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| | Al Akhbar Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | If Abdul Aziz's bold undertaking had failed....Hail, Riyadh, and a large segment of the central part of the peninsula would have remained under the unpopular rule of Al-Rasid, the land would have remained fragmented, controlled by warring tribes and local rulers. |
 | | In 1744, Abdul Aziz's ancestor Emir Muhammad Ibn Saud, the ruler of Dariyah and the central Najd region, joined forces with Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab, a Muslim scholar and reformer, to restore the pure teachings of Islam to the Muslim community. |
 | | Using Riyadh as a base, Abdul Aziz would work tirelessly for the next 30 years, acting as both statesman and warrior and using his extensive skills to persuade, mediate and encourage the fractious tribes to set aside their differences and unite. |
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