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Ibn Saud's eldest son Turki, who was the crown prince of the Kingdoms of Nejd and Hejaz, died at age 18, predeceasing his father. Had Turki not died, he would have been the crown prince. [5] Instead, Ibn Saud appointed his second son, Prince Saud, heir to the Saudi throne in 1933. He had many quarrels with his brother Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman ...
Al-Jawhara was reputedly Ibn Saud's favorite wife, whose early death in 1919 (due to the Spanish influenza epidemic) was deeply mourned by him. In 1951, more than 30 years after her death, Ibn Saud is reported to have said that he had had many wives, but his only love had been Al Jawhara. Ibn Saud and Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi had three ...
[5] [22] He had five sons: Saud, Faisal, Abdulaziz, Abdullah and Ali. [23] Of them, both Saud and Faisal died in his lifetime in a battle in 1747. [23] Muhammad bin Saud dressed in a plain way and, unlike those of the Mamluk and Ottoman rulers, his armaments were not decorated. [24] He died in Diriyah in 1765 and was succeeded by his eldest son ...
[6] [7] He was the eldest son of Abdulaziz bin Muhammad. [8] [9] The mother of Saud was a daughter of Uthman bin Mu'ammar, ruler of Uyaina. [10] Saud's succession was decided and announced in 1787. [1] [3] Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab, religious leader of the state, asked people to express their allegiance to him as heir apparent. [11]
Saud had several sons: Muhammad, [5] Thunayyan, [6] Mishari, and Farhan. [7]Saud died in 1726 and was succeeded by his son Muhammad. [5] One of Saud's brothers, Muqrin, was killed by Muhammad bin Saud, which caused an intrafamilial struggle and therefore, Zaid bin Farhan ('son of Farhan') found an opportunity to control the rule of Diriyah.
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.
Abdullah was the eldest son of Saud bin Abdulaziz, who declared him as the heir apparent in 1805. [3] Abdullah's first military command was in 1811. [3] In his second command he fought against the Egyptians in 1812, and was unable to prevent them from ultimately recapturing Hejaz. [3]
After Muhammed died of natural causes in 1897 Abdulaziz succeeded him unopposed. However, the Rashidi rule was insecure, as their Ottoman allies were unpopular and weakening. In 1902, Ibn Saud , the founder of Saudi Arabia , returned from Kuwait with a small force and retook Riyadh. [ 5 ]