ISBN10: 9960944360, ISBN13: 9789960944364, [publisher: King Abdul Aziz Public Library, Riyadh] Hardcover First Edition xlii, 275 pp., 7 maps, 3 genealogical tables, cloth in d/w, appendix, biblio, index. HARD BACK Binding in dust wrappers. Copy in mint condition. New. After the 11th of September attack, radical Islam, Wahhabism and Saudi Arabia became the focus of much international attention. However, little has been published in English on the background to its culture and its roots in the First Saudi State that arose in 18th-century central Arabia. The Islamic reform movement that gave it its sense of mission, and the life and thought of Shaikh Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Wahhab (1703-1792), the teacher who inspired it, have been similarly neglected. Often referred to outside Arabia as Wahhabism, the Shaikh's teachings have been a fundamental influence on the lives of Saudi Arabians and their government ever since his death in 1792. His ideas continue to inspire his many followers, both inside the Kingdom and abroad, and a knowledge of his life and thought is vital to a proper understanding of both Saudi Arabia and the Arab world of today. Students of Saudi Arabian history have long recognized George S Rentz's thesis on the Shaikh's life and the origins of the First Saudi State as a work of pioneering scholarship. Despite this, since its acceptance in 1947 by the University of California, it has never before now been published. Closely basing his accou ...
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