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Paperback Politics in an Arabian Oasis: Rashidis of Saudi Arabia Book

ISBN: 1860641938

ISBN13: 9781860641930

Politics in an Arabian Oasis: Rashidis of Saudi Arabia

This text is both a study of the relationships between tribes and state formation, and a political history of central Arabia. It deals with the Rashidi dynasty which in the 19th century emerged among the Shammar camel herders, made the oasis of Hail a capital rivalling Mecca and Medina in fame and prosperity, and attempted to unify central Arabia into a single polity. The author considers why at this particular moment the Shammar became susceptible...

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