Al-Aqeilat (The virtues of fathers and grandfathers on the backs of camels and steeds) (Six parts) by Abdul Latif bin Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Wahibi

Author: Abdul Latif bin Saleh Al-Wuhaibi Publisher: Al-Obeikan Library Date: 2017 The first part contains four chapters, the first of which includes definitions, stories, and markets, and the second discusses the status of Al-Aqeilat and their آثار, their titles, proverbs, and morals, and the third is a summary of their works in building mosques, establishing institutes, founding cities, and other projects they initiated, and the fourth concludes with the princes of Al-Aqeilat, their poets, and their methods. These chapters lack a comprehensive title for each one, and I imagine that having a title would help gather similar content in one place, showing the thematic unity of each chapter. I also wish this part could be published separately to facilitate its marketing and dissemination. This part also contains news about the Al-Aqeilat bringing books and donating their libraries, some of them mastering Eastern and Western languages, and references to their economic, political, diplomatic, military, security, الدعوة, charitable, cultural, and social contributions, to the extent that the people of Kuwait competed when Sheikh Ibrahim bin Jaser died in 1333 AH, bringing a thousand shrouds for him, each hoping to have their shroud cover the body of the deceased Sheikh. Among its contents are documents proving the authenticity of the origins of horses and their Arab purity from hybridization, markets, homes, old photos, historical documents, manuscripts, poetry, titles, stories, and interestingly, Qassim was known from Sham for stuffed dishes, grape leaves, and cucumber yogurt salad. The Al-Aqeilat also brought clocks, radios, stoves, new house designs, Levantine and Iraqi furniture, as well as initial ideas for Al-Aqeilat in various affairs. The encyclopedia narrates from the second to the fifth part the biographies of the Al-Aqeilat leaders arranged alphabetically by family names, starting from آل أبا الخيل to the Yousuf family, and within each family, a biography of its members from the Al-Aqeilat, along with their camels' brands. The arrangement of names within the family needs a clear system, such as dividing by letters, birth years, or death years. The sixth part contains a large index, and its own indexes are a significant and exhausting effort. This index was organized by the Director of Publishing and Translation at Al-Obeikan Company, Mr. Muhammad Al-Freih, and includes thirty-six indexes in an unprecedented Arab effort, although Mr. Al-Freih and his team left six indexes for future editions due to time constraints. The index spans five hundred pages and took a year and a half to prepare, with a large team from Al-Obeikan Library working on it, led by Mr. Al-Freih. Their meticulous review of language, spelling, and standardization of terms, which varied over the two decades of preparing the book, is notable. Perhaps in the next edition, they will unify the way they present names of notable figures to facilitate their indexing and retrieval. A quick look at the index shows that the most mentioned individuals are King Abdulaziz and Sheikh Fawzan Al-Sabah, with prominent mentions of Qassim, Kuwait, Iraq, Sham, and Palestine. The Jews are the most frequently mentioned among religions, while the brothers ranked first among groups, and it is worth noting that they are brothers in obedience to Allah, participating in the wars of the Arabian Peninsula. The families of Al-Sulaiman and Al-Tuwaian have the highest number of repeated family names, and the year 1340 AH is the most mentioned Hijri year, with Muharram being the most cited lunar month. The years 1917, 1924, and 1947 are the most mentioned Gregorian years, and February is the most frequently cited Gregorian month in the Al-Wuhaibi encyclopedia. Perhaps the most common women's names are Noura, Mitha, and Loulwa, while among foreigners, the most repeated names are Lumer, Lawrence, and Jack Rousseau. The poet Al-Auni ranked first among poets, and water, dates, and coffee are the most mentioned foods. The most used tool in the encyclopedia is the قربة (water container), and the Shammar tribe ranked first among tribes.