Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia

by J.E. Peterson

Overview

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia now has been under the spotlight of Western curiosity for more than 80 years. More than 15% of the world’s total oil reserves lie underneath Saudi Arabia and, in the early 1990s, the kingdom became the world’s largest crude oil producer. Not surprisingly, a world highly dependent on oil regards the desert kingdom as an area of intense strategic concern, as reflected in the coalition of forces assembled on Saudi soil to oust Iraq from Kuwait in 1991. Also, it played a major role in the invasion of Saddam Husayn’s Iraq in 2003 and shares concern with the West over Iran’s nuclear intentions throughout the 21st century.

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Saudi Arabia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538119792
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/06/2020
Series:	Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	524
Product dimensions:	6.56(w) x 9.15(h) x 1.69(d)

About the Author

J.E. Peterson is a historian and political analyst specializing in the states and international relations of the Arabian Peninsula. He has taught at universities in the United States and France and written extensively on all seven countries of the peninsula. His latest books are The Emergence of the Gulf States: Studies in Modern History and Saudi Arabia Under Ibn Saud: Economic and Financial Foundations of the State.

Table of Contents

Editor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff

Acknowledgements

Reader’s Note

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Maps

Chronology

Introduction

THE DICTIONARY

Appendix A: Rulers in the Al Sa‘ud Dynasty

Appendix B: The Al Sa‘ud: Relationship of Cadet Branches

Appendix C: Prominent Descendants of Imam ‘Abd Al-Rahman bin Faysal

Appendix D: Prominent Descendants of King ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz bin ‘Abd Al-Rahman

Appendix E: Al-Hashimi Sharifs of Makkah and Their Descendants

Appendix F: The Cabinet

Appendix G: The Basic Law of Saudi Arabia

Appendix H: Statistical Tables

Bibliography

About the Author