Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 75th National Day.(Opinion & Editorial)

From: Manila Bulletin | Date: September 22, 2005 | Copyright information

THE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia traces its origins to the state established in Arabia in 1750. At that time, the country's ruler Muhammad bin Saud, joined forces with an Islamic reformer, Muham-mad Abd Al-Wahhab, to create a new political entity. Over the next 150 years, the fortunes of the Saud family rose and fell several times as Saudi rulers contended with Egypt, the Ottoman Empire, and other Arabian families for control on the peninsula.

In 1902, Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud captured Riyadh, the Al-Saud dynasty's ancestral capital, from the rival Al-Rashid family. Continuing his ...

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