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Saud

full name Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz. 1902--69, king of Saudi Arabia (1953--64); son of Ibn Saud. He was deposed by his brother Faisal
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Of course they'll still sell us their oil, which accounts for some 10 percent of Canada's imports, and presumably they will still want their $15 billion in light-armored (though not so lightly gunned) vehicles, because the House of Saud likes their toys, especially ones that go bang.
House of Saud occupied the sacred Islamic land of Hijaz and turned it into a part of their Saudi Kingdom and under Wahhabi ideology they razed the sacred and historical graveyard in Medina.
Belonging to the third generation of the House of Saud, Mohammed bin Salman also seeks to transform the Saudi economy, which has remained overwhelmingly dependent on oil revenue, under Vision 2030 launched by the Saudi government.
As such,AaAeAeA the House of Saud has gone through three phases: theAaAeAeA F Saudi emirate (dynasty), the Second Saudi emirate, and the kingdom ofAaAeAeA Saudi Arabia as the third dynasty.
Adel al-Jubeir is the second person not belonging to the House of Saud to hold the office, after Ibrahim bin Abdullah al-Suwaiyel.
But online campaigns seldom target the House of Saud, a family with thousands of members that founded the state nearly 300 years ago and attached their name to the kingdom.
The choice of its investment banking advisors, underwriters and listing exchange reflects the House of Saud's historic political and economies relationships with American oil super majors and money centre banks.
The Bin Ladens' connections to the House of Saud meant they won contracts for huge projects in the Middle East.
Because the House of Saud, which has controlled the country since it was founded in the eighteenth century, is totally dependent upon the conservative Wahhabis.
* The House of Saud may perceive an increased need to buy internal political support, and even a rising threat of overthrow from opponents internal or external, which would increase incentives for lower prices and increased output in the near term.
Eventually, he formed a pact with a local leader, Muhammad bin Saud, offering political obedience and promising that protection and propagation of the Wahhabi movement would mean "power and glory" and rule of "lands and men." This pact is still maintained by the House of Saud, which provides vast amounts of money to promote the teachings.
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