A History of the Arabian Peninsula [Hardcover]

The importance of this collection lies in its origins: for the first time, leading Saudi Arabian historians have created a history of the Arabian Peninsula which analyzes that history from an internal Arabian perspective. The book explores the original Bedouin settlement of the region, the development of the major urban areas of Arabia during the Umayyad period, the socio-political and economic developments in the Hijad and Najd up to the eighteenth century into the modern era and the rise and development of the Saudi state. This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the history of the Arabian Peninusla, not least because it provides a perspective from and a flavor of its local origins.Fahd Abdullah Al-Semmari is the Editor-in-Chief of the literary periodical Al Darah Quarterly, and Secretary-General of the King Abdulaziz Foundation. He has a PhD in Modern History from the University of California.

1. PREFACE
2. ORIGINS OF SAUDI HISTORY: AN INTRODUCTION TO
METHODOLOGY AND ATTITUDE
3. GLIMPSES OF HIJAZI HISTORY
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SAUDI STATE
4. INDUSTRY IN NAJD AND HIJAZ IN THE UMAYYAD PERIOD
5. MIGRATIONS OF THE BANU HANIFA TO OTHER ISLAMIC REGIONS
DURING THE UMAYYAD PERIOD
6. EARLY ROOTS OF PROJECTS TO SETTLE THE BEDOUINS
IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
7. NAJD FROM THE TENTH/SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL THE RISE OF
SHAYKH MUHAMMAD IBN >ABD AL-WAHHAB
8. NAJD FROM THE TENTH/SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL THE RISE OF
SHAYKH MUHAMMAD IBN >ABD AL-WAHHAB
9. NAJD FROM THE TENTH/SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL THE RISE OF
SHAYKH MUHAMMAD IBN >ABD AL-WAHHAB
10. THE EFFECT OF MUHAMMAD IBN >ABD AL-WAHHAB'S SALAFIYYA
DA>WA ON RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL REFORM IN EGYPT
11. THE PERSONAL LETTERS OF SHAYKH MUHAMMAD IBN >ABD
AL WAHHAB
12. THE RISE OF MUHAMMAD IBN >ABD AL-WAHHAB'S DA>WA
IN THE SOUTHERN ARABIAN PENINSULA
13. MUHAMMAD BIN 'ABD AL-WAHHAB AND HIS CALL FOR MONOTHEISM
14. AL-DIR>IYYA: LANDMARKS AND RUINS