Askar H. Al-Enazy

The Creation of Saudi Arabia

Ibn Saud and British Imperial Policy, 1914-1927

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Produktbeschreibung

Overturning previous interpretations that see the territorial expansion of the Saudi state between 1915 and 1926 as the result of an aggressive Wahhabi ideology carried out by a politically ambitious Ibn Saud, this book explores the links between Saudi territorial expansion and British Imperial policy. Depicting this expansion as the outcome of the implementation of Britain's imperial policy to achieve specific regional military and political objectives in the Middle East, the author examines the Anglo-Saudi legal arrangement which fully integrated Saudi foreign policy into the framework of Britain's imperial policy system in order to serve specific British military and political objectives in the Middle East concerning primarily, but not exclusively, the occupation of Palestine. The personality of Ibn Saud and his religious ideology of Wahhabism served as most effective policy instruments.The author shows how Ibn saud's motivation was primarily defensive, preservationist and in agreement with the acquiescent nature of Wahhabism in which absolute obedience to the ruler constitutes its cardinal principle. In this context, he compares its inherently antagonistic attitude towards non-Wahhabi muslims with its fundamentally benevolent outlook towards non-Muslims, particularly western Christian powers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780415453721
• ISBN-10: 0415453720
• Artikelnr.: 27387228

Autorenporträt

Askar H. al-Enazy is a lecturer and researcher in international relations and international law currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has previously published on the political and territorial issues between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Religious and Political Foundations of Ibn Saud's Early
Foreign Policy 2. Anglo-Saudi Relations on the Eve of World War I 3. The
Anglo-Saudi Treaty of 1915: Ibn Saud's Relations with Hussein and Ibn
Rashid in the Context of British Objectives in Palestine, 1915-1917 4.
Reactions of Hussein and Ibn Saud to Britain's Post-War Objectives in
Palestine 5. Saudi Annexation of the Rashidi Emirate and Britain's "Special
Position" in Palestine 6. Saudi Annexation of Hejaz. Summary and
conclusions