The history of the Wahabis
Subtitle: from their origin until the end of 1809
By: Louis Alexandre Olivier de Corancez ; translated by Eric Tabet.
Edition: 1st English ed.
Series: The founders of Saudi Arabia
Publisher: Garnet
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Reading, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Wahhābīyah -- History.; Saudi Arabia -- History.
Description: "This first-hand account of the Wahabi conquest of the Arabian peninsula was published by the Frenchman Louis Alexander Olivier de Corancez in 1810. He gives a unique contemporary account of the spread of this puritan sect, lead by Ibn Saud, which laid the foundations for Saudi Arabia. Including campaigns against Egypt and Syria, political negotiations with the Turkish empire, and piracy against English ships, this was one of the most turbulent periods of Arabian history, and one of the most crucial for modern students of the region." "Translated for the first time into English, this long-neglected book ranges widely through issues which remain relevant, and controversial, for many people in the Middle East today. His reflections on the nature of the Wahabis' form of patriarchal rule and the tensions between religious factions make this a pertinent and provocative book which allows the author to take his place in the first rank of European observers of the Middle East."--BOOK JACKET.