Prophets and princes : Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the present / Mark Weston.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-593) and index.

Foreword / Wyche Fowler, Jr. -- Cities and Regions of Saudi Arabia Today -- The Men of the Al-Saud Family -- Pt. 1. The Birth of Islam in the Seventh Century -- 1. Muhammad: Islam's Prophet -- 2. The Successors Who Preserved the Faith and Began the Conquests: Abu Bakr and Umar (632-644) -- 3. Expansion, Civil War, and the Sunni-Shi'ite Split: Uthman and Ali (644-661) -- 4. The Beginning of Monarchy: Muawiya, the Fifth Caliph, His Son Yazid, and the Martyrdom of Hussein (661-683) -- Pt. 2. The First and Second Saudi States (1744-1887) -- 5. The Founder of Wahhabism: Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab (1703-1792) -- 6. Nineteenth-Century Saudi Arabia (1792-1887) -- Pt. 3. The Creation of Modern Saudi Arabia: The Life of King Abdul Aziz (1876-1953) -- 7. Exile and Return (1876-1902) -- 8. Expanding the Kingdom (1902-1926) -- 9. Powerful but Poor (1926-1945) -- 10. The Influx of Oil Money (1945-1953) -- Pt. 4. Oil Brings Power: The Life of King Faisal (1905-1975) -- 11. The Young Prince and Foreign Minister (1905-1953) -- 12. The Struggle between the Brothers (1953-1964) -- 13. The King in Full Control (1964-1972) -- 14. Oil as Political Power (1973 -1975) -- Pt. 5. Modern Saudi Arabia (1975-2001) 231 -- 15. The Boom Years of King Khalid (1975-1982) -- 16. The Lean Years of King Fahad (1982-1990) -- 17. The Persian Gulf War (1990-1991) -- 18. The Rise of Militant Fundamentalism (1991-1996) -- 19. Abdullah Begins Reform, bin Laden Steps Up Terror (1996-August 2001) -- Pt. 6. Saudi Arabia Since 9/11 -- 20. Fighting Terror, Fostering Reform (2001-2007) -- 21. A New Oil Boom, a New Business Climate (2003- ) -- 22. Abdullah Becomes King, Iran Becomes a Threat (2005- ).