The KingdomFollows the line of the Saudi succession from its nineteenth-century origins to the present and chronicles the nation's ruling families' progression to an oil superpower. |
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Page 56
... Wahhabis , * after the teacher and reformer Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab , the Luther , Calvin and Brigham Young of ... Wahhabi would be to fall into one of the great errors they have always condemned - the glorification of men , saints ...
... Wahhabis , * after the teacher and reformer Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab , the Luther , Calvin and Brigham Young of ... Wahhabi would be to fall into one of the great errors they have always condemned - the glorification of men , saints ...
Page 57
... Wahhab . But their sons continued in Nejd the partnership that their fathers had forged . Inspired by Wahhabi teachings and under the leadership of the house of Sa'ud , the armies of Nejd were ferocious - indifferent to death and fired ...
... Wahhab . But their sons continued in Nejd the partnership that their fathers had forged . Inspired by Wahhabi teachings and under the leadership of the house of Sa'ud , the armies of Nejd were ferocious - indifferent to death and fired ...
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... Wahhabi would certainly have approved . There was one important difference between the Ikhwan move- ment of the early twentieth century and the original Wahhabi crusade . Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab had been a townsman . He had grown up ...
... Wahhabi would certainly have approved . There was one important difference between the Ikhwan move- ment of the early twentieth century and the original Wahhabi crusade . Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab had been a townsman . He had grown up ...
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Abdul Rahman Abdullah Suleiman Abdullah Tariki Adnan Khashoggi Ajman al Hasa Alireza American Aramco Artawiya Aziz's bedouin Britain British brother Cairo camel Crown Prince Fahad desert Dhahran Egypt Egyptian Emir Faisal al Daweesh Faisal ibn Abdul father foreign Gamal Abdul Nasser Ghot Hashimite Hijaz Hofuf Holy house of Sa'ud ibid ibn Abdul Aziz ibn Musa'id Ibn Sa'ud Iffat Ikhwan Iraq Islamic Israel Israeli Jaluwi Jeddah John Philby Khalid ibn Khashoggi King Faisal King Khalid King Sa'ud Kingdom Koran Kuwait leader London majlis Mecca Middle East million Minister months Muhammad ibn Abdul Muslim Nasser National Nejd November October palace Palestine personal interview Philby pilgrims President Prince Faisal raid Rihani Riyadh royal Sa'ad Sa'ud ibn Abdul Sa'udi Arabia Sa'udi king Sa'udi oil Sadat Shareef Husain ibn Sheikh sons Sultan Taif Talal Tariki Thunayan took ulema Wahhabi Western Yamani Yemen young