William Facey is a historian and museum planner. Since 1974 he has been involved in many heritage projects in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia. His books, introductions and articles cover the history, architecture and early photography of the Arabian Peninsula countries, as well as Arab maritime history, Islam among the British, and Western travellers in Arabia, particularly those visiting Islam’s holy cities. He established Arabian Publishing Ltd in London in 2002, and in 2006 became a founding trustee of the British Foundation for the Study of Arabia (BFSA), now IASA, the International Association for the Study of Arabia.
Charles Huber

Charles Huber

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The first-ever account of Charles Huber’s colourful life takes the reader from his modest origins in Strasbourg, through his youthful escapades and early efforts to educate himself, to the dangerous journeys that ended in his murder and brought him renown as one of Arabia’s great explorers.

 

The Principles of Arab Navigation

The Principles of Arab Navigation

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Throughout history, the Indian Ocean has been a zone of interaction between far-flung civilizations served by ports, and connected with the Mediterranean by the Gulf and Red Sea. The shows that were the vehicles of commercial and cultural exchange over this vast expanse of ocean ranged from small craft rarely venturing out of sight of land, to cargo vessels carrying navigators skilled in the art of deep sea sailing.

The Birth of the Islamic Reform Movement in Saudi Arabia.

The Birth of the Islamic Reform Movement in Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi Arabia is the focus of much international attention today. However, little has been published in English on the background to its culture and its roots in the First Saudi State that arose in 18th-century Najd. The Islamic reform movement that infused it with its sense of mission, and the life and thought of Shaikh Muhammad b.`Abd al-Wahhab (1703/4-1792) the teacher who inspired and led it, have similarly been neglected.

Pilgrimage to Mecca

Pilgrimage to Mecca

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Pilgrimage to Mecca, as much an account of an interior journey of faith as a conventional travelogue, takes the form of a day-by-day journal interspersed with digressions on the history and merits of Islam.