Saudi Succession Issue Eased As New Panel Will Vet Candidates To Monarch After Sultan.

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*** In The Course Of Founding The Current Royal Saudi Dynasty - Which Is The 3rd Since The Pact Between Prince Saud & Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhab More Than 250 Years Ago - Abdul-Aziz 'Ibn Saud' Married The Daughter Of The Chief Of Every Major Tribe Or Clan He Subdued To Unify Arabia; So He had Many Wives & Scores Of Sons Who Became Half-Brothers, With Each Of The Powerful Mothers Forming A Bloc; The Sudairi Bloc Remains The Most Influential In The Land

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