4to. [7], 274 pp., typed script, Arabic text with 1 page in English: Abstract, plans, maps, hard back binding, biblio, copy in very good condition, Jordanian University, Amman, 1992.

Synopsis

A dissertation presented at the Jordanian university supervised by Abdul Karim Mahmud Gharayba for a Masters in Social and Humanity Studies. It is a study of the role played by al-Rashid dynasty during a very critical period of the modern history of Najd. It also investigates the reaction of this dynasty towards other happenings such as the severe disturbances which had consequences over the ruling dynasty in Riyad, interventions of foreign powers, the break-out of the World War 1 and the launch of the Arab revolution led by Sharif Hussein.