Introduction I 1. I Meet Wahhabi Arabia 2. The Town of The Consuls 3. The Desert Plant of Wahhabism 4. The Emergence of Ibn Sa'ud 5. Consolidation 6. First Contacts with Great Britain 7. The Dual Monarchy 8. First Wahhabi Impacts 9. The Pilgrimage 10. The Arrival of The Americans 11. The Palestine Problem 12. The Arab League 13. Interlude and Return to Arabia 14. The Americans in Arabia 15. Agriculture and Water 16. The Last Audience 17. Visit to Amir Sa‘ud 18. The Last Visit 19. Ibn Sa'ud’s Inheritance
D. Van der Meulen was educated at Leiden University. He was Netherlands Minister in Jeddah until 1945.