A.D. A.H.
1835-47 1251-63 ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Alī ibn Rashīd (12 years; died from natural causes)
1847-66 1263-83 Ṭalāl ibn ‘Abd Allāh (19 years; committed suicide after a mental breakdown)
1866-8 1283-5 Mut‘ib ibn ‘Abd Allāh (2 years; killed by his nephews, Bandar and Badr)
1868-72 1285-9 Bandar ibn Ṭalāl ibn ‘Abd Allāh (4 years; killed by his uncle, Muḥammad)
1872-97 1289-1315 Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh (25 years; died from natural causes)
1897-1906 1315-24 ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Mut‘ib (9 years; killed at Rauḍat al-Muhannā)
1906-7 1324 Mut‘ib ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Mut‘ib (1 year; killed by Mish‘al and Muḥammad, sons of Ḥamūd)
1907-9 1324-6 Sulṭān ibn Ḥamūd ibn ‘Ubaid (2 years; killed by his brother Sa‘ūd)
1909-10 1326-7 Sa‘ūd ibn Ḥamūd (1 year; killed by Sa‘ūd ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz)
1910-19 1327-38 Sa‘ūd ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Mut‘ib (9 years; killed by ‘Abd Allāh ibn Ṭalāl, who was killed immediately by Sa‘ūd’s slaves)
1919-20 1338-9 ‘Abd Allāh ibn Mut‘ib ibn ‘Abd Al-‘Azīz (1 year; surrendered to ibn Sa‘ūd)
1920-1 1339-40 Muḥammad ibn Ṭalāl ibn Nā’if (1 year; surrendered to ibn Sa‘ūd on the fall of Ḥā’il)
- 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