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20 Translated from Turkish by Musa Kazim Murs, (Beirut: Dar al-Kitab al-‘Arabi, 1963).
21 Kostantiniye, Ibrahim min muteferr: Kagan, 1143/1730.
22 This work was written in 1286/1869 and published by Dar Manshurat al-Ba$ri, Baghdad, n.d.
23 Cambridge University Library MS. Add. 2892.
24 British Museum MS. or. 6565. An historical poem on the glorious deeds of the Adnanitc
Arabs. Ibn Ruzayq composed this long poem and provided a commentary on its contents.
25 British Museum MS. or. 6569. Historical notices on the history of the ‘Adnanitc Arabs up to
the mid-nineteenth century.
26 Oxford University Library MS. Notices on the virtues and careers of famous Qahtanite Arabs.
27 Cambridge University Library MS. A short treatise on the history of ‘Uman.
28 2 volumes, (Cairo: al-Ma|ba‘ah al-Salafiyah, 1347-50 A.H.)
29 Volumes 6, 8,9, 10. (Cairo: al-Matba‘ah al-Mahmudiyah, 1342/1923,2nd edition.)
30 London: John Booth, 1819.
31 2nd edition (London: Colburn and Bentley, 1830).
32 2 vols. (London: John Murray, 1838).
33 2vols. (New York: Johnson Reprint, 1967)
34 2 vols. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1866)
35 Bombay: Education Society’s Press, Byculla, 1866.
36 London: Hakluyt Series, 1871.
37 Bombay: Education Society’s Press, 1866.
38 2 vols. (London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1877)

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39 Al-Imam Muhammad al-Badr, the last in the line, was opposed by the army who revolted
against him and established the Republic of Yaman in 1962.
40 Gradually weakened and finally disappeared. The Sultanate of Masqat and ‘Uman continues to
preserve ‘Umani self-government. The term Masqat and ‘Uman went out of use in 1970 with the
coup d’etat that brought in Sultan Qabus.
41 “Najd” in classical Arabic means “a high land”. The areas included within this part of Arabia
have an average elevation of4,000 feet in the west and 1,950 feet in the east.
42 A large narrow arch of desert connecting the great Nufud in the northwest with al-Rub‘
al-Khall in the south, it separates the realm of Najd from that of al-Hasa.
43 See Rentz, “Djazirat al-‘Arab”,£./., 2nd ed., vol. 1, p. 536.
44 These settlements were established by ‘Abd al-‘Aziz b. Su‘ud (d. 1953) to promote the
sedentarization of the Bedouins of Saudi Arabia. More than one hundred and fifty hijrahs or
settlements were founded in less than two decades. On the foundations and settlers, see Hafiz
Wdhbah,Jazirat al- Arab fi al-Qam al-hhnn (Cairo, Maktabat Lajnat al-Ta’lif, 1352 A.H.), p.
274.
45 Lorimer, Gazetteer, vol. 2, p.602.
46 The RashidI House of the Shammar Bedouin tribes began to establish its rule at Hj?il in 1835
and reached the peak of its strength in the second half of the nineteenth century. The last Rashldi
ruler surrendered to ‘Abd al-‘Az!z b. Su‘ud in 1921. For information on Al Rashid in the latter part
of the nineteenth century, consult Palgrave, Narrative, vol. 1, pp. 90-138, and Lady Ann Blunt, A
Pilgrimage to Nejd, (London: John Murray, 1881), vol. 1, pp. 194-273.
47 Ibn Bishr, ‘Urvwan al-Majd, vol. 1, p.99.
48 This term is applied to sandy areas where Ghada’ bushes grow in large quantities. See
Dzbbighyjfaziratal-Arab, vol. 18, p. 58.
49 Palgrave, Narrative, vol. 1, pp. 217-218; Rentz, “Al-Ka$Im”, E.I., 2nd ed., vol. 4, p. 717.
50 In a wider sense, ‘Uqayl included a combination of heterogeneous elements of Najdls who
settled or frequented al-‘Iraq in the 19th and early 20th centuries. They usually had as their chief a
native of Qa$im, and they shared common commercial interests. It is said of the ‘Uqayl that they
were the strongest supporters of the Pashas in al-'Iraq in their wars with the Bedouins or rebels.
51 Vol. 1, p. 140, states that Fawzan b. Humaydan, the chief of‘Unayzah, invaded and plundered
Buraydah in 1109/1697.

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