Historical account of Mecca's rulers and dynasties

Description

First edition. London Sydney Toronto Bombay: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951. 8vo (21.5 x 14 cm). 317 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. 24 halftone plates including photographic frontispiece of Aun-Al-Rafiq and 7 black & white illustrations, including 2 maps (one double-page) and plan of Mecca. Good condition. The first comprehensive English-language account of Meccan rulership held by members of the Qoraish tribe for over a thousand years. Colonel de Gaury traces the rulers of Mecca period by period, with details of pedigrees. Features include preface with historical background, bibliography, glossary, chronological table of the Emirs of Mecca from A.D. 1201 onwards, and comprehensive index.