and the future.
000456481 520__ $$aIbn Saud grew to manhood living the harsh traditional life of the desert nomad, a life that had changed little since the days of Abraham. Equipped with immense physical courage, he fought and won, often with weapons and tactics not unlike those employed by the ancient Assyrians, a series of astonishing military victories over a succession of enemies much more powerful than himself. Over the same period, he transformed himself from a minor sheikh into a revered king and elder statesman, courted by world leaders such as Churchill and Roosevelt. A passionate lover of women, Ibn Saud took many wives, had numerous concubines, and fathered almost one hundred children. Yet he remained an unswerving and devout Muslim, described by one who knew him well at the time of his death in 1953 as "probably the greatest Arab since the Prophet Muhammad." Saudi Arabia, the country Ibn Saud created, is a staunch ally of the West, but it is also the birthplace of Osama bin Laden and fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. Saud's kingdom, as it now stands, has survived the vicissitudes of time and become an invaluable player on the world's political stage.
000456481 520__ $$aThe ultimate biography of the warrior-politician who founded Saudi Arabiain 1932 and created one of the world's most powerful nations.
000456481 60000 $$aIbn Saʻūd,$$cKing of Saudi Arabia,$$d1880-1953.
000456481 651_0 $$aSaudi Arabia$$xKings and rulers$$vBiography.
000456481 7001_ $$aBray, Barbara.
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