Arabian Peninsula

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781019366950Author Floyd L CarrFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Hassell Street PressPublisher Hassell Street PressWeight(grams) 218g

From the ancient cultures of the Middle East have sprung three of the world's major religions, outstanding accomplishments in literature and science, and seemingly never-ending conflict - compounded now not only by geopolitics, but by the international...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014929396Author Nizar JwaidehFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Hassell Street PressPublisher Hassell Street PressWeight(grams) 77g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014167507Author Nizar JwaidehFormat HardbackPage Count 44Imprint Hassell Street PressPublisher Hassell Street PressWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013739873Author de Lacy B 1872 O'LearyFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Hassell Street PressPublisher Hassell Street PressWeight(grams) 476g

The unexpected decision of the British Government in January 1968 to withdraw its military and diplomatic protection from the Gulf catapulted the region into the limelight. For the following five decades the historian Dr. Frauke Heard-Bey was best placed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615806921Author Dr Sami BenjaminFormat PaperbackImprint Samir Amin Abdel LatifPublisher Samir Amin Abdel LatifWeight(grams) 472g

Saudi Arabia and Iraq have a shared history, as both friends and enemies at one and the same time, and their growth as modern nation-states must be understood in that joint context. This book establishes a new narrative and timeline for bilateral...

This book casts light on a much neglected phase of the UNESCO world heritage site of Palmyra, namely the period between the fall of the Palmyrene 'Empire' (AD 272) and the end of the Umayyad dominion (AD 750). The goal of the book is to fill a...

More than one million Indians travel annually to work in oil projects in the Gulf, one of the few international destinations where men without formal education can find lucrative employment. Between Dreams and Ghosts follows their migration, taking...

Cultivating the Past, Living the Modern explores how and why heritage has emerged as a prevalent force in building the modern nation state of Oman. Amal Sachedina analyses the relations with the past that undergird the shift in Oman from an Ibadi shari'a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474493475Author Allen James FromherzFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474488174Author Scott J WeinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Oman, a state in southeastern Arabia, is a prime example of a country that has not benefited greatly from modernization, but instead has fallen into economic and political insignificance as a result of economic and technological innovations introduced by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385418959Author T.E. LawrenceFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA...

"Royal power, oil, and puritanical Islam are primary elements in Saudi Arabia's rise to global influence. Oil is the reason for Western interest in the kingdom and the foundation for commercial, diplomatic, and strategic relations. Were it not for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933823690Author Willem FloorFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Mage PublishersPublisher Mage Publishers

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The Dhufar Revolution was fought between 1965–1976, in an attempt to depose Oman's British-backed Sultan and advance social ideals of egalitarianism and gender equality. Dhufar, the southernmost governorate in today's Sultanate, captured global attention...

This book is a translation of Aziz al-Azmeh's seminal work Al-'Ilmaniya min mandhur mukhtalif that was first published in Beirut in 1992. Both celebrated and criticised for its reflections on Arab secularisation and secularism in the modern history of...

This book examines the role of Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) and his successors in reconsolidating the religious principles of Wahhabism. It explains the role of the Saudi princes in crystallizing the core of the SaudiWahhabi political entity...

Qaboos bin Sa'id, Sultan of Oman from 1970 until his death in 2020, marked Omani history. He belonged to that very small circle of leaders who solemnized their time in power, transforming the Sultanate by empowering generations of citizens to lead...

First published in 1987 Bahrain provides a modern history of Bahrain from 1920-1945. The end of the fifty years of administration of Shaikh Isabin Ali Althalifah in 1923 heralded an intensive period of modernisation of Bahrain. However, the political...

This volume considers the Arabic and African Diasporas through the underexplored Afro-Hispanic, Luso-Africans, and Mahjari (South American and Mexican authors of Arab descent) experiences in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. Utilizing both established...

Starting in late 2017, Saudi Arabia embarked on a series of reforms reversing many socially restrictive policies long associated with Salafism. These developments have triggered critical questions about the future of Salafism, crucially: is this the end...

Yemen is an intriguing, strategically located country that is the perennial "poor relation" of the wealthy oil monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula and has been plagued by deadly conflict since early 2015. In 2011, it saw a broad eruption of the mass...

This volume considers the Arabic and African Diasporas through the underexplored Afro-Hispanic, Luso-Africans, and Mahjari (South American and Mexican authors of Arab descent) experiences in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. Utilizing both established...

This book examines the role of Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792) and his successors in reconsolidating the religious principles of Wahhabism. It explains the role of the Saudi princes in crystallizing the core of the SaudiWahhabi political entity...

Presenting numerous interconnected insights into life in Greater Syria in the twelfth century, this book covers a wide range of themes relating to Crusader-Muslim relations. Some chapters deal with various literary sources, including little-known...

Qaboos bin Sa'id, Sultan of Oman from 1970 until his death in 2020, marked Omani history. He belonged to that very small circle of leaders who solemnized their time in power, transforming the Sultanate by empowering generations of citizens to lead...

World trade was revolutionized in the 19th Century when ships went from sail to steam. When did the first steamship cross the Atlantic? Who built it? Where? Several ships have claimed that title, but the true answer lies in Canada where steamboats were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789761511Author Joshua YapheFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Sussex Academic PressPublisher Sussex Academic PressWeight(grams) 159g

This book provides multiple perspectives on the modern history of Oman during the reign of Sultan Qaboos (1970 2020). It examines the theme of rebirth: of the connections between the past and the future pursued by Sultan Qaboos and his government in...

The so-called Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, triggered by the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February 2005, brought to an end three decades of Syrian military presence in the country. Here, Taku Osoegawa challenges the...

Tribe state relations are a foundational element of authoritarian bargains in the Middle East particularly in the Gulf States. However, the structures of governance built upon that foundation exhibit wide differences. What explains this variation in...

Unholy Kingdom reveals a riveting portrait of a nation mired in complexities. In recent years Saudi Arabia has promoted itself as an open country: oil-rich but investing in culture, tourism, social innovation, and establishing itself as a beacon in the...

Disorder and Diagnosis offers a social and political history of medicine, disease, and public health in the Persian Gulf from the late nineteenth century until the 1973 oil boom. Foregrounding the everyday practices of Gulf residents—hospital patients,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765114582Author Wayne H. BowenFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Kingdom of Football explores how and why Saudi Arabia burst onto the landscape of world football in 2023, and examines what the speed and scale of Saudi engagement—as investor, owner, sponsor, host and competitor—might mean for the Kingdom and for...