SAUDI CONNECTION
King Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud subdued the Bedouin factions of the Arabian Peninsula and through a series of tribal marriages to more than one hundred women, four at a time as permitted by Islamic law, unified the desert country in 1932.¹ Well over six-feet tall, with a warrior’s mustache and pointed bear...
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Zusammenfassung: | King Abdul-Aziz Ibn Saud subdued the Bedouin factions of the Arabian Peninsula and through a series of tribal marriages to more than one hundred women, four at a time as permitted by Islamic law, unified the desert country in 1932.¹ Well over six-feet tall, with a warrior’s mustache and pointed beard, framed by a keffiyeh, Ibn Saud ruled like a medieval monarch over four million subjects until his death in 1953, but his imprint endures in more than just the name, Saudi Arabia. He left a legacy in power, religion, and monetary affairs.
Ibn Saud spawned the oil wealth that |
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DOI: | 10.1515/9780691184517-020 |