Prophets and princes : Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the present Mark Weston

Includes bibliographical references (p. 579-593) and index. Cities and Regions of Saudi Arabia Today. The Men of the Al-Saud Family. Introduction. Part One: THE BIRTH OF ISLAM IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY. 1 Muhammad: Islam's Prophet -- 2 The Successors Who Preserved the Faith and Began the Conquests: Abu Bakr and Umar (632-644) -- 3 Expansion, Civil War, and the Sunni-Shiite Split: Uthman and Ali (644-661) -- 4 The Beginning of Monarchy: Muawiya, the Fifth Caliph, His Son Yazid, and the Martyrdom of Hussein (661-683). Part Two: THE FIRST AND SECOND SAUDI STATES (1744-1887). 5 The Founder of Wahhabism: Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab (1703-1792) -- 6 Nineteenth-Century Saudi Arabia (1792-1887). Part Three: THE CREATION OF MODERN SAUDI ARABIA: THE LIFE OF KING ABDUL AZIZ (1876-1953). 7 Exile and Return (1876-1902) -- 8 Expanding the Kingdom (1902-1926) -- 9 Powerful but Poor (1926-1945) -- 10 The Influx of Oil Money (1945-1953). Part Four: OIL BRINGS POWER: THE LIFE OF KING FAISAL (1905-1975). 11 The Young Prince and Foreign Minister (1905-1953) -- 12 The Struggle between the Brothers (1953-1964) -- 13 The King in Full Control (1964-1972) -- 14 Oil as Political Power (1973-1975). Part Five: MODERN SAUDI ARABIA (1975-2001). 15 The Boom Years of King Khalid (1975-1982) -- 16 The Lean Years of King Fahad (1982-1990) -- 17 The Persian Gulf War (1990-1991) -- 18 The Rise of Militant Fundamentalism (1991-1996) -- 19 Abdullah Begins Reform, bin Laden Steps Up Terror (1996-August 2001). Part Six: SAUDI ARABIA SINCE 9/11. 20 Fighting Terror, Fostering Reform (2001-2007) -- 21 A New Oil Boom, a New Business Climate (2003) -- 22 Abdullah Becomes King, Iran Becomes a Threat (2005)