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Najd before the Salafi reform movement : social, political, and religious conditions during the three centuries preceding the rise of the Saudi state / Uwaidah M. Al Juhany.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Reading, UK : Ithaca Press, 2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780863724015 :
  • 0863724019 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS247.9.N35 A44 2002
Contents:
The Geographical and Ecological Background -- The Land Formation of Najd -- The Settled Regions of Najd -- The Climate and Ecology of Najd -- An Historical Background -- The Inhabitants of al-Yamamah Before Islam -- The Inhabitants of Najd at the Rise of Islam -- Al-Yamamah During the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates -- Al-Yamamah During the Early 'Abbasid Caliphate -- The Rule of Bani al-Akhaydir in al-Yamamah -- The Ascendancy of the Nomads of Bani 'Amir Ibn Sa'sa'ah in Najd -- The Decline of the Sedentary Population of al-Yamamah -- The Domination of the Bani Lam Nomads in Najd -- The Authority of the Jabrids of Bahrayn in Najd -- The Nomads of Najd, 850/1446-1150/1738 -- Climatic and Ecological Conditions, 850/1446-1150/1738 -- Old Najdi Nomadic Groups -- Nomadic Migration to Najd, 850/1446-1150/1737-38 -- The Migration of Old Najdi Nomads to Southern Iraq -- The Settlement of the Najdi Nomads -- The Settlement of the Old Najdi Nomads -- The Sedentary Population of Najd, 850/1446-1150/1737 -- The Depopulation of Najd -- Social, Political and Land Utilization Characteristics of Najdi Sedentary Society -- The Resettlement and Repopulation of Najd -- The Growth of the Old Najdi Towns -- The Migration of Najdis to Eastern Arabia and Southern Iraq -- The Growth of Religious Learning in Najd, 900/1495-1200/1785 -- The Contact of Najdi 'Ulama' with Syrian and Egyptian 'Ulama' -- Centers of Learning and the Spread of the 'Ulama -- The Relationship Between the Growth of Learning and the Growth of the Najd Sedentary Population.
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The Geographical and Ecological Background -- The Land Formation of Najd -- The Settled Regions of Najd -- The Climate and Ecology of Najd -- An Historical Background -- The Inhabitants of al-Yamamah Before Islam -- The Inhabitants of Najd at the Rise of Islam -- Al-Yamamah During the Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates -- Al-Yamamah During the Early 'Abbasid Caliphate -- The Rule of Bani al-Akhaydir in al-Yamamah -- The Ascendancy of the Nomads of Bani 'Amir Ibn Sa'sa'ah in Najd -- The Decline of the Sedentary Population of al-Yamamah -- The Domination of the Bani Lam Nomads in Najd -- The Authority of the Jabrids of Bahrayn in Najd -- The Nomads of Najd, 850/1446-1150/1738 -- Climatic and Ecological Conditions, 850/1446-1150/1738 -- Old Najdi Nomadic Groups -- Nomadic Migration to Najd, 850/1446-1150/1737-38 -- The Migration of Old Najdi Nomads to Southern Iraq -- The Settlement of the Najdi Nomads -- The Settlement of the Old Najdi Nomads -- The Sedentary Population of Najd, 850/1446-1150/1737 -- The Depopulation of Najd -- Social, Political and Land Utilization Characteristics of Najdi Sedentary Society -- The Resettlement and Repopulation of Najd -- The Growth of the Old Najdi Towns -- The Migration of Najdis to Eastern Arabia and Southern Iraq -- The Growth of Religious Learning in Najd, 900/1495-1200/1785 -- The Contact of Najdi 'Ulama' with Syrian and Egyptian 'Ulama' -- Centers of Learning and the Spread of the 'Ulama -- The Relationship Between the Growth of Learning and the Growth of the Najd Sedentary Population.

"In association with the King Abdul Aziz Foundation for Research and Archives, KSA."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-200) and index.

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