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DE GAURY, Gerald.
Rulers of Mecca.

London Sydney Toronto BombayGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (21.5 x 14 cm). pp.317., Hardcover & dust jackett, 24 Half-tone plates including photographic frontispiece of Aun-Al-Rafiq and 7 black & white illustrations as called for, including 2 maps (one double-page) and plan of Mecca.

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 « This is the first full-length account in English of the Meccan rulership, held by members of the Qoraish tribe for well over a thousand years. Colonel de Gaury describes the rulers of Mecca and their reigns, period by period, while details of the pedigrees held in such regard by the Arabs accompany relevant chapters. A general background to the history is given in the Preface, and other features, apart from the maps and illustrations, include a bibliography, a glossary, a chronological table of the Emirs of Mecca from A.D. 1201 onwards, and a comprehensive index »