Ibn Sa'ud

in full 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Faysal Al Sa'ud

Ibn Sa'ud

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(born c. 1880, Riyadh, Arabian Peninsula—died Nov. 9, 1953, Al-Ta'if, Saud.Ar.) Founder of modern-day Saudi Arabia. Though the Sa'ud dynasty had ruled much of Arabia from 1780 to 1880, in Ibn Sa'ud's infancy the family was forced out by its rivals, the Rashids. At age 21 Ibn Sa'ud led a daring raid against the Rashids and recaptured the family capital, Riyadh. He was driven out two years later but reconstituted his forces and fought on, using puritanical Wahhabi Islam to rally nomadic tribesmen to his cause, thereby forming the Ikhwan. In 1920–22 he defeated the Rashids and doubled his own territory. In 1924 he conquered the Hejaz (see Husayn ibn 'Ali). In 1932 he formally created the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which he ruled as an absolute monarch. He signed his first oil deal in 1933 but remained virtually penniless until the 1950s, when oil revenues began pouring in. His sons succeeded him.

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No references found	6) He formed an alliance with the chief of a local tribe, Muhammad ibn Sa'ud, that has lasted to the present day and shapes the political and religious life of Saudi Arabia. Secret Saudi funding of radical Islamic groups in Australia by Bendle, Mervyn F. / National Observer - Australia and World Affairs Having been expelled by a number of rulers at the behest of the religious establishment, al-Wahhab was finally taken in by Muhammad Ibn Sa'ud, a local potentate who declared holy war on those who would not subscribe to al-Wahhab's teaching. Meanwhile in Ankara: the real hope for spreading democracy in the ... by Byford, Grenville / Washington Monthly Ibn Wahhab's theology was accepted by a contemporary local chieftain, Ibn Sa'ud, thus fusing religious theory and regal enforcement. Islam in the United States by Larue, Gerald A. / The Humanist	Ibn Daud, Abraham Halevi Ibn Ezra, Abraham Ben Meir Ibn Ezra, Moses Ben Jacob Ibn Fadlan, Ahmad Ibn Abbas Ibn Gabirol Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah Ibn Gabirol, Solomon Ben Yehuda Ibn Hanbal, Ahmad Ibn Hayyan, Abu Marwan Hayyan Ibn Khalaf Ibn Hasan Al-Kurtubi Ibn Hazm Ibn Ishaq Ibn Ishaq, Abu Abdallah Muhammad Ibn Janah Ibn Jubayr, Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Jubayr Al-Qinani Ibn Khaldun Ibn Khaldun, Abd Al-Rahman Abu Zayd Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khalikan Ibn Khurdadhbih, Abu Al-Kasim Ubaydallah Ibn Abdallah Ibn Kuzman Ibn Majid, Ahmad Ibn Miskawayh, Abu Ali Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Nubata, Jamal Al-Din Abu Bakr Al-Kurashi Al-Misri Ibn Qutaiba, Abu Muhammad Abdallah Ibn Muslim Ibn Rushd Ibn Rusta, Abu Ali Ahmad Ibn Umar Ibn Sa'ud Ibn Saud Ibn Saud, Abdul-Aziz Ibn Sina Ibn Taghri-Birdi Ibn Taghri-Birdi, Abu Al-Mahasin Jamal Aldin Yusuf Ibn Taymiyya, Taqiyy ad-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyyah Ibn Tibbon, Judah ben Saul Ibn Tufayl Ibn Tufayl, Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Abd Almalik Ibn Tulun Mosque Ibn Tumart Ibn Yamin, Amir Fakhr Al-Din Mahmud Ibn Amir Yamin Al-Din Torgay Ibn Yunus Ibn Zafar, Muhammad Ibn Abu Muhammad Alsiqilli Ibn Zaidun, Abu Al-Walid Ahmed Ibn Abdullah Al-Mahzumi ibn-Saud IBO IBOC ibogaine iBook Ibpag2 Ibragim Gazi Ibragim Iusupov Ibragimov, Ali	Ibn Khaldon Ibn Khaldon Ibn Khaldoun Ibn Khaldoun Ibn Khaldun Ibn Khaldun Ibn Khaldun al-Hadrami Ibn Khaldun al-Hadrami Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies Ibn Khaldun, Abd Al-Rahman Abu Zayd Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khalikan Ibn Khallikan Ibn Khuldoon National School Ibn Khurdadhbih, Abu Al-Kasim Ubaydallah Ibn Abdallah Ibn Kuzman Ibn Majid, Ahmad Ibn Maymoun Ibn Maymoun Ibn Miskawayh, Abu Ali Ahmad Ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ta'i'ishi Ibn Nafees Medical Center Ibn Nubata, Jamal Al-Din Abu Bakr Al-Kurashi Al-Misri Ibn Qutaiba, Abu Muhammad Abdallah Ibn Muslim Ibn Roshd Ibn Roshd Ibn Roshd Ibn Rushd Ibn Rushd Ibn Rushd Ibn Rusta, Abu Ali Ahmad Ibn Umar Ibn Sa'ud Ibn Saud Ibn Saud Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud, Abdul-Aziz Ibn Sena Ibn Sena Ibn Sena Ibn Sina Ibn Sina Ibn Sina Ibn Sina Hakim Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah Ibn Taghri-Birdi Ibn Taghri-Birdi, Abu Al-Mahasin Jamal Aldin Yusuf Ibn Taimia Ibn Taimiah Ibn Taimiya Ibn Taimiyah Ibn Taimiyya Ibn Taimiyyah ibn Talal Hussein Ibn Tashfin Ibn Taymeeya Ibn Taymia Ibn Taymiah Ibn Taymiya Ibn Taymiyah Ibn Taymiyya Ibn Taymiyya, Taqiyy ad-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyyah

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6) He formed an alliance with the chief of a local tribe, Muhammad ibn Sa'ud, that has lasted to the present day and shapes the political and religious life of Saudi Arabia.

Secret Saudi funding of radical Islamic groups in Australia by Bendle, Mervyn F. / National Observer - Australia and World Affairs

Having been expelled by a number of rulers at the behest of the religious establishment, al-Wahhab was finally taken in by Muhammad Ibn Sa'ud, a local potentate who declared holy war on those who would not subscribe to al-Wahhab's teaching.

Meanwhile in Ankara: the real hope for spreading democracy in the ... by Byford, Grenville / Washington Monthly

Ibn Wahhab's theology was accepted by a contemporary local chieftain, Ibn Sa'ud, thus fusing religious theory and regal enforcement.

Islam in the United States by Larue, Gerald A. / The Humanist

Ibn Daud, Abraham Halevi

Ibn Ezra, Abraham Ben Meir

Ibn Ezra, Moses Ben Jacob

Ibn Fadlan, Ahmad Ibn Abbas

Ibn Gabirol

Ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Judah

Ibn Gabirol, Solomon Ben Yehuda

Ibn Hanbal, Ahmad

Ibn Hayyan, Abu Marwan Hayyan Ibn Khalaf Ibn Hasan Al-Kurtubi