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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
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مخطوطة عائلة آل سعود - The House of Al Saud
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Overview

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The house, member by member

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Ibn Saud c. 1876 CE – 1953 CE

5 children in the house

  1. Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 1921 CE – 2005 CE
  2. Sultan bin Abdulaziz 1926 CE – 2011 CE
  3. Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud 1933 CE – 2012 CE
  4. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud from 1935 CE
  5. Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud 1941 CE – 2013 CE
One family in House of Saud: members whose records name this parent, oldest first. A parent from another house is on the child’s own page. Open the family tree

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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
  1. 1747 CE – 1765 CE Abdulaziz bin Mohammed ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1765 to 1803

  2. 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
  3. November 1803 CE – April 1814 CE Abdullah bin Saud Al Kabeer fourth ruler of the Saudi State (1785-1818)

  4. 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

  5. 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)
  6. 29 October 2011 CE – 16 June 2012 CE Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Saudi Arabian former crown prince
  7. 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
  1. 1745 CE – 1765 CE Abdulaziz bin Mohammed ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1765 to 1803

  2. 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
  3. 1803 CE – 1814 CE Abdullah bin Saud Al Kabeer fourth ruler of the Saudi State (1785-1818)
  4. 1814 CE – 1821 CE Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud 5th King of the Saudi State

  5. 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)

  6. 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
  1. مخطوطة عائلة آل سعود - The House of Al Saud 16th 1720 CE – 1725 CE Saud I Saudi Emir, 1640-1726

  2. 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)
  3. 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
  4. 2nd 1765 CE – 1803 CE Abdulaziz bin Mohammed ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1765 to 1803 Recognised by House of Saud
  5. 3rd 1803 CE – 1814 CE Saud al-Kabeer ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814 Recognised by House of Saud
  6. 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
  1. 1st 1810 CE – 1818 CE Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud 5th King of the Saudi State

  2. 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)
  3. 20 December 1952 CE – 18 April 1955 CE Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Saudi Arabian former crown prince

  4. 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. 5 November 2011 CE – 12 February 2013 CE Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Saudi Royal (1941-2013)

Affiliation

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Affiliations recorded on members

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