Ibn Sa'Oud Of Arabia

First published in 2005. This little known traveller's account of the 1920's is at the same time amusing and perceptive. Beginning in Baghdad, travelling across the Gulf to Bahrain, Ameen Rihani enters the Arabia of Ibn Sa'oud, the fast-becoming legend of the region. Weaving a fine tapestry of colourful local information, political intrigue and characters of the time, Rihani's book is an undiscovered classic.

Ameen Rihani

The Kingdom of Najd and Dependencies (A Few Statistics); A Genealogical Table of Aal Sa'oud I. We Said: Huraimala, But Allah Said: Dh'rumah II. In Baghdad III. In Bahrain IV. In A Jalbout to Ojair V. The Meeting in The Nufoud VI. With The Sultan on The March VII. The Sultan Abd'ul-Aziz VIII. Between Iraq. And Al-Hijaz IX. The Conference of Ojair X. Al-Hasa XI. Across The Desert XII. Ar-Riyadh XIII. In The Palace XIV. The Tragedy of Sham Mar XV. The Sa'ouds and The Rashids at Play XVI. The Bedu of Najd XVII. The Ulema Oo Najd XVIII. The Ikhwan XIX. The Rule of Ibn Sa'oud XX. Revenue And Rain and Something Equally Important Between XXI. Poetry And Policy XXII. Ibn Abd'ul-Wahhab and Wahhabism XXII. Wadi Hanifah XXIV. The Washm XXV. The Qasim XXVI. 'Anaizah And Buraidah XXVII. In The Dahna XXVIII. Al-Hafar