The Life and Times of Shaikh Salman Bin Al-Khalifa: Ruler of Bahrain 1942-1961

ISBN-13: 9780710304957 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 232 str.

Andrew Wheatcroft;Wheatcroft

Opis

Presents the story of the evolution of modern Bahrain through the life and times of Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, ruler of the country, from 1942 through the crucial phase of transition. The book covers his religious and political dimensions, and Bahrain's postwar development and future.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The Measure of a Life; Chapter 2 Between Two Seas; Chapter 3 Tor this Relief, much thanks’; Chapter 4 ‘His Highness came in…’; Chapter 5 ‘For the People’; Chapter 6 Facing the Future; Chapter 7 A Summation;

O autorze

Andrew Wheatcroft