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Ibn Saud (seated) with his sons Prince Faisal (left) and Prince Saud in the early 1950s Ibn Saud (seated left) with his brother-in-law Mubarak Al Sabah [67] in Kuwait, 1910 Ibn Saud was very tall for a Saudi man of his time, [ 68 ] his height reported as between 1.85 (6 ft 1 in) [ 69 ] [ 70 ] and 1.88 (6 ft 2 in). [ 71 ]
Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin Al Saud (Arabic: محمد بن سعود آل مقرن, romanized: Muḥammad bin Suʿūd Āl Muqrin; 1687–1765), also known as Ibn Saud, was the emir of Diriyah and is considered the founder of the First Saudi State and the Saud dynasty, named after his father, Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin. [1]
Upon Ibn Saud's death, his son Saud assumed the throne without incident, but his lavish spending led to a power struggle with his brother, Crown Prince Faisal. In 1964, the royal family forced Saud to abdicate in favor of Faisal, aided by an edict from the country's grand mufti .
Saud's other sons included Mishari, Turki, Nasser and Saad. [25] His youngest son, Khalid, ruled the Emirate of Nejd or the Second Saudi State from 1838 to 1841 with the support of the Ottomans. [26] [27] Three of Saud's sons were killed in the siege of Diriyah by Ibrahim Pasha, who also arrested Saud's successor, Abdullah bin Saud. [28]
Other Ikhwan raids occurred during the 1927–1930 Ikhwan Revolt against the authority of Ibn Saud. The Ikhwanis raided southern Iraq in November 1927 and Kuwait in January 1928, in which they stole camels and sheep. On both occasions, though they raided brutally, they suffered heavy retaliations from the RAF and Kuwaitis. [7]
During the Battle of Jarrab, Ibn Saud's cavalry defeated Al Rashid's cavalry, but Al Rashid's infantry emerged victorious over Ibn Saud's infantry. The Ajman forces betrayed Ibn Saud, which led to the sacking of his camp and sparked the Ajman revolt. Notably, Shakespear died in combat during the battle.
Ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, had named himself King of the Nejd, following the collapse of Ottoman Empire power during World War I. In 1925 he captured Hejaz from the Hashemites . In 1932, he proclaimed the merger of the Nejd and Hejaz kingdoms, establishing the Saudi Arabian Kingdom.
Flag of Saudi Arabia, 1932–1934. The Declaration of the Unification of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: إعلان توحيد المملكة العربية السعودية, romanized: Īʿlān Taūḥīd Al-Mamlakah al-ʿArabīyah as-Suʿūdīyah) was officially announced by Prince Faisal bin Abdulaziz, the Viceroy of Hejaz and future monarch on behalf of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud on September 23, 1932 ...