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    		•  Bergen Studies on the Middle East and Africa : 1

    Anne K. Bang:

    The Idrisi state in 'Asir, 1906-1934

    Politics, religion and personal prestige as statebuilding factors in early twentieth-century Arabia

     

     

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    Contents

    1. Introduction(1)
      The scope of the study (1)
      The framework (2)
      The sources (4)

    2. 'Asir: Arena of Conflict (11)
      'Asir before the 1830s (11)

    3. The Antecedents: Ahmad b. Idris and the Idrisi tradition (35)
      Ibn Idris' final years in 'Asir (47)

    4. The Adarisa Quiescent: Muhammad al-Qutb and 'Ali b. Muhammad in 'Asir (56)

    5. The rise of the Idrisi state and its part in the First World War, 1907Ð1918 (68)
      Muhammad al-Idrisi (68)
      Muhammad al-Idrisi in Sabya (82)
      The Idrisi-Ottoman confrontation: The events of 1909 (92)
      Hostilities resumed: The autumn of 1910 (95)
      The uprising of 1911 and the Ottoman expeditions (98)
      The Turco-Italian War (99)
      Towards the World War: Negotiation and fighting (101)
      The First World War (104)

    6. The Aftermath of the First World War: the Fall of the Idrisi State 1918-1934 (107)
      Inside the Idrisi state (108)
      1919-1923: The years of rivalry (110)
      The death of Muhammad al-Idrisi (115)
      1923-26: Internal Idrisi rivalry (117)
      The power struggle on the Arabian Peninsula (119)
      A Sa'udi protectorate (121)
      A Sa'udi province (126)
      1932: The final Idrisi revolt (128)
      Differences settled: The end of the Idrisi state (130)

    7. Conclusion (131)
      Political factors in the history of the Idrisi state (131)
      The ideological foundation of the Idrisi state: Religion and statehood (136)
      Personal prestige and tribal allegiance (139)
      Conclusion (140)
    Appendixes:
    A: The Idrisi Genealogy (142)
    B. Bayan li'l-nas wa-maw'iza li'l-muttaqin (143)
    C. The Writings of Muhammad al-Idrisi (189)

    Bibliography (193)
    Index (198)

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    Publication date: Already published (1996)
    viii, 203 pp.; £ 25. ISBN 185065-306-2.

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