Ibn Saud

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Ibn Saud
Imam and Founder of the Third Saudi State
Ali bin Hussein
SuccessorHimself (as King of Saudi Arabia)
Born(1875-01-15)15 January 1875
Riyadh, Nejd
Died9 November 1953(1953-11-09) (aged 78)
Shubra Palace, Ta'if, Saudi Arabia
Burial, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Spouses
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Names
Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, Emir of Nejd
MotherSara bint Ahmed Al Sudairi
Occupation
  • Tribal chieftain
  • religious leader
  • politician[note 2]
Military career
Allegiance Saudi Arabia
Battles/wars

Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (

King of Hejaz.[1]

Ibn Saud was the son of

Wahhabi beliefs, he ordered the demolition of some of the holiest sites of Islam, the Al-Baqi Cemetery and the Jannat al-Mu'alla.[3] As King, he presided over the discovery of petroleum in Saudi Arabia in 1938 and the beginning of large-scale oil production after World War II. He fathered many children
, including 45 sons, and all of the subsequent kings of Saudi Arabia as of 2024.

Early life and family origins

Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, Emir of Nejd
.

The

Ottoman–Wahhabi War in the early nineteenth century.[4]

Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman, also known as Ibn Saud, was born on 15 January 1875 in Riyadh.[5][6] He was the fourth child and third son of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal,[7] one of the last rulers of the Emirate of Nejd, the Second Saudi State, a tribal sheikhdom centered on Riyadh.[8] Ibn Saud's mother was Sara bint Ahmed Al Sudairi[9] of the Sudairi family.[10] She died in 1910.[11] His full-siblings were Faisal, Noura, Bazza, Haya and Saad.[12] He also had a number of half-siblings from his father's other marriages,[13] including Muhammad, Abdullah, Ahmed, and Musaid, who all had roles in the Saudi government.[14] Ibn Saud was taught Quran by Abdullah Al Kharji in Riyadh.[15]

Exile and recapture of Riyadh

In 1891, the House of Saud's long-term regional rivals led by

Mubarak Al Sabah and frequently visited his majlis. His father, Abdul Rahman, did not endorse these visits, perceiving Mubarak's lifestyle as immoral and unorthodox.[7]

On 14 November 1901 Ibn Saud and some relatives, including his half-brother Muhammad and several cousins (amongst them

city walls on tilted palm trees and took the city.[19][20] The Rashidi governor of the city, Ajlan, was killed by Abdullah bin Jiluwi[19] in front of his own fortress. The Saudi recapture of the city marked the beginning of the third Saudi State.[21]

Following Ibn Saud's victory the Kuwaiti ruler Mubarak Al Sabah sent him an additional seventy warriors commanded by Ibn Saud's younger brother Saad.[19] Upon settling in Riyadh, Ibn Saud took up residence in the palace of his grandfather, Faisal bin Turki.[22]

Rise to power

Territorial evolution of the Third Saudi State (1902–1932)
Ibn Saud's signature in a document to Eqab bin Muhaya
Rashidi Emirate after its surrender during the Ha'il campaign of 1921

Following the capture of Riyadh, many former supporters of the House of Saud rallied to Ibn Saud's call to arms. He was a charismatic leader and kept his men supplied with arms. Over the next two years, he and his forces recaptured almost half of the Nejd from the Rashidis.[23]

In 1904,

Qassim by the end of October 1906. This victory also weakened the alliance between Mubarak Al Sabah, ruler of Kuwait, and Ibn Saud due to the former's concerns about the increase of Saudi power in the region.[26]

their revolt against the alliance of the British Empire, Kuwait
and Ibn Saud

Ibn Saud completed his conquest of the Nejd and the eastern coast of Arabia in 1912.

nomadic pastoralist bedouins into colonies and to replace their tribal organizations with allegiance to the Ikhwan.[17]

In May 1914, Ibn Saud made a secret agreement with the Ottomans as a result of his unproductive attempts to get protection from the British.[27] However, due to the outbreak of World War I, this agreement which made Ibn Saud the wali or governor of Najd was not materialized, and because of the Ottomans' attempt to develop a connection with Ibn Saud the British government soon established diplomatic relations with him.[27] The British agent, Captain William Shakespear, was well received by the Bedouin.[28] Similar diplomatic missions were established with any Arabian power who might have been able to unify and stabilize the region. The British entered into the Treaty of Darin in December 1915, which made the lands of the House of Saud a British protectorate and attempted to define the boundaries of the developing Saudi state.[29] In exchange, Ibn Saud pledged to again make war against Ibn Rashid, who was an ally of the Ottomans.

The British Foreign Office had previously begun to support

Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and Emir of the Hejaz, by sending T. E. Lawrence to him in 1915. The Saudi Ikhwan began to conflict with Hussein in 1917, just as his sons Abdullah and Faisal entered Damascus. The Treaty of Darin remained in effect until superseded by the Jeddah conference of 1927 and the Dammam conference of 1952, during both of which Ibn Saud extended his boundaries past the Anglo-Ottoman Blue Line. After Darin, he stockpiled the weapons and supplies which the British provided him, including a 'tribute' of £5,000 per month.[30]
After World War I Ibn Saud received further support from the British, including a glut of surplus munitions. He launched his campaign against the Al Rashidi in 1920; by 1922 they had been all but destroyed.

The defeat of the Al Rashidi doubled the size of Saudi territory because, after the war of Ha'il, Ibn Saud sent his army to occupy Al Jouf and the army led by

British India and the United Kingdom depended upon coaling stations on the approach to the Suez Canal.[31]

In 1925, Ibn Saud's forces captured the holy city of Mecca from Sharif Hussein, ending 700 years of

Ibn Saud raised Nejd to a kingdom as well on 29 January 1927.[35] On 20 May 1927, the British government signed the Treaty of Jeddah, which abolished the Darin protection agreement and recognized the independence of the Hejaz and Nejd, with Ibn Saud as their ruler. For the next five years, Ibn Saud administered the two parts of his dual kingdom as separate units. He also succeeded his father, Abdul Rahman, as Imam.[36]

Letter of Ibn Saud to the UK head of Persian Gulf 1930

With international recognition and support, Ibn Saud continued to consolidate his power. By 1927, his forces had overrun most of the central

Ikhwan rebelled. After two years of fighting, they were suppressed by Ibn Saud in the Battle of Sabilla in March 1929.[38]

On 23 September 1932, Ibn Saud formally united his realm into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with himself as its king.[39] He transferred his court to Murabba Palace from the Masmak Fort in 1938[40] and the palace remained his residence and the seat of government until his death in 1953.[41]

Ibn Saud had to first eliminate the right of his own father in order to rule, and then distance and contain the ambitions of his five brothers, particularly his brother Muhammad, who had fought with him during the battles and conquests that gave birth to the state.[23]

Oil discovery and his rule

Ibn Saud with a foreigner in the 1930s

Petroleum was discovered in Saudi Arabia in 1938 by SoCal, after Ibn Saud granted a concession in 1933.[42] Through his advisers St John Philby and Ameen Rihani, Ibn Saud granted substantial authority over Saudi oil fields to American oil companies in 1944. Beginning in 1915, he signed a "friendship and cooperation" pact with Britain to keep his militia in line and cease any further attacks against their protectorates for whom they were responsible.[citation needed]

Ibn Saud's newly found oil wealth brought a great deal of power and influence that he would use to advantage in the Hejaz. He forced many nomadic tribes to settle down and abandon "petty wars" and vendettas. He began widespread enforcement of the new kingdom's ideology, based on the teachings of

Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab. This included an end to traditionally sanctioned rites of pilgrimage, recognized by the orthodox schools of jurisprudence, but at odds with those sanctioned by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. In 1926, after a caravan of Egyptians on the way to Mecca were beaten by his forces for playing bugles, he was impelled to issue a conciliatory statement to the Egyptian government. In fact, several such statements were issued to Muslim governments around the world as a result of beatings suffered by the pilgrims visiting the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.[citation needed] With the uprising and subsequent suppression thereafter of the Ikhwan in 1929, the 1930s marked a turning point. With his rivals eliminated, Ibn Saud's ideology was in full force, ending nearly 1,400 years of accepted religious practices surrounding the Hajj, the majority of which were sanctioned by a millennium of scholarship.[43]

Ibn Saud established a Shura Council of the Hejaz as early as 1927. This council was later expanded to 20 members and was chaired by Ibn Saud's son Prince Faisal.[44]

Foreign wars

Ibn Saud was able to gain loyalty from tribes near Saudi Arabia, such as those in Jordan. For example, he built very strong ties with Rashed Al-Khuzai from the Al Fraihat tribe, one of the most influential and royally established families during the Ottoman Empire. Prince Rashed and his tribe had dominated eastern Jordan before the arrival of Sharif Hussein. Ibn Saud supported Rashed and his followers in rebellion against Hussein.[45]

In 1934 Saudi Arabia defeated Yemen in the Saudi-Yemeni War.[46] This was the first modern war - the Saudis had British Rolls-Royce armoured cars and French Renault FT-17 tanks - between Arab states.[46][47]

In 1935 Prince Rashed supported Izz ad-Din al-Qassam's defiance, which led him and his followers into rebellion against Abdullah I of Jordan. In 1937, when they were forced to leave Jordan, Prince Rashed Al Khuzai, his family, and a group of his followers chose to move to Saudi Arabia where Prince Rashed lived for several years under Ibn Saud's hospitality.[45][48][49][50]

Charity works

Ibn Saud's charity earned him respect among his people. The King would direct money to be handed to the impoverished whenever he saw them. This is why the poor would eagerly anticipate his appearance in villages, towns, and even the desert.[51][52]

"O Abdul-Aziz, may Allah give you in the Hereafter as He has given you in the world!" an elderly woman once said to Ibn Saud's procession. The King ordered that she be given ten bags of money from his car. Ibn Saud noticed the old woman having trouble bringing the money back to her home, so he had his aid service deliver the money and accompany her back to her home.[53] Ibn Saud was on a picnic outside of Riyadh when he came across an elderly man dressed in rags. The old man proceeded to stand up in front of the King's horse and said, "O Abdul-Aziz, it is terribly cold, and I have no clothes to protect me". Ibn Saud, saddened by the man's condition, removed his cloak and gave it to him. He also offered the elderly man a stipend to help him with his everyday costs.[11]

Due to the abundance of the poor, Ibn Saud established a guest house known as the "Thulaim" or "The Host", where rice, meat, and several types of porridge were distributed to the poor. As the economy deteriorated, Ibn Saud began to increase his aid to the needy. He gave them "royal kits" of bread and "waayid", which were monetary gifts given to them on an annual basis.[54] The King said, "I haven't obtained all this wealth by myself. It is a blessing from Allah, and all of you have a share in it. So, I want you to guide me to whatever takes me nearer to my Lord and qualifies me for His forgiveness."[55]

Later years

Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (left) watches.
Kings_Farouk_and_Ibn_Saud_in_1946
King Farouk of Egypt and Sudan alongside Ibn Saud checking an Egyptian army
unit in 1946.

Ibn Saud positioned Saudi Arabia as neutral in World War II, but was generally considered to favor the Allies.[56] However, in 1938, when an attack on a main British pipeline in the Kingdom of Iraq was found to be connected to the German Ambassador, Fritz Grobba, Ibn Saud provided Grobba with refuge.[57] It was reported that he had been disfavoring the British as of 1937.[58]

In the last stage of the war, Ibn Saud met significant political figures. One of these meetings, which lasted for three days, was with U.S. president

Franklin Delano Roosevelt on 14 February 1945.[59] The meeting took place on board USS Quincy in the Great Bitter Lake segment of the Suez Canal.[59] The meeting laid down the basis of the future relations between the two countries.[60] The other meeting was with British prime minister Winston Churchill in the Grand Hotel du Lac on the shores of the Fayyoun Oasis, fifty miles south of Cairo, in February 1945.[61] Saudis report that the meeting heavily focused on the Palestine problem and was unproductive in terms of its outcomes, in contrast to that with Roosevelt.[61]

After naming his son Saud as crown prince, the King left most of his duties to him, and he spent most of his time in Taif.[62] His first flight was between Afif and Taif in September 1945.[63] Ibn Saud met with King Farouk during his ten-day state visit to Egypt from 10 to 22 January 1946.[63] Ibn Saud's first official visit to the Saudi Arabia's oil fields occurred between 21 and 29 January 1947 which was organized by the Arabian American Oil Company.[63]

Ibn Saud participated in the

1948 Arab-Israeli War, but Saudi Arabia's contribution was generally considered token.[56] He actively attempted to resolve the dispute between the Kingdom of Egypt and the United Kingdom in the early 1952 and developed a proposal for a settlement between two countries.[64]

While most of the royal family desired luxuries such as gardens, splendid cars, and palaces, Ibn Saud wanted a royal railway from the

ARAMCO built the railway, at a cost of $70 million, drawn from the King's oil royalties. It was completed in 1951 and was used commercially after the King's death. It enabled Riyadh to grow into a relatively modern city. But when a paved road was built in 1962, the railway lost its traffic.[65]

Personal life

Ibn Saud (seated) with his sons Prince Faisal (left) and Prince Saud in the early 1950s
Mubarak Al Sabah[66]
in Kuwait, 1910

Ibn Saud was tall,[67] his height reported as between 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[68][69] and 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in).[70] He was known to have a strong, charming, and charismatic personality that earned him respect among his people and foreign diplomats. His family and others described Ibn Saud as an affectionate and caring man.[11]

Ibn Saud had twenty-two consorts. Many of his marriages were contracted in order to cement alliances with other clans, during the period when the Saudi state was founded and stabilized. He was the father of almost one hundred children, including 45 sons. Mohammed Leopold Weiss reported in 1929 that one of Ibn Saud's spouses had poisoned the King in 1924, causing him to have poor sight in one eye.[67] He later forgave her, but divorced her.[67]

One of the significant publications about Ibn Saud in the Western media was a comprehensive article by Noel Busch published in

Life magazine in May 1943 which introduced him as a legendary monarch.[71]

Ibn Saud had a

Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson who brought them to Washington D.C., USA.[72] Of them, the male named Ch Abdul Farouk won a championship in the USA.[72]

Relations with family members

Ibn Saud was said to be very close to his paternal aunt, Jawhara bint Faisal. From a young age, she ingrained in him a strong sense of family destiny and motivated him to regain the lost glory of the House of Saud. During the years when the Al Saud family were living almost as refugees in Kuwait, Jawhara bint Faisal frequently recounted the deeds of his ancestors to Ibn Saud and exhorted him not to be content with the existing situation. She was instrumental in making him decide to return to Nejd from Kuwait and regain the territories of his family. She was well educated in Islam, in Arab custom and in tribal and clan relationships. She remained among the King's most trusted and influential advisors all her life. Ibn Saud asked her about the experiences of past rulers and the historical allegiance and the roles of tribes and individuals. Jawhara was also deeply respected by the King's children. The King visited her daily until she died around 1930.[73]

Ibn Saud was also very close to his sister Noura, who was one year older. On several occasions, he identified himself in public with the words: "I am the brother of Noura."[11][73] Noura died a few years before her brother, and the King was deeply saddened by her death.[11]

Assassination attempts

On 15 March 1935, three armed men from Oman attacked and tried to assassinate Ibn Saud during his performance of

Captain Abdullah Al Mandili, a member of Royal Saudi Air Force, tried to bomb the King's camp from an airplane.[77] The attempt was unsuccessful, and Al Mandili escaped to Iraq with the help of tribes.[77]

Successor

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 as to who should be appointed heir. Muhammad wanted his son Khalid to be designated the heir.[56]

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. Turki's younger full-brother Saud was appointed crown prince. Had Turki not died, he would have been the crown prince.[5]

When the King discussed succession before his death, he favoured Prince Faisal as a possible successor over Crown Prince Saud due to Faisal's extensive knowledge, as well as his years of experience. Since Faisal was a child, Ibn Saud recognised him as the most capable of his sons and often tasked him with responsibilities in war and diplomacy. In addition, Faisal was known to embrace a simple Bedouin lifestyle. "I only wish I had three Faisals", Ibn Saud once said when discussing who would succeed him.[78] However, he made the decision to keep Prince Saud as crown prince in the fear that doing otherwise would lead to decreased stability.[23]

Views

Ibn Saud said, "Two things are essential to our state and our people ... religion and the rights inherited from our fathers."[79] He also remarked, "We know what to avoid, and we know what to accept for our own benefit."[80]

Amani Hamdan argues that the King's attitude towards women's education was encouraging since he expressed his support in a conversation with St John Philby in which he stated, "It is permissible for women to read."[81]

Ibn Saud kept slaves,[82][83] and regulated slavery in his kingdom in 1936.[84] It was only his son, King Faisal, who abolished slavery in Saudiarabia in 1967.[85]

Ibn Saud repeated the following views about the British authorities many times: "The English are my friends, but I will walk with them only so far as my religion and honor will allow."

US Export-Import Bank, Ibn Saud reported that Saudi Arabia would do business with and be indebted to the United States instead of other countries and international agencies.[88]

Shortly before his death, the King stated, "Verily, my children and my possessions are my enemies."[89] and "In my youth and manhood, I made a nation. Now, in my declining years, I make men for it."[71] His last words to his two sons, the future King Saud and the next in line Prince Faisal, who were already battling each other, were "You are brothers, unite!"[23]

A staunch opponent of Zionism,[90] Ibn Saud had a highly ambivalent opinion of the Jews. On the one hand he thought of the Jews, at least those who were not Zionists, as "[g]ood friends of the Arabs", opposed declaring an anti-Jewish jihad and fiercely condemned the anti-Jewish 1929 Hebron massacre, which he considered a clear violation of Islamic principles.[91] On the other hand he often expressed his dislike for the Jews by referring to the Quran and the Hadith.[92] In 1937 he called them "a race accursed by God" who are "destined to final destruction and eternal damnation".[93] For him they were "enemies of Islam and prophet Muhammad"[92] and "enemies of the Muslims until the end of the world."[94] In some instances he made use of antisemitic tropes, calling the Jews a "dangerous and hostile race" with an "exaggerated love of money",[92] accusing them of "making trouble wherever they exist" or igniting conflicts between Muslims and Christians.[95]

Death and funeral

Ibn Saud experienced heart disease in his final years and also, was half blind and racked by arthritis.[62] In October 1953, his illness became serious.[96] Before Ibn Saud slept on the night of 8 November, he recited the shahada several times, which were his last words.[11] He died in his sleep of a heart attack in Shubra Palace in Ta'if[97] on 9 November 1953 at the age of 78, and Prince Faisal was at his side.[5][98]

The funeral prayer was performed at Al Hawiyah in Ta'if.[5] Ibn Saud's body was brought to Riyadh where he was buried in Al Oud cemetery[5][99] next to his sister Noura.[100]

U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a message on Ibn Saud's death on 11 November 1953.[101] U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stated after the King's death that he would be remembered for his achievements as a statesman.[102]

State honors

Styles of
Ibn Saud
Reference style
His Majesty
Spoken styleYour Majesty

On 23 November 1916, British diplomat Sir Percy Cox arranged the Three Leaders Conference in Kuwait where Ibn Saud was awarded the Star of India and the Order of the British Empire.[103][104] He was appointed an honorary Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) on 1 January 1920.[105] He was awarded the British Order of the Bath (GCB) in 1935,[106] the American Legion of Merit in 1947,[107] and the Spanish Order of Military Merit (Grand Cross with White Decoration) in 1952.[108]

Decoration Country Date Class Ref.
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India United Kingdom 23 November 1916 Knight Commander (KCSI) [103]
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
United Kingdom 23 November 1916 Knight Commander (KBE) [103]
The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire United Kingdom 1 January 1920 Knight Grand Commander (GCIE) [105]
Order of the Bath United Kingdom 1 January 1935 Knight Commander (KCB) [106]
Legion of Merit United States 18 February 1947 Chief Commander Degree [107]
Cross of Military Merit Spain 22 April 1952 Grand Cross with White Decoration

(Gran Cruz con distintivo blanco)

[108]

See also

Notes

  1. ^
    Nejd and Hejaz into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 23 September 1932. Thereafter, he reigned as King of Saudi Arabia
    until his death in 1953.
  2. ^ In addition to their political role, the rulers of the Al Saud family also held religious authority over their subjects, holding the title of imam.
  3. ^ Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted as 1875, although a few sources give it as 1880. According to British author Robert Lacey's book The Kingdom, a leading Saudi historian found records that show Ibn Saud in 1891 greeting an important tribal delegation. The historian reasoned that a 10 or 11-year-old child (as given by the 1880 birth date) would have been too young to be allowed to greet such a delegation, while an adolescent of 15 or 16 (as given by the 1875 date) would likely have been allowed. When Lacey interviewed one of Ibn Saud's sons prior to writing the book, the son recalled that his father often laughed at records showing his birth date to be 1880. Ibn Saud's response to such records was reportedly that "I swallowed four years of my life." p. 561"
  4. Abdul Rahman bin Faisal (Lacey 1982
    , pp. 15, 65).

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Ibn Saud
House of Saud
Born: 1875 Died: 1953
Regnal titles
Preceded by Emir of Nejd
1902–1921
Succeeded by
Himself as Sultan of Nejd
Preceded by
Himself as Emir of Nejd
Sultan of Nejd
1921–1927
Succeeded by
Himself as King of Nejd
Preceded by
Himself as Sultan of Nejd
King of Nejd
1927–1932
Succeeded by
Himself as King of Saudi Arabia
Preceded by
Ali bin Hussein
King of Hejaz
1926–1932
Preceded by
Himself as King of Hejaz and Nejd
King of Saudi Arabia
1932–1953
Succeeded by
Preceded by Head of the House of Saud
1901–1953