[IBN SAUD is King of the Hejaz, which includes Mecca and Medina, and of Nejd, his dominions as a whole embracing the entire area of Desert Arabia. — THE EDITOR] I CALL him my friend, although he ...

How did a Gulf backwater become a global powerbroker? Saudi Arabia: A Modern History by David Commins explores the uneasy ...

The House of Saud is not just a royal family, it is an empire. With an estimated net worth of £1.1 trillion ($1.4 trillion), ...

In 1950, the US and Saudi Arabia had begun an uneasy relationship based on oil and regional security, but a secret trip by President Truman's personal physician to treat the Saudi monarch drew ...

Ibn Saud's grandchildren are themselves now willing to openly accept Israel, without preconditions.

Emir Ibn Saud, Sheik of Dariyah, Sovereign Lord of Nejd and Hasa, descendant of Mohammed Ibn Saud (founder of the Wahabite Empire), had declared war on Husein Ibn Ali, King of Hejaz.

(See map) Morally straight as a sceptre, physically supple and strong as a beast of prey is the mightiest man in the Middle East, King Ibn Saud. Last week he changed the name of his realm which has ...

In 1932, the fierce warrior Ibn Saud united the lands he conquered as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To refute rumors that he’d been made impotent in battle, Ibn Saud would pick a village virgin ...

King Ibn Saud has been succeeded by five of his sons — Saud, Faisal, Khalid, Fahd, and the current monarch, King Abdullah, who took office in August, 2005.