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Ibn Saud
Ibn Saud The founder of the third Saudi state, Ibn Saud oversaw the creation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the foundation of its oil industry.

Ibn Saud

king of Saudi Arabia
Also known as: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Fayṣal ibn Turkī ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Āl Saʿūd, Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia(Show More)
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Lieutenant General; Chief of General Staff, The Arab Legion, Amman, Jordan, 1939–56. Author of War in the Desert and others.
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Ibn Saud (born c. 1880, Riyadh, Arabia—died November 9, 1953, Al-Ṭāʾif, Saudi Arabia) founded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932 after unifying Najd and the Hejaz, following decades of military campaigns during his rule in Riyadh (1902–53). He later initiated the exploration for oil in his kingdom, although the rapid wealth and development of his country had only just begun in his final years. The Saud dynasty ruled much of Arabia from 1780 to...

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