House
House of Saud
Royal family of Saudi Arabia
- Dated from 1744 CE
- Also called House of Al Sa'ud, Al Saud, Royal family of the Arabian Kingdom
A family
on the record,
reign by reign.
Documented kin
Members · 15
The house, member by member
One family drawn as a tree, then every member, oldest first where a date is recorded.
What this means
People whose own records place them in this house. Membership of a house is a family fact. It is not a religious affiliation and not a right to any office. “Child of” appears where a member’s recorded parent is also in the house — a documented human family, the same kind of claim as membership, and nothing more. Imported from Wikidata: nothing here has been read by an editor.
5 children in the house
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Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 1921 CE – 2005 CE -
Sultan bin Abdulaziz 1926 CE – 2011 CE -
Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud 1933 CE – 2012 CE -
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud from 1935 CE -
Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud 1941 CE – 2013 CE
Every member
People whose own records place them in this house.
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Saud Ic. 1640 CE – 1725 CE · Saudi Emir, 1640-1726 - Muhammad bin Saudc. 1679 CE – 20 August 1765 CE · Child of Saud I
- Abdulaziz bin Mohammed1721 CE – 1 November 1803 CE · Child of Muhammad bin Saud
- Saud al-Kabeer1748 CE – 1814 CE · Child of Abdulaziz bin Mohammed
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Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud1769 CE – 10 May 1834 CE · 5th King of the Saudi State -
Abdullah bin Saud Al Kabeerc. 1785 CE – December 1818 CE · Child of Saud al-Kabeer - Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud1788 CE – 2 December 1865 CE · Child of Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
- Saud II. ibn Faisal19th century CE – 26 January 1875 CE · Child of Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
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Abdul Rahman bin Faisal1850 CE – 2 June 1928 CE · Child of Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud -
Ibn Saudc. 15 January 1876 CE – 9 November 1953 CE · Child of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal -
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud1921 CE – 1 August 2005 CE · Child of Ibn Saud -
Sultan bin Abdulaziz5 January 1926 CE – 22 October 2011 CE · Child of Ibn Saud -
Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud28 January 1933 CE – 16 June 2012 CE · Child of Ibn Saud -
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saudfrom 31 December 1935 CE · Child of Ibn Saud -
Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud21 January 1941 CE – 12 February 2013 CE · Child of Ibn Saud
Succession
Offices held in the house
The members in each office, in order — a selection from the office’s whole line.
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
- 7 holders
- 3 gaps
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply recognition by every tradition · an uncontested claim · parentage · discipleship · an explanation of why the succession happened
Holding an office after someone says nothing about being related to them or taught by them. Where a line is also a family, both are on the holders’ own pages as separate sections.
A gap is a vacancy, an interregnum or a hole in the record; an overlap is rival claims or an office held by more than one at once. The records do not say which, so neither is resolved here. A gap shorter than two years sits inside the precision of year-dated records and is not marked. Only this house’s members are shown, so a gap between two of them may be a holder from outside it.
Why a succession happened is a historical argument. Where sources make one, it belongs in a reviewed connection with its citations — not in this order, and not in a predecessor field.
Recognition is never universal. Where a card names no recognising body, none is recorded — which is not the same as none.
Imported from Wikidata unless a card says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- 1747 CE – 1765 CE Abdulaziz bin Mohammed ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1765 to 1803
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Gap about 23 years before the next in this house
4th 1788 CE – 1803 CE Saud al-Kabeer ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814 -
November 1803 CE – April 1814 CE Abdullah bin Saud Al Kabeer fourth ruler of the Saudi State (1785-1818) -
Gap about 161 years before the next in this house
March 1975 CE – 13 June 1982 CE Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005 Has references -
Gap about 23 years before the next in this house
1 August 2005 CE – 22 October 2011 CE Sultan bin Abdulaziz Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Second deputy prime minister, and the minister of defense (1928-2011) -
29 October 2011 CE – 16 June 2012 CE Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Saudi Arabian former crown prince Has references -
18 June 2012 CE – 23 January 2015 CE Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia since 2015
Wizarate of War
- 6 holders
- 3 gaps
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply recognition by every tradition · an uncontested claim · parentage · discipleship · an explanation of why the succession happened
Holding an office after someone says nothing about being related to them or taught by them. Where a line is also a family, both are on the holders’ own pages as separate sections.
A gap is a vacancy, an interregnum or a hole in the record; an overlap is rival claims or an office held by more than one at once. The records do not say which, so neither is resolved here. A gap shorter than two years sits inside the precision of year-dated records and is not marked. Only this house’s members are shown, so a gap between two of them may be a holder from outside it.
Why a succession happened is a historical argument. Where sources make one, it belongs in a reviewed connection with its citations — not in this order, and not in a predecessor field.
Recognition is never universal. Where a card names no recognising body, none is recorded — which is not the same as none.
Imported from Wikidata unless a card says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- 1745 CE – 1765 CE Abdulaziz bin Mohammed ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1765 to 1803
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Gap about 8 years before the next in this house
3rd 1773 CE – 1803 CE Saud al-Kabeer ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814 -
1803 CE – 1814 CE Abdullah bin Saud Al Kabeer fourth ruler of the Saudi State (1785-1818) -
1814 CE – 1821 CE Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud 5th King of the Saudi State -
Gap about 54 years before the next in this house
1875 CE – 1886 CE Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928) -
Gap about 15 years before the next in this house
20th 1901 CE – 1921 CE Ibn Saud King of Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 1953
Emir of Diriyah
- 6 holders
- 1 gap
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply recognition by every tradition · an uncontested claim · parentage · discipleship · an explanation of why the succession happened
Holding an office after someone says nothing about being related to them or taught by them. Where a line is also a family, both are on the holders’ own pages as separate sections.
A gap is a vacancy, an interregnum or a hole in the record; an overlap is rival claims or an office held by more than one at once. The records do not say which, so neither is resolved here. A gap shorter than two years sits inside the precision of year-dated records and is not marked. Only this house’s members are shown, so a gap between two of them may be a holder from outside it.
Why a succession happened is a historical argument. Where sources make one, it belongs in a reviewed connection with its citations — not in this order, and not in a predecessor field.
Recognition is never universal. Where a card names no recognising body, none is recorded — which is not the same as none.
Imported from Wikidata unless a card says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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16th 1720 CE – 1725 CE Saud I Saudi Emir, 1640-1726 -
Gap about 2 years before the next in this house
15th 24 March 1727 CE – 1744 CE Muhammad bin Saud Founder of the Emirate of Diriyah and the Al Saud dynasty (1687–1765) - 1st 1744 CE – 1765 CE Muhammad bin Saud Founder of the Emirate of Diriyah and the Al Saud dynasty (1687–1765) Recognised by House of Saud
- 2nd 1765 CE – 1803 CE Abdulaziz bin Mohammed ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1765 to 1803 Recognised by House of Saud
- 3rd 1803 CE – 1814 CE Saud al-Kabeer ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814 Recognised by House of Saud
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4th 1 May 1814 CE – 9 September 1818 CE Abdullah bin Saud Al Kabeer fourth ruler of the Saudi State (1785-1818) Recognised by House of Saud
Governor of Riyadh Region
- 5 holders
- 2 gaps
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply recognition by every tradition · an uncontested claim · parentage · discipleship · an explanation of why the succession happened
Holding an office after someone says nothing about being related to them or taught by them. Where a line is also a family, both are on the holders’ own pages as separate sections.
A gap is a vacancy, an interregnum or a hole in the record; an overlap is rival claims or an office held by more than one at once. The records do not say which, so neither is resolved here. A gap shorter than two years sits inside the precision of year-dated records and is not marked. Only this house’s members are shown, so a gap between two of them may be a holder from outside it.
Why a succession happened is a historical argument. Where sources make one, it belongs in a reviewed connection with its citations — not in this order, and not in a predecessor field.
Recognition is never universal. Where a card names no recognising body, none is recorded — which is not the same as none.
Imported from Wikidata unless a card says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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1st 1810 CE – 1818 CE Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud 5th King of the Saudi State -
Gap about 129 years before the next in this house
1947 CE – 1952 CE Sultan bin Abdulaziz Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Second deputy prime minister, and the minister of defense (1928-2011) Has references -
20 December 1952 CE – 18 April 1955 CE Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Saudi Arabian former crown prince -
Gap about 8 years before the next in this house
4 February 1963 CE – 5 November 2011 CE Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia since 2015 -
5 November 2011 CE – 12 February 2013 CE Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Saudi Royal (1941-2013) Has references
Chronology is not a full explanation
Why one member followed another takes evidence beyond the order of their dates. That both belonged to the house is not, on its own, that evidence.
Religious context · a separate claim
Affiliation
Counted from the members’ own statements — never the religion of anyone the house ruled.
What this means
Assembled from the members’ own statements, and counted. What a person was affiliated with, what a ruler paid for, what a state did and what a population practised are four separate kinds of claim. Only the first two are in the data at all, and they are kept apart here.
Affiliations recorded on members
An affiliation recorded by a third party, often for one period of a life. It is not the religion of anyone this house ruled.
Connections
How House of Saud connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Transmission 1
What this means
Teaching passed from one person to another. Not biological ancestry and not automatic institutional succession.
Does not imply that the tradition began fully formed · that later adherents accept the attribution
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
1 statement on this record
- 1 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of it cites only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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