Notes Taken During a Journey Through Part of Northern Arabia in 1848
Author : George Augustus Wallin
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Page : 58 pages
File Size : 28,22 MB
Release : 1850
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Author : George Augustus Wallin
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Page : 58 pages
File Size : 28,22 MB
Release : 1850
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Author : Bruce Ingham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 38,23 MB
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317278747
This is an absorbing and authentic account, first published in 1986, of the history and traditional way of life of the Al-Dhafir bedouins of north-eastern Arabia, based on a study of their traditions, Arabic historical annals and the reports of western travellers over the past two hundred years. During the early part of the twentieth century the Al-Dhafir were a major power in the desert south west of the Euphrates between Samawa and Zubair. Beginning in the Hijaz in the early 1600s as a confederation of small tribes under the leadership of the Suwait clan, they have had an eventful history in which their tribal tradition records battles with the Sharifs in the Hijaz, the al’Urai’ir in al Hasa, the Muntafiq in Iraq and finally the Ikhwan raiders in the 1920s. They are well known for an almost quixotic adherence to the taditions of hospitality and protection of fugitives for which their sheikhs became known as the Ahl al-Buwait, ‘people of the little tent’.
Author : A M Vasilev
Publisher : Saqi
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 39,14 MB
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0863567797
How has Saudi Arabia managed to maintain its Arab and Islamic values while at the same time adopting Western technology and a market economy? How have its hereditary leaders, who govern with a mixture of political pragmatism and religious zeal, managed to maintain their power? This comprehensive history of Saudi Arabia from 1745 to the present provides insight into its culture and politics, its powerful oil industry, its relations with its neighbours, and the ongoing influence of the Wahhabi movement. Based on a wealth of Arab, American, British, Western and Eastern European sources, this book will stand as the definitive account of the largest state on the Arabian peninsula.
Author : Habib
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 27,5 MB
Release : 2022-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004491848
Author : Royal Geographical Society
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Page : 518 pages
File Size : 37,36 MB
Release : 1854
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Author : Clive Leatherdale
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 49,27 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 0714632201
First Published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : American Geographical Society of New York
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Page : 456 pages
File Size : 36,77 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Arabian Peninsula
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Author : Stephen Alan Bourque
Publisher :
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 21,94 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Government publications
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Author : Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
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Page : 552 pages
File Size : 31,61 MB
Release : 1851
Category : Geography
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Includes list of members.
Author : Richard Barrington
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 24,71 MB
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1622753623
Anthropology, politics, and history come together to form an insightful blend in this authoritative title covering kinship, tribalism, and nonurban cultures the world over. Both the theory and practical examples of tribal cultures are presented, with several chapters dedicated to the various schools of anthropological thought on nonurban societies, accompanied by a survey of tribal and indigenous cultures both historically and in modern times. American Indians, the indigenous peoples of South America, nomadic tribes of the Middle East, and Aboriginal Australians are a few of the societies explored in this extensive text.