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14 mar 2023 · After effectively doubling the size of his territory, Ibn Saud set his eyes on the rest of the Arabian Peninsula. Rival emir Hussein bin Ali, the King of Hejaz, held significant power as the guardian of the holy cities and leader of the Arab Revolt during WWI. After the war, he named himself Caliph, the King of the Arab countries.
Ibn Saud was the son of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, Emir of Nejd, and Sara bint Ahmed Al Sudairi. The family were exiled from their residence in the city of Riyadh in 1890. Ibn Saud reconquered Riyadh in 1902, starting three decades of conquests that made him the ruler of nearly all of central and north Arabia.
Below, explore details on the remaining sons and brothers in the family, organized by earliest generation to later. As a young man, Ibn Saud led a small band of men to recapture his family’s ancient territory of Riyadh, in central Arabia, and went on to build a desert kingdom under the flag of Islamic revival.
By the time Saud died in 1814, his son and successor Abdullah ibn Saud had to contend with an Ottoman-Egyptian invasion in the Wahhabi War (Ottoman-Saudi War) seeking to retake lost Ottoman Empire territory.
21 paź 2024 · King Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, also a son of Ibn Saud, was born in 1913 and ascended the throne in 1975 after the assassination of his brother, King Faisal. Known for his calm and steady leadership, King Khalid’s reign focused on modernization and economic development.
Reigning from 1975 to 1982, King Khalid was the Fourth king of Saudi Arabia and ruled over a time of great tumult and change in the Kingdom. The third son of Ibn Saud, the glorious King Faisal implemented sweeping reforms modernising the Kingdom and strengthening international ties.
10 mar 2020 · King Salman was born in 1935, the son of Saudi Arabia's founder, King Abdulaziz (usually referred to as Ibn Saud), and a favourite wife, Princess Hassa al-Sudairi. The seven sons of Hassa -...
