Description
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.
Table of Contents
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
Product details
| Published | Mar 06 2020 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 3rd |
| Pages | 524 |
| ISBN | 9798216256137 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Illustrations | 5 b/w illustrations; 4 maps; 14 tables |
| Series | Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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