King Abdul Aziz : diplomacy and statecraft, 1902-1953

This collection of primary source documents provides the most continuous source available of reports and commentary on local events within the territory of the present Saudi Arabia under the rule of King Abdul Aziz.

They reflect the methods, policies and diplomacy employed by Abdul Aziz in extending and then consolidating the Saudi state.

Although the papers necessarily reflect British diplomatic interests, this work illustrates particularly well the rise to power of Abdul Aziz and his concern to build his own prestige and establish a unified kingdom and traces his relations with Arab rulers as well as with Britain, other European powers and the United States.