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Chapter I
1 The translators’ names and signatures appear at the end of every translated statement. Among
them were Kamal al-DIn al-Adhami and Muhammad $adiq, who translated part of this material in
2 All references to the Cairo first edition, 2 volumes, 1368/1949.
3 Hamad al-Jasir, “Mu’arrikhu Najd”, At-Arab, vol. 11, Jumada I, 1391 A.H., p. 12. Ibn
Ghannam also wrote a book on theology entitled al-Iqd al-Thamxn fi Usulal-Dxn, which is still in
manuscript form in al-Maktabah aI-Su‘udiyah, al-Riyad, no. 84/12.
4 All references to the Riyad third edition, 1388/1968.
5 Ibn Bishr finished rewriting his book in Sha‘ban 1270/1854 and died in 1288/1873. However, he
docs not seem to have recorded any events after 1267/1851. At the same time, his statements
regarding the developments in the year 1267/1851, as well as the book’s abrupt ending, lead one to
suspect that he intended to continue his annals. Indeed, he may have done so, but such a
continuation has not yet turned up. R. Bayly Winder’s work Saudi Arabia in the Nineteenth Century
and Its Predecessor, Princeton Ph.D. dissertation 1950, made large scale use of Ibn Bishr’s
chronicle.
6 ‘Abd al-Malik b. Husavn al-‘Isani, Simt al-Nujum al-Awali f\ Anba’ al-Aiva'il tea al-Tazvdrx, 4
vols. (Cairo: aI-Matba‘ah ai-Salafiyah, 1380/1960).
7 Cairo: al-Matba‘ah al-Salafiyah, 1373 A.H.
8 Riyad: Manshurat Dar al-Yamamah, 1386/1966.
9 Ta’rikh al-Shaykh Ahmad al-Manqur, edited by ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Khuwaytir. A very brief survey
of events in Najd' prior to the time of the Su'udis.
10 Ta'nkh Ibn Lu'bun. A genealogical and historical work on certain Arab tribes. (Makkah:
Matba‘at Umm al-Qura, 1357 A.H.)
11 Muhammad b. ‘Umar al-Fakhiri, Ta’nkh al-Fakhiri.
12 British Museum MS. Add. 23 312-3.
13 All references to the Cairo edition, 1371 A.H. al-Halawani was a native of Madinah. His father
Hasan, a distinguished man, was once the mediator between Faysal b. Turki, the Su'udiuwir, and
‘Abd Allah b. ‘Awn, Sharif of Makkah.
14 M a tali’ al-Su'ud, p.81.
15 British Museum MS. or. 7565. Abu Hakima, in his History of Eastern Arabia, indicates that this
work was published in Bombay in 1315/1897.
16 This work remained in manuscript form, unknown to the public, in the British Museum until
1967, when it was edited and published by A. Abu Hakima. For a lengthy discussion concerning
the work’s authorship, see ‘Abd al-Wahid Raghib, “Kitab Lam‘ al-Shihab”, Majallat Ddrat
al-Malik *Abdal-Aziz, no. 2.
17 British Museum MS. Add. 7358.
18 Kitab al-Durar al-Mafakhir, folio 42.
19 Ibid.

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