Title The shaykh of shaykhs : Mithqal al-Fayiz and tribal leadership in modern Jordan / Yoav Alon.

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Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 224 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Born a shaykh -- From maverick to powerful shaykh -- The decade of power and glory -- Between tent, camp, and house -- Times of crisis -- Disgruntled accommodation -- Epilogue : Jordan after Mithqal.
Note	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 27, 2016).
Subject	Fayiz, Mithqal, approximately 1880-1967.
	Fayiz, Mithqal, approximately 1880-1967. (OCoLC)fst01988757
	Bedouins -- Jordan -- Biography.
	Statesmen -- Jordan -- Biography.
	Tribal government -- Jordan -- History -- 20th century.
	Jordan -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
	HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
	Bedouins. (OCoLC)fst00829496
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Statesmen. (OCoLC)fst01131990
	Tribal government. (OCoLC)fst01156472
	Jordan. (OCoLC)fst01205669
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Local Subject	Band government -- Jordan -- History -- 20th century.
Other Form:	Print version: Alon, Yoav. Shaykh of shaykhs. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016 9780804796620 (DLC) 2016015966
ISBN	9780804799348 (electronic book)
	0804799342 (electronic book)

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