Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin

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Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin
Predecessor
Muhammad
Thunayyan
Mishari
Farhan
Names
Sa'ud bin Muhammad bin Muqrin al-Muraydi
DynastyMuqrin Branch of the House of Mani'
FatherMuhammad bin Muqrin

Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin (

Arabic: سعود بن محمد آل مقرن Suʿūd ibn Muḥammad Āl Muqrin; 1640–1726) was the eponymous ancestor of the House of Saud, otherwise known as the al-Saud.[1][2]

Ancestry

Saud was descended from the Al Muqrin family, whose earliest recorded ancestor was

Rabi'ah tribal confederation.[3]

The Al Saud originated as a leading family in a town called Diriyah, close to the modern city of Riyadh, near the center of Najd. Sometime in the early 16th century, ancestors of Saud bin Muhammad took over some date groves, one of the few forms of agriculture the area could support, and settled there. Over time, the groves grew into a small town, and the clan came to be recognized as its leaders.[4]

Descendants

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.[8]

Two decades after Saud's death, his son Muhammad bin Saud made his historic pact with

First Saudi State.[9]
Sheikh Muhammad's patronymic "Ibn Saud" eventually gave the clan its name of Al Saud.

References

  1. ^ John Pike. "King Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al-Saud". Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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  4. ^ Saud Wahhabi Archived 9 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine au.af.mil
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  6. ^ Hassan S. Abedin (2002). Abdul Aziz Al Saud and the Great Game in Arabia, 1896-1946 (PhD thesis). King's College London.
  7. ^ "Royal Family Directory". Datarabia. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
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  9. ^ Joel Carmichael (July 1942). "Prince of Arabs". Foreign Affairs (July 1942).