Title: A history of the Arabian Peninsula /
Authors: Samārī, Fahd ibn ʻAbd Allāh.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris Publishers ; In association with the King Abdul Aziz Foundation ; Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Bedouins Arabian Peninsula History.; Arabian Peninsula History.
Abstract: "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 analyses 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 Peninsula, not least because it provides a perspective from and a flavour of its local origins."--Publisher description.