Yemen | Jordan |
Saudi Arabia since 2003 Saudi Arabia 1990-2003 Saudi Arabia 1981-1990 Saudi Arabia 1973-1981 Saudi Arabia 1964-1973 Saudi Arabia 1953-1964 Saudi Arabia 1932-1953 Hejaz and Nejd 1926-1932 For the history prior to 1926, see Nejd, Hejaz, Asir, Jebel Shammar (until 1921), Al Hasa Students' Papers : Kim, Sun Hoo, History of Food and Nutrition in West Asia (2009) |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
Country Profiles |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from World Desk Reference ;
from Nations Encyclopedia;
from Wikipedia;
from CIA World Factbook Library of Congress, Country Studies : Saudi Arabia Article : Saudi Arabia, from Encyclopedia of the Orient |
Links, General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World;
from BUBL Category : Saudi Arabia, from Wikipedia |
Links, on History |
from Virtual Library History;
Category : History of Saudi Arabia, from Wikipedia |
Historical Dictionaries |
Timelines |
Timeline, from BBC News;
from timelines.ws |
Accounts of History |
from Wikipedia, from
Encyclopedia of the Orient;
from Embassy of Saudi Arabia,
from Mid East Web;
from The Saudi Network;
from Samirad |
Politics |
Political Resources on the Net : Saudi Arabia;
Article Politics of Saudi Arabia, from Wikipedia;
Governments on the WWW : Saudi Arabia;
Saudi Arabia Profile, from International Crisis Group G. Salame, Political Power and the Saudi State, pp.579-600 in A.H. Hourani, The Modern Middle East: a reader, 1993, GB |
Military |
Wars of Saudi Arabia, 1800-1999, from ACED Orders, Decorations and Medals of Saudi Arabia, from ODM Saudi Arabia Military Guide, from Global Security Chris Murphy, Saudi-Yemen Border Dispute, ICE Case Studies 2006 |
Economy & Finances |
Global Currency History : Saudi Arabia Article : Economy of Saudi Arabia, from Wikipedia; from Encyclopedia of the Orient Company Histories : Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Dallah Albaraka Group, from Funding Universe History of Saudi Arabia British Bank, of Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency |
Ethnography, Demography |
Languages of Saudi Arabia (5), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Saudi Arabia |
Religion |
Article Religion in Saudi Arabia, from Wikipedia,
Category : Religion in Saudi Arabia, from Wikipedia International Religious Freedom Report 2003 : Saudi Arabia, from U.S. Department of State Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Saudi Arabia, from Kirken i Norge |
History of Regions |
Regions of Saudi Arabia,
Governorates of Saudi Arabia, from www.statoids.com see History of Asir, Al Hasa, Hejaz, Nejd, Shammar at this site |
History of Cities |
Articles : Dhahran : History,
Ha'il : History,
Hofuf,
Jeddah : History,
Mecca : History,
Medina : History,
Riyadh : History,
Ta'if History, from Wikipedia Entries Dammam, Dhahran, Ha'il, Hofuf, Jedda, Mecca, Madina, Riyadh, at-Ta'if, from Encyclopedia of the Orient Discovering Old Jeddah, by John and Suzy Pint Abha and Assir Region, from Saudi Cities |
Institutions |
History of the Hijaz Railway, from Nabataea.net, from
Encyclopedia of the Orient Saudi Arabia, from Airline History Article King Saud University, from Wikipedia Structurae : Saudi Arabia; search Lighthouse Explorer for Saudi Arabia |
Bibliographies |
Search ISBN Database for Hejaz, Nejd, Asir, el Hasa, Shammar, Saudi Arabia Online Books on the History of Saudi Arabian Architecture, posted by ArchNet Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keywords Saudi-Arabien, Saudi Arabia (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) Search UK National Archive Online Library for Saudi Arabia Food and Culture (a bibliography), by R.T. Dirks, click on South West Asia |
Biographies |
List of Jordanians, from Wikipedia |
Others |
Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Saudi Arabia Geschichte Österreichisch-Saudischer Beziehungen (History of Austrian-Saudi Arabian Diplomatic Relations), from Austrian Embassy, Riyadh, in German Search International Boundary Studies for Saudi Arabia Article : Saudi Arabia at the Olympics, from Wikipedia Disaster History by Country : Saudi Arabia, from Relief Web Palearctic Ecoregion, from WWF |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel);
from Regnal Chronologies, scroll down for Arabia, the Caliphate, Ha'il, Hejaz, Mecca, Saudi Arabia from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) |
Lists of Ambassadors |
List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia, from Wikipedia;
U.S. Ambassadors to Saudi Arabia, from NNDB;
Chinese Ambassadors to Saudi Arabia, from PRC MOFA;
Liste der Botschafter der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Djidda/Riad (Saudi Arabien), from
Wikipedia German edition
; Les representants de la France en Arabie Saoudite
depuis 1942, from Ambafrance |
Statistical Data | Responsible Institution |
Central Department of Statistics & Information, Saudi Arabia |
Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics, Saudi Arabia, from Population Statistics at Univ. Utrecht City Population : Saudi Arabia, from City Population Historical Abortion Statistics, Saudi Arabia, from Johnston's Archive |
Election Results |
from Psephos |
Online Newspapers | links from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers |
Image Databanks |
Systematic Collections General |
Systematic Collections Specialist |
Umair Salam, Old Saudi Pics HiJazzey, Old Photos of the Hijaz |
Accidental Collections |
Saudi Jeans, Old Pictures from Saudi Arabia |
Universal Collections Items on Saudi Arabia |
License plates from Jordan, from Francoplaque;
from License Plates of the World Passport, from World Passports, scroll down Airline Timetable Images : Saudi Arabia |
Archive Deposits |
Nationaal Archief (NL) :
Inventaris van het archief van het Consulaat te Djeddah (Turkije / Saoedi-Arabie), 1873-1930, later Nederlands Gezantschap in Saoedi-Arabie (Djeddah), 1930-1950 |
Document Collections |
History of the Arabian Peninsula, from World History Archives, scroll down for Saudi Arabia List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Saudi Arabia, from ILO, 15 docs. since 1976 Internet Law Library : Saudi Arabia Trattato di amicizia e commercio, Italia - Hegiaz - Neged, 10 febbraio 1932, from Prassi Italiana di Diritto Internazionale, in Italian British Intelligence Reports on the Creation of Saudi Arabia, published by IDC Publishers Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site Search Hansard for Trans-Jordan, Jordan Search Cambridge Archive Editions for Saudi Arabia Search CIA Released Documents for Saudi Arabia |
Historical Maps | responsible institutions |
UNESCO : National Map Agencies : Saudi Arabia : Aerial Survey Department
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Jiddah |
collections |
Historical Maps of Saudi Arabia, from The Map Database Historical and Political Maps of Arabia, J. de Salas Vara del Rey Saudi Arabia Maps, PCL, UTexas Category : Old Maps of Saudi Arabia, Maps of the History of Saudi Arabia, Wikimedia Commons PBS, Global Connections : The Middle East : Maps Mohammad al Kurbi Collection of Maps and Prints Search David Rumsey Map Collection for Arabia |
Saudi Arabia, hindsight |
Saudi Arabia, contemporary |
Arabia 1875,
1904,
1906,
1922,
1930,
1932,
1938, Probert Encyclopedia |
detail, Modern |
detail, contemporary |
Map :
Persian Gulf 1906, from Probert Encyclopedia Antiquarian Map Archive Map : Hejaz 1922, from Probert Encyclopedia Antiquarian Map Archive |
Archives, Musea, Libraries |
ICA's Members : Saudi Arabia, from International Council on Archives Museums in Saudi Arabia, from Museum Stuff |
National Symbols |
Flag, from FOTW National Anthem, from national-anthems.net |
Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of Saudi Arabia, from World Currency Museum,
from Ron Wise's World Paper Money,
from Numismondo Coin Catalog of Saudi Arabia, from Numismaticon; Saudi Arabian Coins, from Don's World Coin Gallery; Search Coin Archives for Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia, from Encyclopedia of Small Silver Coins |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Bibliographies | general |
Search ISBN Database |
on Saudi Arabia | survey of bibliographies |
bibliographic database |
general bibliographies |
pp.215-244 in J.E. Peterson, Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia, Lanham Md : Scarecrow 1993 [G] pp.205-258 in J.E. Peterson, Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia, Lanham Md : Scarecrow 2003 [G] Bibliography, Library of Congress Country Studies : Saudi Arabia |
annual bibliographies |
specialist bibliographies |
serial publications |
general bibliographies Saudi Arabia entries |
J. Gay, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs a l'Afrique et a l'Arabie : catalogue methodique de tous les ouvrages français et des principaux en langues etrangères traitant de la geographie, de l'histoire, du commerce, des lettres et des arts de l'Afrique et de l'Arabie 1875, in French, Gallica Schnurrer/Chauvin, Bibliographie des ouvrages arabes ou relatifs aux Arabes: publies dans l'Europe chretienne de 1810 a 1885 vol.3, vol.4, vol.5, vol.6, vol.7, vol.9, vol.10, vol.11, vol.12, 1892-1922, IA |
booksellers |
Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online e-corpus International Boundary Studies |
on Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Digital Library; official, access restricted to Saudi scholars |
Online Journals | full text online |
Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Mediterranee 1966-2008, Persee Saudi AramCo World 1960- |
Table of Contents Online |
On the Middle East |
Ritchie Ovendale, The Longman Companion to the Middle East since 1914, London etc.: Longman 1994 [G] |
General Accounts |
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.13, pp.833-841 Article Arabia : Saudi Arabia KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.13 Madawi al-Rasheed, A History of Saudi Arabia, Cambridge : UP 2002, KMLA Lib.Sign. 953.805 A459h |
Specific Periods |
H.-J. Kornrumpf, Die osmanische Herrschaft auf der Arabischen Halbinsel im 19. Jahrhundert (1980), (Ottoman rule on the Arabian
Peninsula in the 19th Century), in : Analecta Isisiana LV, Istanbul : Isis 2001 pp.39-50, in German [G] H.-J. Kornrumpf, Zur osmanischen Herrschaft in Innerarabien im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (1984) (On Ottoman rule in Inner Arabia in the 19th and 20th centuries), in : Analecta Isisiana LV, Istanbul : Isis 2001 pp.85-94, in German [G] H.-J. Kornrumpf, Zur Geschichte des Sandschaks Asir (Westarabien) in den letzten Jahren der osmanischen Herrschaft (1993) (On the history of Sanjak Asir (Western Arabia) in the last years of Ottoman rule), in : Analecta Isisiana LV, Istanbul : Isis 2001 pp.249-256, in German [G] H.-J. Kornrumpf, Die Hedschasbahn und Alois Musil (1995) (The Hejaz Railrod and Alois Musil), in : Analecta Isisiana LV, Istanbul : Isis 2001 pp.291-298, in German [G] H.-J. Kornrumpf, Neuere Beschreibungen von al-Hasa in amtlichen osmanischen Veröffentlichungen (1978), (Newer Descriptions of al-Hasa in Official Ottoman Publications), in : Analecta Isisiana LV, Istanbul : Isis 2001 pp.333-350, in German [G] |
Historical Dictionary |
J.E. Peterson, Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia, Metuchen N.J. : Scarecrow 1993 [G] J.E. Peterson, Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia, Lanham Md : Scarecrow 2003 [G] |