1901 (A.H. 1318) | Battle of Sārif between Shaikh of Kuwait, and ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Mut‘ib ar-Rashīd, the ’Amīr and ruler of Ḥā’il and Jabal Shammar. |
1902 (A.H.1319) | Capture of Riyaḍ, the capital of the kingdom. |
1902 (A.H.1319) | Battle of Dilam. |
1904 (A.H.1322) | Conquest of ‘Unaizah in al-Qāsim. |
1904 (A.H.1322) | Conquest of Buraidah, the capital of al-Qāsim, and the defeat of Abā al-Khail. |
1904 (A.H.1322) | Battle of Bukairiyah. |
15 November 1904 (A.H.7 Ramaḍān1322) | Battle of Shinānah. |
1906 (A.H. 1324) | Battle of Rauḍat al-Muhannā in which ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ar-Rashīd was killed. |
22 September 1907 (A.H.14 Sha‘bān 1325) | Battle of aṭ-Ṭuraifıyyā. |
1910 (A.H. 1328) | Battle of Hadyā. |
1910 (A.H. 1328) | Conquest of al-Ḥarīq and the defeat and liquidation of al-Hazāzinah, ruler of the Southern Province. |
1913 (A.H 1331) | Surrender of Hufūf and conquest of al-Ḥasā province. |
1915 (A.H 1333) | Battle of Juraib. |
1915 (A.H 1333) | Battle of Kanzam with the ‘Ijmān tribe. |
1919 (A.H 1337) | Battle of Turaib. |
13 October 1920 (A.H.29 Muḥarram1339) | Battle of al-Jahrā. |
1921 (A.H.1340) | Battle of Wadi Ḥajlah, surrender of Abhā and conquest of ‘Asīr. |
1921 (A.H. 1341) | Capture of Ḥā’il. |
1923 (A.H. 1343) | First oil concession granted to Eastern & General Syndicate. |
1924 (A.H. 1343) | Fall of Ṭā’if. |
1924 (A.H. 1343) | Entry into Makkah. |
1925 (A.H. 1344) | Incident of the Egyptian Guards of the Maḥmal. |
1925 (A.H. 1344) | Surrender of Madīnah. |
1925 (A.H. 1344) | Surrender of Jiddah. |
1926 (A.H. 1344) | Proclamation of King ibn Sa‘ūd as King of Ḥijāz. |
1928 (A.H. 1346) | The ‘Big Gathering’ at Riyaḍ. |
1929 (A.H. 1347) | Battle of as-Sabalah. |
27 February 1930 (A.H. 28 Ramaḍān 1348) | Meeting of King ibn Sa‘ūd with King Faiṣal of Iraq in the Gulf. |
1932 (A.H. 1351) | Revolt of Hamad ibn Rifd. |
27 September 1932 (A.H. 26 Jamād I. 1351) | Changing of the name of H.M. King of Hijāz and Sulṭān of Najd to H.M. King of Saudi Arabia. |
13 November 1932 (A.H.14 Rajab 1351) | Revolt of the al-Idrīsī. |
11 May 1933 (A.H. 16 Muḥarram 1352) | Proclamation of Prince Sa‘ūd ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz as Crown Prince Of Saudi Arabia. |
1933 (A.H. 1352) | Oil concession granted to Standard Oil. |
1934 (A.H. 1352) | First War of the Yaman. |
1935 (A.H. 1353) | Attempted assassination of King ibn Sa‘ūd by Yemenis in the Great Mosque at Mekkah. |
1945 (A.H.1365) | Meeting with President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and King Fārūq in Egypt. |
11 November 1953 (A.H. 4 Rabī‘ul I. 1373) | Death of H.M. King ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Sa‘ūd. |
content list
- Preface
- 1 | Arabia Frequens
- 2 | The capture of Riyadh
- 3 | The fall of AL Rashid
- 4 | The expanding frontiers
- 5 | Hejaz and Asir
- 6 | The rise of the Ikhwan
- 7 | The battle of Sibillah
- 8 | The end of the Ikhwan
- 9 | St John Philby
- 10 | The King’s Court
- 11 | Personalities
- 12 | The Yemen
- 13 | The oil story
- 14 | Ibn Saud
- APPENDIX 1: The Āl Sa‘ūd dynasty
- APPENDIX 2: The Āl Sa‘ūd dynasty: a brief résumé to 1865
- APPENDIX 3: The Āl Rashīd dynasty
- APPENDIX 4: Important battles and events during the life of His Majesty King ibn Sa‘ūd
- APPENDIX 5: The men who took part in the Capture of Riyāḍ in 1902 (A.H. 1319)
- APPENDIX 6: Ikhwan settlements
- APPENDIX 7: The Palestine question
- APPENDIX 8: The dreams