Bergen Studies on the Middle East and Africa : 1

Anne K. Bang:

The Idrisi state in 'Asir, 1906-1934

Contents

1. Introduction(1)
   The scope of the study (1)
   The framework (2)
   The sources (4)

2. 'Asir: Arena of Conflict (11)
   'Asir before the 1830s (11)

3. The Antecedents: Ahmad b. Idris and the Idrisi tradition (35)
   Ibn Idris' final years in 'Asir (47)

4. The Adarisa Quiescent: Muhammad al-Qutb and 'Ali b. Muhammad in 'Asir (56)

5. The rise of the Idrisi state and its part in the First World War, 1907Ð1918 (68)
   Muhammad al-Idrisi (68)
   Muhammad al-Idrisi in Sabya (82)
   The Idrisi-Ottoman confrontation: The events of 1909 (92)
   Hostilities resumed: The autumn of 1910 (95)
   The uprising of 1911 and the Ottoman expeditions (98)
   The Turco-Italian War (99)
   Towards the World War: Negotiation and fighting (101)
   The First World War (104)

6. The Aftermath of the First World War: the Fall of the Idrisi State 1918-1934 (107)
   Inside the Idrisi state (108)
   1919-1923: The years of rivalry (110)
   The death of Muhammad al-Idrisi (115)
   1923-26: Internal Idrisi rivalry (117)
   The power struggle on the Arabian Peninsula (119)
   A Sa'udi protectorate (121)
   A Sa'udi province (126)
   1932: The final Idrisi revolt (128)
   Differences settled: The end of the Idrisi state (130)

7. Conclusion (131)
   Political factors in the history of the Idrisi state (131)
   The ideological foundation of the Idrisi state: Religion and statehood (136)
   Personal prestige and tribal allegiance (139)
   Conclusion (140)

Appendixes:

A: The Idrisi Genealogy (142)
B. Bayan li'l-nas wa-maw'iza li'l-muttaqin (143)
C. The Writings of Muhammad al-Idrisi (189)

Bibliography (193)
Index (198)

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Publication date: Already published (1996)
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