Description
Su’Udi Relations With Eastern Arabia and ‘Uman (1800-1871)
by Zamil Muhammad Rashid
Publisher: Luzac & Co., London
Year: 1981
Format: Hardcover
Length: 192 pages.
This scholarly study examines the political, military, and religious relations between the Saudi (Suʿūdi) state in Najd, Eastern Arabia (al-Hasa, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Gulf coast), and Oman (ʿUman) during the nineteenth century.
The expansion of Saudi/Wahhabi influence from central Arabia into Eastern Arabia and Oman.
Conflicts between the Saudi rulers and the Ibadi Imamate of Oman.
The role of tribal alliances, religious movements, and regional power struggles.
Relations involving Bahrain, Qatar, the Qawasim, Muscat, and other Gulf states.
The growing influence of the British government in the Persian Gulf and the impact of Ottoman and Egyptian interventions.
The book draws heavily on British India Office Records, Gulf archives, Arabic chronicles, and regional historical sources. It remains a useful reference for the history of Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf during the nineteenth century
a scholarly historical study of the political, military, and diplomatic interactions between the House of Saud, the Eastern Arabian tribes, and Oman during a turbulent period marked by Wahhabi expansion, regional rivalries, and shifting alliances.
Because the exact edition isn’t widely cataloged, the best approach is to treat it as part of the academic literature on:
The First Saudi State (1744–1818)
The Second Saudi State (1824–1891)
The Al Bu Saʿid dynasty in Oman
Tribal politics in al‑Hasa, Qatar, Buraimi, and the Omani interior
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