King Abdul Aziz : political correspondence 1904-1953

This publication presents, for the first time, an extensive collection of personal correspondence, letters to neighbouring Arab States and to foreign governments, from and to the Saudi leader over half a century.

The first items date from the years after his fabled recapture of Riyadh in 1902, when Abdul Aziz emerged as Amir of Nejd.

The last letters are from the year of King Abdul Aziz's death, 1953.

The correspondence reflects the evolution over 50 years of the status, authority, style and statesmanship of King Abdul Aziz.

The documents are in the original Arabic, sometimes with contemporary English translations; a minority are in English in the original.