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Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود; 15 January 1875 [note 3] – 9 November 1953), known in the Western world mononymously as Ibn Saud (Arabic: ابن سعود; Ibn Suʿūd), [note 4] was the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, reigning from 23 September 1932 until his ...
King Abdulaziz Al Saud, known in the West as Ibn Saud, regained his patrimony, which is known as today's Saudi Arabia in 1902. Restoring his family as emirs of Emirate of Riyadh , he then established the Sultanate of Nejd as his headquarters in 1922.
The Order of King Abdulaziz (Arabic: وسام الملك عبد العزيز Wisām al-malik ‘Abd al-‘Azīz) is a Saudi Arabian order of merit. The order was named after Abdulaziz Al Saud , founder of the modern Saudi state.
In 2006, Abdullah set up the Allegiance Council, a body that is composed of the sons and grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder, King Abdulaziz, to vote by a secret ballot to choose future kings and crown princes. The council's mandate was not to have started until after the reigns of both Abdullah and Prince Sultan were over.
Faisal was the third son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. Faisal was born in Riyadh to Abdulaziz, then Emir of Nejd , [ note 1 ] and Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh . Faisal's mother was from the Al ash-Sheikh family, which has produced many prominent Saudi religious leaders.
King of Saudi Arabia r. 1932–1953: Saud 1902–1969 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1953–1964: Faisal 1906–1975 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1964–1975: Khalid 1913–1982 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1975–1982: Fahd 1920, 1921, or 1923–2005 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1982–2005: Abdullah 1924–2015 King of Saudi Arabia r. 2005–2015: Salman b. 1935 ...
King of Saudi Arabia r. 1932–1953: Saud 1902–1969 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1953–1964: Faisal 1906–1975 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1964–1975: Khalid 1913–1982 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1975–1982: Fahd 1920, 1921, or 1923–2005 King of Saudi Arabia r. 1982–2005: Abdullah 1924–2015 King of Saudi Arabia r. 2005–2015: Salman b. 1935 ...
The Saudi conquest of Hejaz was a campaign, engaged by Saudi Sultan Abdulaziz Al Saud to take over the Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz in 1924–1925. The campaign successfully ended in December 1925, with the fall of Jeddah.