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Group: Zulu people
People: John L. Stevens
Topic: Saudi Arabia, Unification of
Location: Linköping Ostergotlands Län Sweden

Saudi Arabia, Unification of

Years: 1902 - 1925

After the fall of the previous First Saudi State and the Second Saudi State, the Third Saudi state had been founded by King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud.

In 1902, Ibn Saud captures Riyadh, the Al-Saud dynasty's ancestral capital, from the rival Al-Rashid clan.

Continuing his conquests, Abdul Aziz subdues Al-Hasa, the rest of Nejd, and the Hejaz between 1913 and 1926.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)