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Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud
Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud (1880-1953) was an Arab political leader who founded the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During his rule, from 1932 to 1953, much of the Arabian peninsula developed from a group of desert sheikhdoms to a politically unified kingdom with new wealth from oil... Read more
Ibn Saud Ibn Saud
Ibn Saud (Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud) , c.1880-1953, founder of Saudi Arabia and its first king. His family, with its regular seat at Riyadh in the Nejd , were the traditional leaders of the ultraorthodox Wahhabi movement in Islam. During Ibn Saud's youth the Saud family was in exile in Kuwait. In... Read more
Husayn ibn Ali Husayn ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali , 1856-1931, Arab political and religious leader. In 1908 he succeeded as grand sherif of Mecca and thus became ruler of the Hejaz under the Ottoman Empire. In World War I, after receiving British assurances that all Arab lands not under French control would be liberated, he began... Read more
Abdullah I Abdullah I
Abdullah I (Abdullah ibn Husayn) , 1882-1951, king of Jordan (1946-51), b. Mecca; son of Husayn ibn Ali of the Hashemite family. During World War I, Abdullah, with British support, led Arab revolts against Turkish rule. After the war he unsuccessfully fought against Ibn Saud for control of the... Read more
Saud Saud
Saud (Ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud) , 1902-69, king of Saudi Arabia (1953-64), son of Ibn Saud, brother of Faisal. Saud, who had distinguished himself in several of his father's early campaigns, became viceroy of Nejd in 1926 and heir apparent in 1933. In 1953 he became foreign minister and minister... Read more
Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud
Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Saud , 1913-82, king of Saudi Arabia (1975-82). He became king after the assassination of his half-brother Faisal . The son of Ibn Saud , the founder of Saudi Arabia, he was the third of Ibn Saud's sons to become king. He continued the widespread economic and social... Read more
Medina Medina
Medina , Arabic Medinat an-Nabi [city of the Prophet] or Madinat Rasul Allah [city of the apostle of Allah], city (1993 pop. 608,226), Hejaz, W Saudi Arabia. It is situated c.110 mi (180 km) inland from the Red Sea in a well-watered oasis where fruit, dates, vegetables, and grain are raised.... Read more
Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud
Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud , 1905-75, king of Saudi Arabia (1964-75), son of Ibn Saud, brother of Saud. Faisal led several military campaigns in the making of Saudi Arabia. In 1958 he became premier and foreign minister in the cabinet of his brother, King Saud. Faisal was removed from office in... Read more
Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz
Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz , 1923-2005, king of Saudi Arabia (1982-2005). A son of Ibn Saud , the founder of Saudi Arabia, Fahd served as education minister (1953-62) and interior minister (1962-75) and was named (1975) crown prince by his half-brother King Khalid . He was a powerful shaper of Saudi... Read more
Abha Abha
Abhā, Saudi Arabia Manadhir/Menadir Garrisoned by the Ottoman Turks up to the First World War and captured in 1920 by Abd al‐Aziz ibn Saud (c.1880–1953), the first King of Saudi Arabia (1932–53), when the Turkish name gave way to Abhā. This could mean... Read more

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