The "call" of Shaykh Muhammad Bin 'Abdal-Wahhāb and the three Sa'ūdi states (1157H/1744 - 1343H/1925) : the emergence of modern Sa'ūdī Arabia / Sulṭān Ghālib al-Qu'aiṭī.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART ONE : THE FIRST SAUDI STATE, BASED AT AL-DIRİYYAH : Chapter I. Al-Dariyyah and the Al Saud : A(i) An Introduction ; A(ii) The Al Saud, the Background - B Shaykh Muḥammad bin Abdal-Wahhab (1115H/1703 to 206H/1792) Early Life and Formative Influences -- Chapter II. Makkah, al-Madinah and Islamic Intellectual Activity : A The Holy Cities as Centres of Intellectual Ferment - B Ibn Taimiyyah's Thoughts and their Influence on the “Dawah" of Muḥammad bin Abdal-Wahhab -- Chapter III. The Propagation of the “Dawah" – The Beginning : A The Political Scene in Arabia - B Shaykh Muhammad bin Abdal-Wahhab and the Amr 'Uthman bin Hamad Ibn Muammar of al-'Uyaynah - C Al-Diriyyah – Shaykh Muḥammad bin Abdal-Wahhab and the Amir Muḥammad bin Saud - D The Influences of the "Dawah" Beyond the Confines of Arabia -- Chapter IV. The Amirs/Imams of the First Saudi State - Muhammad bin Saud : A The Early Scene - B. The Main Opponents of the Dawah ; (i) The Al Urayar (Bani Khalid) Amirs of al-Ihsa; (ii) Dahham bin Dawwas Al Shalan (Amir of al-Riyad) - C Urayar bin Dujayn al-Khalidi (Amir of al-Ihsa ) - D The Raids of the AmirHasan bin HibatAllah al-Makrami of Najran and the Amir'Urayar bin Dujayn al-Khalidi of al-Ihsa into Najd - E The Death of the AmirMuhammad bin Saud -- Chapter V. The "Amir" 'Abdal-'Aziz bin Muḥammad : A(i) The Background ; A(ii) An Embassy to the Court of the Sharif Ahmad bin Said in Makkah - B The Unification of Najd and the Annexation of al-Ihsa - The "Dawah", Its Custodians and the Hejaz and Ottoman Efforts to Control Events - D The "Dawah" and the Gulf Littoral till the End of the Amir' 'Abdal-'Aziz bin Muḥammad's Reign - E The Death of the Amircum 'Imam' 'Abdal-'Aziz bin Muḥammad -- Chapter VI. The AmirSaud “al-Kabir" (“the Great") bin 'Abdal-'Aziz bin Muhammad : A The Continuation of the Expansion of the Saudi Realm - the Background - B The Occupation of the Hejaz - C The Expansion of the Saudi Realm towards the Tihamah and the South-West - D Developments in the South-East and Uman - E The Raid into Syria - F Saud bin 'Abdal-'Aziz's Seventh Hajj - G The Arrival of SaUd's sons and other Events in the Gulf -- Chapter VII. The First Egyptian Expedition of 1226H (1811) : A The Preparations - B. The Arrival of Muḥammad Ali in the Hejaz and the Exile of the Sharif Ghalib - C The Death of Saud "al-Kabir" (“the Great") bin 'Abdal-Aziz – His Character -- Chapter VIII. The Amir AbdAllah bin Saud : A The Continuation of the First Turco-Egyptian Campaign in Arabia - B The First Overture for Peace -- Chapter IX. The Expedition of Ibrahim Pasha and the End of the First Saudi Realm : A The Preparations, the Arrival at al-Madinah and the Advance into Central Arabia - B. Al-Diriyyah – Preparations for its Assault and Defence - C The Near Disaster Faced by Ibrahim Pasha - D The Beginning of the End - E The Aftermath - the Exile and Execution of the Amir AbdAllah bin Saud -- PART TWO : THE SECOND SAUDI STATE : Chapter X. The Egyptian Occupation of Arabia and the Re-emergence of the Al Saud -- Chapter XI. The AmirTurki bin AbdAllah -- Chapter XII. The AmirFaysal bin Turki - The First Reign : A The First Reign and the Challenges - B The AmirKhalid bin Saud (1254 H/1838 to 1257H/1841) - C The Amir AbdAllah bin Thunaiyyan (1257 H/1841 to 1259H/1843) -- Chapter XIII. The AmirFaysal bin Turki - The Second Reign -- Chapter XIV. The Amirs 'AbdAllah, Saud, 'AbdAllah (again) and Abdal-Rahman (AI Faysal) -- Chapter XV. The House of Ibn Rashid at its Zenith : A The Great AmirMuhammad bin 'AbdAllah Ibn Rashid (r.1292H/1836 - 1264H/1848) - B The Decline and Fall of " the Second Saudi State " - Postscript : The Arabian Peninsula, a Political Scenario -- PART THREE : THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE THIRD SAUDI STATE"AND THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN SAUDI ARABIA : Chapter XVI. Central Arabia – the Prelude and the Conquest of al-Riyad (1319H/1902) : A The Al Saud in Exile - B 'Abdal-'Aziz bin 'Abdal-Rahman Al Saud – Early Life - C The Conquest of al-Riyad 1319H (1902) -- Chapter XVII. The Formal Establishment of the Third Saudi ‘ Amirate' : A The Early Period - B The Swearing in of the Allegiance of Fealty to Abdal- Aziz bin Abdal-Rahman Al Saud - C Abdal- Aziz bin Mitib Ibn Rashid and the Attack on al-Riyad - D War in the North -- Chapter XVIII. The Ottoman Withdrawal from Najd : A "Raudat Muhanna" and the Killing of Abdal- Aziz bin Mitib Ibn Rashid - B The Affair of al-Ihsa -- Chapter XIX. Ibn Saud and Ibn Rashid : A(i) The Battle of Jarab ; A(ii) Abdal-Aziz bin Abdal-Rahman and the Ajman - B(i) Treaty Relations with Britain ; B(ii) Abdal-Aziz bin Abdal-Raḥman and the Case of Zionist Immigration into Palestine During this Era – Repudiation of a False Allegation ; B(iii) The Great War and Abdal-Aziz bin Abdal-Raḥman's Role on Britain's Side - C(i) The Sharifs, the Șabaḥs, the Ajman, the Araif and Hail ; C(ii) Sulțan of Najd and Its Dependencies - D(i) The Siege of Hail ; D(ii) The Final Submission of the Al Rashid - E(i) Intermarriage Between the Al Saud and the Ibn Rashid Clan ; E(ii) Abdal-Aziz bin Abdal-Raḥman, and the Conference at al- Uqayr -- Chapter XX. The Conquest of the Asir : A(i) The Historical Background to the Invasion ; A(ii) The First Saudi Expedition ; A(iii) The Second Saudi Expedition - B(i) The Sufi Orders and the Idrisi Amirate of the Asir ; B(ii) A Saudi Protectorate over the Asir ; B(iii)The Saudi Annexation of the Asir - C(i) The Prelude to the Saudi-Yamani War of 1352H (1934) ; C(ii) The Saudi-Yamani War -- Chapter XXI. The Conquest and Annexation of the Hejaz : A(i) The Prelude ; A(ii) The Battle of Turabah (1337H/1919) - B(i) The Beginning of the Najdi Invasion and the Taif Episode ; B(ii) The Abdication of the Sharif Husayn and the Election of Sharif Ali - C(i) The Transfer of the Hejaz Government to Jiddah and the Saudi Entry into Makkah ; C(ii) Abdal-Aziz bin Abdal-Rahman in Makkah ; C (ii) Abdal-Aziz bin Abdal-Rahman, an Evaluation -- List of Maps : 1. The First Saudi State Before the Annexation of the Hejaz - 2. The Direction of the Unitarian Raids During the Era of “the First Saudi State" and the Egyptian Expeditions - 3. A Tribal Map (Courtesy Western Arabia and the Red Sea – HMSO) - 4. The Second Saudi State at its Zenith - 5. Administrative Divisions, States and Principal Tribal Territories of the Aden Protectorate - 6. The Prophet's Mosque – Extensions (1H/622 to 1344H/1925) - 7. A Plan of the Holy Mosque in Makkah prior to 1343H/1925 - 8. Distribution of Tribes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - 9. The Chronological Order of King Abdal- Aziz's Conquests - 10. The Administrative Divisions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.