Saudi Arabia in the nineteenth century / by R. Bayly Winder.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-295) and index.

I. INTRODUCTION : The Arabian Heartland - Periodisation of Saudi History - Wahhabi Doctrine, Practice and Influence -- II. EGYPTIAN OCCUPATION (1818–1822) : A Precarious Situation – Ibrahim's Harsh Occupation - Reaction to Occupation – Evacuation - Hejaz and Asir - The Eastern Province - The Southeast ; Qatar – The Trucial Coast and Oman - British Interests and Policies - Rahmah ibn Jabir- Captain Sadleir's Mission - The British Expedition of 1819 -- III. INTERREGNUM : Ibn Muammar's Brief Rule - Mushari Installed - Again Ibn Muammar - Renewed Occupation and Turki's Abortive Bid - Turki in Control - A Tyrannical Renewal of the Occupation - Anarchy and Disease - A New Turkish Commander - Rising Opposition - Death of a Cleric - Four Years of Occupation Summarised -- IV. SAUDI RESTORATION : The Initial Attempt - Turki Gathers Strength - Nejd Cleared of Turks - Riyadh, the New Capital - Submission of Kharj - A New Imam - Stability in Central Nejd - The Bedouin Put in Place - The Return of Faisal - Qasim and Jabal Shammar Come In - 'Abd Allah Ibn Rashid: Founder of a Dynasty - New Muscle - Beyond Nejd ; 1. Hejaz, 2. Asir - The Türkçe Bilmez Affair - 3. The Eastern Province - Effects in Bahrain - 4. Oman and the Trucial Coast - Turki's Relations with the British -Turki at the Height of his Power ; Minor Problems - Turki's Ideas on Government - Wahhabi Doctrine - Epistles and Theology - Literature - Economic Life - Cholera - Nejd Distracted by Bahrain - The Struggle with Bahrain - A Tragic Denouement - The Assassination - Turki and his Achievement -- V. FAISAL'S FIRST REIGN : A Forty-Day Rule - Faisal Acts - Faisal, the New Imam - Egyptian Moves ; Asir - Shara - Jabal Shammar Affairs - Ibn Rashids Take over Ha'il - Faisal Confirms the New Amir of Jabal Shammar - Moves in the East - Oman - Egyptian Pressure - Khalid the Quisling - The Invasion Begins - Riyadh Evacuated - Egyptian Progress in Qasim and Jabal Shammar - Khalid Installed - Reasons for the Wahhabi Failure ; their Arabness - Khalid and His Rule- An Egyptian Disaster - Faisal Reacts and Besieges Riyadh - Negotiations and a Desultory Siege - Faisal Reaches Agreement with Khurshid - Nejd Partitioned - Khurshid to Nejd - Khurshid to Unaizah - Khurshid Captures Faisal -- VI. OCCUPATION RENEWED AND WITHDRAWN : Character of Khurshid - Khalid's Position - Nejd under the Egyptians - Khurshid's Forward Policy in the Persian Gulf - The Eastern Province under the Egyptians - Egyptian Moves and British Countermoves elsewhere in the Gulf - Bahrain - Kuwait and Iraq - Buraimi and Oman - Asir, Yemen and Aden - Final Egyptian Withdrawal - Khalid's Status - Khalid's Reign - Qasim Shammar War - Khalid's Activities Eastward - Abd Allah ibn Thunaiyan Raises the Standard of Revolt - Ibn Thunaiyan takes oven Nejd - A New Imam - The Last of the Egyptians - Ibn Thunaiyan Consolidates - The East and the End of Khalid - The West and Nejd - Ibn Thunaiyan as Ruler - Faisal's Escape and Return to Arabia - Jabal Shammar Welcomes Faisal - Qasim is Decisive - Ibn Thunaiyan Turns Tail - The Death of Ibn Thunaiyan -- VII. FAISAL'S SECOND REIGN : Domestic Concerns ; The Eastern Province - The Ujman Broken - The Far South -Renewal of the Qasim - Shammar War - Relations with Hail and the Death of Abd Allah Ibn Rashid - Saud ibn Faisal and the District of Kharj - A Shaky District ; Qasim - Treachery and Revolt in Unaizah - Buraidah Joins the Rebels - War by Accident -The Battle of Yatimah - Collapse of the Revolt - Abd al-Aziz of Buraidah Comes to Terms - Centralisation of Rule in Qasim - Abd al-Aziz Again Shows his Colours - Again Qasim – Plenty and Plague Routine Chastisement of the Tribes - Trouble in Buraidah - A New Uprising of the Ujman - The Ujman Revolt, Second Phase - The Demise of a Chronic Rebel - Al-Harb al-Thani ; the Second War - Unaizah Sues for Peace -A Miscellany - Foreign Affairs ; Invasion from Hejaz - Khalid ibn Saud - Negotiations between Imam and Sharif -Agreement Reached - Asir - Revolt in Hejaz ; Results in Asir and Nejd - The East ; Kuwait - Bahrain - New Hostilities with the Khalifah in Qatar - The Deus ex Machina - Said ibn Tahnun of Abu Zabi Mediates - The Bahrain Crisis of 1859-1861 - Remnant Relations with Bahrain - Reoccupation of Buraimi - British Reactions to Faisal's Accession - Sad ibn Mutlaq Puts Pressure on Oman - Masqat Agrees to Pay Tribute - Temporary Occupation of Buraimi by Ruler of Abu Zabi -The Wahhabis Recover Buraimi - Career, Recall and Death of Sad ibn Mutlaq - Further Attempts on Buraimi - Abd Allah ibn Faisal Deputed to Buraimi - British Intervention - A New Treaty with Masqat - Saudi Jurisdiction in Oman – Peace in Saudi Oman - Central Administration - Local Administration Relations with Ottoman Empire - Justice - Military Organisation - Revenue - Expenditures - Currency - Trade Patterns - Foreign Affairs and Foreign Visitors - Literature, Historiography, Religion - Faisal the Man - The Death of Faisal -- VIII. ABD ALLAH AND SAUD : The Sur Affair - An Anglo-Saudi Treaty - Saudi Mission to Baghdad - Saud's Revolt - Talal Ibn Rashid -Ubaid Ibn Rashid - The Nature of Talal's Regime - The Relationship between Hail and Riyadh -The Death of Talal -Hail in Turmoil - Necrology Continued - Persian Gulf Involvements - Imam Abd Allah Reacts - Saud Makes his Bid - The Battle of Judah - Abd Allah Indecisive - Saud the New Imam -The Ottoman Invasion of the East - The Fall of Qatif - Hufuf under the Ottomans - The Eastern Province under the Turks -The Quarrelling Brothers - Saud in Action Again - Saud and the British - Abd al-Rahman ibn Faisal - Abd al-Rahman's Uprising - Nejd under Saud -- IX. DISINTEGRATION AND COLLAPSE : Abd al-Rahman in Power - Rivalry in Qasim ; Jabal Shammar - A Futile New Claimant to the Throne – Birth of Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud - Losses in the Central Districts - The Noose Tightens - The Fall of Abd Allah ; Ibn Rashid in Riyadh - The Governorship of Salim ibn Subhan - Fahhad ibn Rukhaiyis, the New Governor – Abd al-Rahman Revolts - The Battle of Mulaidah – Exile -- LIST OF MAPS : Arabian peninsula - Central Nejd - Tribal map of the Arabian peninsula - North-eastern Arabia - Oman including the Trucial Coast - The Hasa-Qatif area - The villages, oases, and forts of Buraimi.