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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 ...
Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin Al Saud (Arabic: محمد بن سعود آل مقرن, romanized: Muḥammad bin Suʿūd Āl Muqrin; 1687–1765), also known as Ibn Saud, was the emir of Diriyah and is considered the founder of the First Saudi State and the Saud dynasty, named after his father, Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin. [1]
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.
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]
The order of succession to the Saudi Arabian throne is determined by, and within, the House of Saud.Every King of Saudi Arabia, upon his death, has been succeeded by the crown prince, with a new crown prince then being appointed according to a loose form of agnatic seniority among the sons of Ibn Saud, though various members of the family have been bypassed for various reasons.
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
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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.