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 House of Saud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prior to Ibn Saud, this family ruled the Nejd and often came into conflict with the Ottoman Empire and the Rashidis.
The House of Saud is also linked with so-called Wahhabism (Saudis deprecate the term) through the marriage of the son of Muhammad ibn Saud with the daughter of Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab in 1744.
The Head of the House of Saud is the King of Saudi Arabia who serves as Head of State and monarch of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saudi_royal_family   (639 words)

  
 Saudi Arabia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Saudi Arabia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Ibn Saud died in November 1953 and was succeeded by the crown prince, Saud (1902–69).
Saud was deposed in favour of Faisal in November 1964, and he took refuge for a time in Egypt, with which Saudi Arabia was by this time in direct conflict through the civil war in Yemen.
Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz Ibn Mohammed Ibn Saud
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Saudi+Arabia   (1236 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Ibn Saud
In 1948 Saud participated in the Arab-Israeli war, although the contribution of Saudi Arabia was generally considered token.
Ibn Saud is the father of all the Kings of Saudi Arabia that have suceeded him.
In 1964 King Saud (1902 - 1969) was deposed by the Saudi Council of Ministers and succeeded by King Faisal, another of Ibn Saud's sons.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Ibn_Saud   (908 words)

  
 Saudi Arabia - HISTORY
Saud himself was not a significant figure, but his son, Muhammad ibn Saud (literally, Muhammad, the son of Saud), conquered most of the Arabian Peninsula in the early eighteenth century.
Accordingly, the family was unable to gain a foothold in the Hijaz during the nineteenth century.
The leader of the dissidents, Juhaiman ibn Muhammad ibn Saif al Utaiba, a Sunni, was from one of the foremost families of Najd.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/saudi-arabia/HISTORY.html   (15201 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: Al-Qaeda and the House of Saud by John R. Bradley
She emphasized that the conference was proof positive of a "commitment to the elimination of terrorism" on the part of the al-Saud ruling family.
The House of Saud's role as part of the solution is the easiest to assess because it is trumpeted, rather than deliberately obscured, by the regime's officials and the state-controlled media.
The Saudi royal family certainly cracked down hard on al-Qaeda in the wake of the September 11 attacks and the subsequent Islamist campaign of violence inside the kingdom.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19433   (4632 words)

  
 Muslims, the Saud Family and Oil
In 1902, a twenty-year-old member of the Saud family, Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud, (often known as Ibn Saud) rode from the desert with 60 brothers and cousins and restored Saud family rule at Riyadh.
The Ottoman Empire ends by the close of World War I, and in 1924 and '25, the Saud family gains control of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, extending their influence among Muslims, with the shrines at Mecca and Medina providing modest income for the Saud family.
Ibn Saud won the approval of the sedate religious authorites, the ulama (considered moral authorities) who were content to ally themselves with ibn Saud.
www.fsmitha.com /h2/ch17arab.html   (1472 words)

  
 Gwenn Okruhlik: Networks of Dissent: Islamism and Reform in Saudi Arabia. Text Only.
Often recounted are the agreements made between Abdulaziz and representatives of major families, historic meetings between Abdulaziz and the clergy, and the meeting between Abdulaziz and the Hejazi notables, all of which shaped an implicit understanding of the acceptable relationship between state (under the ruling family), religion, and society, including distinctions between public and private.
The ruling family was concerned not only by the petition's content, but also by the very public way in which it was circulated, making the rounds of schools and mosques before the king saw it.
The ruling family has long postponed a confrontation with the private sector be cause new expectations must be reciprocal: if it must hire more expensive labor, then the private sector will in turn insist on transparency in the awarding of contracts, representation in politics, and limits on princely activity in the commercial realm.
www.ssrc.org /sept11/essays/okruhlik_text_only.htm   (4808 words)

  
 Bushwhachers
They are to work for the Saud family and their associates, not to be confused with US employees of US multinationals.
These United States citizens were purposefully enslaved and tortured by the Saud family with the assistance of their Washington retainers in an attempt to hide their internationally known Washington lackey status.
Saud family Washington retainers continue to use the White House and the State Department to obfuscate every inquiry into the kidnapping, enslavement and torture of US citizens by the Saud family.
www.bushwhackers.com /issue2.htm   (1101 words)

  
 Asia Times Online
Foreign Minister Prince Saud was dispatched to New York and Washington for briefings with the editors of top US newspapers.
The culmination of the drawn-out drama was the November 1964 forced deposal of King Saud, considered to be "one of the most important decisions the family has made this century".
Saud, born in 1902 and the king's eldest surviving son, had formally been made Crown Prince by his father in 1933.
www.atimes.com /front/DC19Aa02.html   (2102 words)

  
 Sauduction Issue #1
Therefore, Saud family rulers have developed a deferred payment scheme into an elaborate procedure whereby the Saud family obtain an extra assurance to their continuing rule.
The 43 year old Saud family princess was charged with making death threats, choking and scratching the stewardess who asked her to sit down during takeoff, turbulence and landing.
For 7 1/2 hours Princess Salwa said she would have "the royal family kill you".A6 The stewardess took her seriously and rightly so since the Saud family have murdered US citizens knowing the State Department would call it an accident or suicide.
www.sauduction.com /1stissue.html   (2061 words)

  
 Ibn Saud. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
His family, with its regular seat at Riyadh in the Nejd, were the traditional leaders of the ultraorthodox Wahhabi movement in Islam.
During Ibn Saud’s youth the Saud family was in exile in Kuwait.
In 1924–25, Ibn Saud defeated Husayn and proclaimed himself king of Hejaz and Nejd.
www.bartleby.com /65/ib/IbnSaud.html   (323 words)

  
 Saudi Arabia POLITICAL DYNAMICS - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
The Al Jiluwi was a third influential clan of the Al Saud family.
The patriarch of the Al Kabir clan, Muhammad ibn Saud (born 1909, not to be confused with Muhammad ibn Abd al Aziz Al Saud), was considered one of the senior Al Saud princes and was widely respected for his intimate knowledge of tribal genealogies and oral histories.
Outside the royal family, the Sudairi Seven were regarded as the faction most favorably inclined toward economic development, political and social liberalization, and a close relationship with the United States.
www.photius.com /countries/saudi_arabia/government/saudi_arabia_government_political_dynamics.html   (1539 words)

  
 Family Tree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Saudi family tree consists of at least six distinct branches that trace their heritage back to an 18th century founder.
Abd al-Aziz broke with family tradition by decreeing that leadership would pass among his sons by eldest and most qualified, rather than continue to pass directly from father to son.
Cadet, or non-royal, branches of the family (marked above in beige) were formed by members of the family who broke from the others due to rifts over succession or brothers of a chieftan who often allied themselves and their families with his cause.
www.datarabia.com /royals/familytree.asp   (234 words)

  
 House Of Bush, house of Saud...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
On the one hand, the House of Saud was an Islamic theocracy whose power grew out of the royal family's alliance with Wahhabi fundamentalism, a strident and puritanical Islamic sect that provided a fertile breeding ground for a global network of terrorists urging a violent jihad against the United States.
The bin Ladens were one of a handful of extremely wealthy families that were so close to the House of Saud that they effectively acted as extensions of the royal family.
The House of Saud includes members of the Saudi royal family, companies controlled by them and members of the Saudi merchant elite such as the bin Laden and bin Mahfouz families, whose fortunes are closely tied to the royal family.
blogs.it /0100206/stories/2004/03/15/houseOfBushHouseOfSaud.html   (18498 words)

  
 Royalty.nu - The Royal Family of Saudi Arabia- History, News, Books
The Saud clan, which had ruled part of the Arabian peninsula, was expelled from the emirate of Nejd in the 19th century by the rival Rashid dynasty.
King Saud was deposed by his family in 1964 and replaced by another of Ibn Saud's sons, Faisal.
The House of Saud in Commerce by Sharaf Sabri.
www.royalty.nu /MiddleEast/SaudiArabia.html   (2270 words)

  
 :: MEDEA ::
His son, Mohammed Bin Saud, was the first Amir of Nejd, the central area of present day Saudi Arabia.
Abdul Aziz II Ibn Saud (1880-1953) created the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932 after having conquered Hedjaz and most of the Arabian Peninsula (Hassa, Rub Al-Khali, Assir, Djabal Shammar and Great Nafud).
Saud IV (1901-died in exile in Athens in 1969).
www.medea.be /?page=2&lang=en&doc=271   (324 words)

  
 frontline: house of saud: a royal family tree | PBS
The House of Al Saud traces its origins to the 18th century emir, Muhammad ibn Saud, whose family ruled large parts of the Arabian Peninsula for over three hundred years.
The modern House of Saud was established in 1932, when Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud, a direct descendent of the 18th-century ruler, established the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with himself as absolute monarch.
Though many of his contemporaries regarded his practice of polygamy as excessive, it was continued and surpassed by his son, King Saud, who had 53 sons and at least 54 daughters.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saud/tree   (397 words)

  
 The World According to al-Saud   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A heated conversation in 1980, at the height of Saudi power and oil surplus, took place between this author and a closed associate of the royal family and considered part of their inner circle at the Fouquet cafe on the Champs Elysees in Paris.
The conversation centered around Saudi role in world affairs having been thrusted onto the scene at a time when western economies were still stagnating from higher oil prices and other factors one of which the taking of hostages by Iran and the low self-esteem the US endured during that period.
Ibn Saud started a tradition when he met with Roosevelt at the end of World War II when he agreed to oil concessions to American companies at ridiculous prices.
www.geocities.com /saudhouse_p/theworld1.htm   (1604 words)

  
 statedept-33issue
We do have a problem with Saud family Princes abducting male and female children from the US and Europe to be used as sex slaves for themselves and foreign dignitaries.
It is mind boggling that Saud family retainers have been able to make the Saud family corrupt authoritarian rule over much of the oil reserves of Arabia a matter of US national security.
We believe the Saud family, like the Pahlavis before them, is initiating a scheme to insure they will have a port of refuge within the US when they are deposed, especially in the Orlando and Aspen areas.
www.statedepartment.com /33issue.htm   (3488 words)

  
 Al Saud Clans and Factions
The founder of the modern state of Saudi Arabia, Abd al Aziz ibn Abd ar Rahman Al Saud (1876-1953), was a grandson of the last effective nineteenth-century Saudi ruler, Faisal ibn Turki (1810- 66).
Only males of the Al Faisal branch of the family, estimated at more than 4,000, are considered royalty and were accorded the title of amir (prince).
The factions tend to be centered on a brother or coalition of brothers.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/gulf/sa-clan.htm   (749 words)

  
 frontline: house of saud | PBS
The House of Saud has controlled every aspect of Saudi life and politics since the kingdom was established in 1932.
In "House of Saud" FRONTLINE explores how the Al Saud family maintains its hold on power in the face of growing tensions between Islam and modernity.
Through interviews with members of the royal family government officials and other experts from Saudi Arabia and the U.S. the two-hour documentary also traces America's relations with the Saudi royal family from their first alliance in the 1930s through September 11 and beyond to the present day.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saud   (230 words)

  
 King Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdul Rahman Ibn Faisal Al Saud was born in the city of Kuwait in 1902, the same year in which his father King Abdul Aziz recaptured the city of Riyadh from Al Rasheed.
Saud's Remarkable Achievements Emulating his father King Abdul Aziz, he strove to protect the country and safeguard its independence and Islamic principles.
King Saud's rule continued until the second of November 1964 (1383 H), when Crown Prince Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz was appointed King.
www.the-saudi.net /al-saud/saud.htm   (378 words)

  
 Saudi Royal family
King Ibn Saud maintained friendly relations with the United States, allowing construction of a U.S. airbase at Dhahran during World War II.
The crown passes not necessarily to the eldest of Ibn Saud's 44 sons (by 17 wives) but to the most "suitable" one, as chosen by the royal family in a secretive selection process.
Since Ibn Saud's death in 1953, four of his sons have ruled the nation.
www.desert-voice.net /new_page_3.htm   (740 words)

  
 kingaziz
King Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud or (Ibn Saud) was born in Riyadh in 1880.
He was born into the Al Saud family which, in the previous century had consolidated its authority across much of the Arabian Peninsula but at the time of Ibn Saud’s birth had seen its power greatly diminished.
Abdul Aziz (Ibn Saud)'s drive for consolidation was successful to the extent that by the end of 1904, he had managed to break the stranglehold of the Rashid and push them into the area at Jabal Shammar in northern Nejd.
web.pdx.edu /~aziz/kingaziz.html   (2133 words)

  
 CBC News Indepth: Saudi Arabia
Holding the keys to the kingdom is the Saud family.
To many in Saudi Arabia, the perquisites are not only excessive, they are evidence of a corrupt royal family in bed with U.S. politicians and business interests who have bankrolled much of the affluence.
And while the flow of money continues its downward flow through successive generations of Saud princes, there are growing signs that Saudi Arabia's economy may no longer be able to sustain the tradition.
www.cbc.ca /news/background/saudiarabia/sauds.html   (711 words)

  
 Ibn Saud
Ibn Saud - Saud, Ibn: see Ibn Saud.
Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud - Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud, 1905–75, king of Saudi Arabia (1964–75), son of Ibn...
Saud - Saud (Ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud), 1902–69, king of Saudi Arabia (1953–64), son of Ibn...
www.infoplease.com /id/A0824835   (378 words)

  
 Jihad Watch: Fitzgerald: The Infidels of the House of Saud
Fitzgerald: The Infidels of the House of Saud
The Al-Saud family only wishes to deflect all hatred toward themselves (the real Infidels), and are horrified to find that any Muslim in his right mind should consider them to be fit objects of terrorist or other attack.
Members of the Bush family, and friends of the Bush family, and also members of the Jimmy Carter family, and Bill Clinton, and every single Presidential library devoted to an ex-president who is still alive, have been recipients of Arab--not just Saudi-largesse.
www.jihadwatch.org /archives/008591.php   (5237 words)

  
 U.S. Newswire : Release : STATEDEPARTMENT.COM News Source to Sponsor News Conference on How Saud and Bush Family ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Introductory questions: Is the "special relationship" status given to the Saud family by the Bush administrations detrimental to the national security of US citizens.
As the spokesperson for his Saud family, he goes conspicuously unchallenged within the British and United States national media.
We believe expulsion of the Saud and bin Laden families from Great Britain and the United States will contribute immeasurably to the national security of both countries by making Saud family deferred payments to their London and Washington retainers as well as terrorist attacks upon the respective national citizenry more complicated.
releases.usnewswire.com /printing.asp?id=37947   (492 words)

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