Ibn Saud: the desert warrior who created the kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Cast out: January 1891 -- Fugitives in the land of their fathers: from times immemorial to 1891 -- Making of the main: 1891-January 15th 1902 -- Shaikh amid the imperialists: 1902-1910 -- Shakespear, the Ikhwan and the coming war: 1910-1914 -- Death of an Englishman: 1914-January 1915 -- War and revolt: 1915-1918 -- Unleashing the Ikhwan: 1919-1923 -- 'Calif out': 1924-1926 -- Rebellion: 1926-1929 -- Hard times and the coming of the oil men: 1929-1934 -- New ways, new wars: 1934-1939 -- War and meetings of great men: 1939-1945 -- Riches and the dying of the light: 1945-1953 -- Legacy: 1953 to present -- Saud to Fahd -- 9/11, King Abdullah and the future