1st Edition
The Creation of Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud and British Imperial Policy, 1914-1927
Introduction 1. The Religious and Political Foundations of Ibn Saud’s Early Foreign Policy 2. Anglo-Saudi Relations on the Eve of World War I 3. The Anglo-Saudi Treaty of 1915: Ibn Saud’s Relations with Hussein and Ibn Rashid in the Context of British Objectives in Palestine, 1915-1917 4. Reactions of Hussein and Ibn Saud to Britain’s Post-War Objectives in Palestine 5. Saudi Annexation of the Rashidi Emirate and Britain’s "Special Position" in Palestine 6. Saudi Annexation of Hejaz. Summary and conclusions
Biography
Askar H. al-Enazy is a lecturer and researcher in international relations and international law currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has previously published on the political and territorial issues between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
"[This book] not only gives one an understanding of the political history of Arabia between 1914-1927 but also helps to shed some light on contemporary political events in the Middle East... This book is definately an authoritative work. It is deep, well researched and an exciting must read for those interested in this field." - Shahrul Hussain, Marksfield Institute for Higher Education, UK; The Muslim World Book Review, 32:1, 2011
"..this important and original reinterpretation of modern Saudi history. Professor Askar Al-Enazy argues that we can only understand the creation of the contemporary Saudi state in terms of its reliance on Arabia's big brother of the early twentieth century-Great Britain....a meticulous analysis of Britain's Middle East policy leading up to, during and after the First World War, and how this played out to the advantage of Abdul Aziz and the Al-Saud." - Robert Lacey, Journal of Islamic Studies 2012 23: 242-244.
