Road to Kabul

De Gaury, Gerald

Interlink Publishing+group Inc

Physical description: xi, 211, 8 p. Illus. , map, ports. 23 cm. Bibliography: p. 205-208. Subjects: Kinglake, Alexander William (1809-1891) .

Travelling gent: The life of Alexander Kinglake (1809-1891)

Routledge and K. Paul

Providing exceptional insight into one of the most extraordinary and charismatic Muslim leaders of modern times, this biographical account details the full life of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. From commanding expeditions on his father’s frontiers at the age of 15 and being a loyal Prime Minister to building and reforming within Saudi Arabia, this account seamlessly and elegantly places King Faisal’s life story in the complex historical context of the Middle East and the world over.

Faisal: King of Saudi Arabia

History

Middle East

Fons Vitae

Gerald de Gaury served in Iraq and Kuwait from 1924 to 1941 as army officer, political agent and chargÃ© d'affaires to the Iraq Regent. His writings on Arabia are well known, but this previously unpublished piece dating from 1932 is on a subject not usually associated with him, namely the Arabian Bedouin. It concerns the Iraqi branch of the 'Anizah, probably the most numerous of Bedouin tribes, so numerous that the Bedouin saying runs "Any enemy, but not the 'Anizah". The 'Amarat are less well documented than their Syrian cousins, the Rwalah. So it is interesting to see this "Review", which contains details of tribal divisions, sheikhly pedigrees, wells and grazing grounds, economic life, customs and language. The name of the Hadhdhal, the sheikhly line of the 'Amarat, is a name with a long history and still much respected in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Review of the 'Anizah Tribe

Ithaca

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