Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin

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Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin
Emir of Diriyah
PredecessorMuhammad bin Muqrin Al Maridi Al Adui
SuccessorMuhammad bin Saud
Born1640
Diriyah
Died1726 (aged 85–86)
Diriyah
IssueMuhammad
Thunayyan
Mishari
Farhan
Names
Saud bin Muhammad bin Muqrin Al Maridi Al Adui
DynastyHouse of Mani'
Father

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]

Biography[]

Saud was from the family of Al Muqrin that traces its origin to the Arabian tribe of 'Amir ibn Saasaa.[3] Saud was the leader of the oasis of Diriyah from 1720 to 1726.[4]

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.[5]

Two decades after his death, Saud's son Muhammad ibn Saud made his historic pact with Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, leading to their conquest of Arabia and the establishments of the First Saudi State. Sheikh Muhammad's patronymic "Ibn Saud" eventually gave the clan its name of Al Saud.

Saud had other sons, Thunayyan,[6] Mishari and Farhan.[7] He died in 1726 and was succeeded by his son, Muhammad.[8] However, one of Saud's brothers, Muqrin, was killed by Muhammad bin Saud which caused an intrafamilial struggle and therefore, Zaid bin Farhan found an opportunity to control the rule of Diriyah.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ John Pike. "King Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al-Saud". Archived from the original on 30 September 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. ^ Mohamed Zayyan Aljazairi (1968). Diplomatic history of Saudi Arabia, 1903-1960's (PDF) (MA thesis). The University of Arizona. p. 1.
  3. ^ District d'at-Turaif à ad-Dir'iyah, UNESCO
  4. ^ a b Abdullah Hazaa Othman; Oleg Evgenievich Grishin; Bakil Hasan Nasser Ali (2020). "The Conflict Wings in the Saudi Political System" (PDF). Journal of Politics and Law. 13 (3): 65. doi:10.5539/jpl.v13n3p64. S2CID 225480634. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2021.
  5. ^ Saud Wahhabi Archived 9 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine au.af.mil
  6. ^ Hassan S. Abedin (2002). Abdul Aziz Al Saud and the Great Game in Arabia, 1896-1946 (PDF) (PhD thesis). King's College London.
  7. ^ "Royal Family Directory". Datarabia.
  8. ^ Jacob Goldberg (1986). The Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia. The Formative Years. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 7. doi:10.4159/harvard.9780674281844.c1. ISBN 9780674281844.
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