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[5] [6] Some estimates of the royal family's wealth measure their net worth at $1.4 trillion. [7] This figure includes the market capitalization of Saudi Aramco, the state oil and gas company, and its vast assets in fossil fuel reserves, making them the wealthiest family in the world and the wealthiest in recorded history.
The history of Saudi Arabia as a nation state began with the emergence of the Al Saud dynasty in central Arabia in 1727 [1] [2] and the subsequent establishment of the Emirate of Diriyah. Pre-Islamic Arabia , the territory that constitutes modern Saudi Arabia , was the site of several ancient cultures and civilizations; the prehistory of Saudi ...
Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin 1640–1726: Thunayyan: Muhammad 1687–1765 Emir of Diriyah r. 1744–1765: Farhan: Mishari: Ibrahim: Abdulaziz 1720–1803 Emir of Diriyah
Saudi Arabia, [d] officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), [e] is a country in West Asia.Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km 2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the largest in the Middle East, and the 12th-largest in the world. [15]
Bypassed for the throne, given the chairmanship of the royal family council of Al Saud (precursor of Allegiance Council) as consolation prize. Musa'id (1923–2013) [35] Disgraced when his son murdered King Faisal. Bypassed from succession. [citation needed] Abdul Mohsin/Muhsin (1925–1985)
The family were exiled from their residence in the city of Riyadh in 1890. Ibn Saud reconquered Riyadh in 1902, starting three decades of conquests that made him the ruler of nearly all of central and north Arabia. He consolidated his control over the Nejd in 1922, then conquered the Hejaz in 1925. He extended his dominions into what later ...
With the capture of his family's ancestral home, Ibn Saud proved he possessed the qualities necessary to be a sheikh or emir: leadership, courage, and luck. [23] [24] This marked the beginning of the third Saudi state. Ibn Saud's dominions became known as the Emirate of Riyadh [25] which lasted until 1921. [26]
Greetings in Saudi Arabia have been called "formal and proscribed" and lengthy. Saudis (specifically men) tend "to take their time and converse for a bit when meeting". Inquiries "about health and family" are customary, but never about a man's wife, as this "is considered disrespectful." [20] [21] [better source needed]