A History of Nejd

Part I: Background

• Geography of Arabia
• Boundaries of Nejd
• Geography of Nejd
• Climate of Nejd
• Flora
• Fauna

Part II: Pre-Islamic Nejd

• Pre-History
• The Mythical Period: Tasm and Jadees
• The District of Yamamah
• The Pre-Islamic Population of Nejd
  • The Nomads
  • The Townspeople
    • Bani Hanifah
• "The Days of Arabs"
• The Kingdom of Kindah
• Relations with Yemen
• Relations with Persia
• Poetry

Part III: The Early Islamic Era

• Apostates and False Prophets: The Ridda Wars
  • Musaylimah
  • Sajah
  • Malik ibn Nuwayrah
  • Tulayha al-Asadi
• Hima Daryah
• The Arab Conquests
• The Romantic Poets
• The Kharijites
  • The Najdat
• The Umayyad Era
  • Ibn 'Arabi
• The Abbasid Era
  • Ibn Abi Hafsa
  • Bugha the Great
• Banu Ukhaydhir
• The Qarmatians

Part IV: "The Dark Ages" (1000-1744 AD)

• Bani Kilab
• The accounts of the travellers
• Bani Lam and the Dhafir
• Shammar
• 'Annizah
• The Jabrids
• The Sharifs
• Bani Khalid
• The Folk Poetry of Nejd
• The districts of Nejd take shape
  • The Mrudah
  • Al-Muammar
  • Bani Tamim in Sudair
• The Settlement of Qassim
• The Hanbali Scholars

Part V: The Wahhabi Era (1744-1818)

Part VI: The Second Saudi State

Part VII: Ibn Saud and the Sultanate of Nejd