The Birth of Saudi Arabia: Britain and the Rise of the House of Sa'ud / Edition 1

by Gary Troeller

Overview

First Published in 1976. Today the name Sa'udi Arabia evokes images of desert wastes, limitless reservoirs of oil and economic might. When one thinks of the predominant foreign power concerned with the desert kingdom, one thinks of the United States. Forty yean; ago, oil had yet to be discovered, ibn Sa 'ud had just unified the greater part of the Arabian Peninsula and Great Britain exercised paramount influence at the Sa'udi Court. This book deals with the drama of the immediate pre-oil era and sets the stage for the Sa'udi Arabia of today. The following pages examine in detail the unification of Arabia and British policy towards ibn Sa'ud during the early twentieth century when he laid the foundations of present-day Sa'udi Arabia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714630625
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/17/1976
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gary Troeller Senior Anaryst, Batelle Institute, Frankfurt

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter I: Perspective Chapter II: The Pre-War Era: 1910 to 1914 Chapter III: Anglo-Sa'udi Relations during the First World War Chapter IV: The Khurma and the Turaba Dispute Chapter V: British Policy 1920 to 1922: Subsidies and Frontiers Chapter VII: The Wahhabi Capture of the Hedjaz and the Conclusioa of the Hadda aad Bahra Agreements