books.google.com.tr - This text is both a study of the relationships between tribes and state formation, and a political history of central Arabia. It deals with the Rashidi dynasty which in the 19th century emerged among the Shammar camel herders, made the oasis of Hail a capital rivalling Mecca and Medina in fame and prosperity,...http://books.google.com.tr/books/about/Politics_in_An_Arabian_Oasis.html?id=KHcXTwVhi34C&utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePolitics in An Arabian Oasis
