A history of the Arabian Peninsula / edited by Fahd Al-Semmari ; translated by Salma K. Jayyusi.

Translated from the Arabic.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1. MIGRATIONS OF THE BANU HANIFA TO OTHER ISLAMIC REGIONS DURING THE UMAYYAD PERIOD -- Chapter 2. INDUSTRY IN NAJID AND HIJAZ IN THE UMAYYAD PERIOD -- Chapter 3. AD-DIRIYAH : LANDMARKS AND RUINS -- Chapter 4. NAJD FROM THE TENTH/SIXTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL THE RISE OF SHEIKH MUHAMMAD IBN ABD AL-WAHHAB -- Chapter 5. MUHAMMAD IBN ABD AL-WAHHAB AND HIS CALL FOR MONOTHEISM Al-Tihami Nuqra -- Chapter 6. THE PERSONAL LETTERS OF SHEIKH MUHAMMAD IBN 'ABD AL-WAHHAB’ -- Chapter 7. THE EFFECT OF MUHAMMAD IBN ABD AL-WAHHAB’S SALAFIYYA DA WA ON RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL REFORM IN EGYPT -- Chapter 8. THE RISE OF MUHAMMAD IBN ABD AL-WAHHAB'S DA WA IN THE SOUTHERN ARABIAN PENINSULA -- Chapter 9. GLIMPSES OF HIJAZI HISTORY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SAUDI STATE -- Chapter 10. ORIGINS OF SAUDI HISTORY : AN INTRODUCTION TO METHODOLOGY AND ATTITUDE -- Chapter 11. SUCCESS OF KING ABDUL AZIZ IN UNIFYING THE COUNTRY -- Chapter 12. KING ABDUL AZIZ : HIS STYLE OF ADMINISTRATION -- Chapter 13. EARLY ROOTS OF PROJECTS TO SETTLE THE BEDOUINS IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA -- Chapter 14. ARAB TRAVELLERS IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA : SAUDI ARABIA 1901-1972 -- Chapter 15. SOVIET DIPLOMACY IN HIJAZ: FIRST MOVE INTO THE ARABIAN PENINSULA 1923-1926 -- Chapter 16. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE CITY OF RIYADH.