House of Saud

1 week ago - This figure includes the market capitalization of Saudi Aramco, the state oil and gas company, and its vast assets in fossil fuel reserves, making them the wealthiest family in the world and the wealthiest in recorded history. The House of Saud has had four phases: the Sheikhdom of Diriyah (1446–1744); the Emirate of Diriyah (1727–1818), marked by the expansion of Salafism; the Emirate of Nejd (1824–1891), marked with continuous infighting; and the current state (1902–present), which evolved into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932 and now wields considerable influence in the Middle East.

April 9, 2009 - The Saud dynasty is the ruling house of Saudi Arabia. The dynasty is known for its alliance with the Wahhabi movement and developing the country’s oil wealth.

The Saud family uses Islam to legitimize its management of internal affairs as · well as the country's global role as an Islamic leader. Politics and religion are intended to be one and the same considering that

After Muhammad ibn Saud's death in 1765, power went to his son Abdulaziz bin Muhammad al-Saud. Leading the armed forces of the emirate, Abdulaziz expanded the empire to incorporate a vast swathe of Arabia. While he held official author, Wahhab continued to hold plenty of civil authority as the head of what essentially qualified as a religious revolution. The elderly theologian died in 1792, though many imams, or religious teachers, continued to promulgate his conservative version of Islam. By the late 1700s, the House of Saud began to butt heads with the larger Ottoman Empire.

"Are the Saud clan really Muslims? They are the same Jews who were in Arabia back then,” he concluded. The House of Saud is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia since 1744, composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud and his brothers.

Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin was ... and the House of Saud, naming it after his father Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin. He solidified control of the region by allying with religious leader Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab, the founder of Wahhabism, to legitimize his expansion of the Saudi State in exchange for promoting the religion...

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February 7, 2025 - The House of Saud traces its origins back to the 18th century in the Arabian Peninsula. In 1744, Muhammad ibn Saud, the leader of the small town of Diriyah, allied with Islamic reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab(the founding father of Wahhabism). This partnership laid the foundation for the First Saudi State, uniting local tribes under a strict interpretation of Islam.

1 week ago - Islam is the state religion of Saudi Arabia. The kingdom is called the "home of Islam" as it was the birthplace of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who united and ruled the Arabian Peninsula.

January 23, 2015 - Saudi Arabia is named after its ruling family, the al-Sauds, and is home to the two holiest sites in Islam, Mecca and Medina. The only Arab country to be part of the G20 major economies, Saudi Arabia is the world’s biggest oil exporter, the third largest oil-producing nation, and was a founding member of Opec (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries).

Here you can find a selection of the most interesting and powerful members of the Saudi Royal Family, from philanthropists and business tycoons, to military leaders and religious scholars. The entire House of Saud is comprised of around 15,000 members, with around 2,000 in the inner circle, ...

January 9, 2018 - Saudi Arabia is an enigma in the 21st century on one hand its modern infrastructure gives a false impression of development on the other hand its has one of the worst human rights records in the world in fact Saudi Arabia is one of most religiously radicalized societies with adherence to first millennium AD values of the human society, still proudly practiced or otherwise brutally enforced to those who dissent Saudi Arab is not that simple radical country like Afghanistan it has global power base and its tentacles are spread not only over the Muslim countries but US and UK both powerful countries of the world most of time act as cronies of Saudi or vice versa.

The word ʾĀl means "family of" or "House of." It is added to the name of an ancestor. For the Al Saud family, this ancestor is Saud bin Muhammad bin Muqrin, who was the father of the family's founder, Muhammad bin Saud.

October 21, 2025 - In 1957, King Saud also founded King Saud University in Riyadh. He clarified the duties and responsibilities of the cabinet minister in May 1958. He declared in 1960 that schools would be established to educate girls in religious matters, including Quran, creed, and fiqh as well as in other sciences which were acceptable in Islamic tradition such as house management, and raising and disciplining children.

He and his six brothers make up the powerful group within the Al-Saud family known as the ‘Sudairi Seven’. King Salman received his early education at the Prince’s School in Riyadh, established by his father for the education of his sons. There, he studied modern science and religion.

3 days ago - The country has since been governed as an absolute monarchy under the House of Saud. In its Basic Law, Saudi Arabia defines itself as a sovereign Arab Islamic state with Islam as its official religion and Arabic as its official language.

2 weeks ago - The king is called the "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" (خادم الحرمين الشريفين; Khadim al-Haramayn aš-Šarīfayn), a title that signifies Saudi Arabia's jurisdiction over the mosques of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina. The title has been used many times through the history of Islam. The first Saudi king to use the title was Faisal; however, King Khalid did not use the title after him.

The House of Saud has had four phases: the Sheikhdom of Diriyah (1446–1744); the Emirate of Diriyah (1727–1818), marked by the expansion of Salafism; the Emirate of Nejd (1824–1891), marked with continuous infighting; and the current state (1902–present), which evolved into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932 and now wields considerable influence in the Middle East.