Ibn Saud : the desert warrior who created the kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Michael Darlow and Barbara Bray.
Darlow, Michael.; Bray, Barbara.
2012
DS244.53 .D37 2012 (Mapit)
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Title Ibn Saud : the desert warrior who created the kingdom of Saudi Arabia / Michael Darlow and Barbara Bray.
Author Darlow, Michael.
ISBN 9781616085797 (alk. paper)
1616085797 (alk. paper)
Publication Details New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2012.
Language English
Description xxvi, 598 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Call Number DS244.53 .D37 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 953.805/2092 B
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.
The ultimate biography of the warrior-politician who founded Saudi Arabiain 1932 and created one of the world's most powerful nations.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 569-576) and index.
Added Author Bray, Barbara.
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Cast 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.

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