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ibn Saud
[ ib-uhn sah-ood ]
noun
- Ab·dul-A·ziz [ahb-, dool, -ah-, zeez], 1880–1953, king of Saudi Arabia 1932–53 (father of Saud ibn Abdul-Aziz).
ibn-Saud
/ ˌɪbənˈsaʊd /
noun
- ibn-SaudAbdul-Aziz18801953MSaudi ArabianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler Abdul-Aziz (æbˈdʊlæˈziːz). 1880–1953, first king of Saudi Arabia (1932–53)
Example Sentences
On arriving in Riyadh, which was at the time a tiny, dust-blown desert village rather than the sprawling metropolis it is today, he met the tribal leader Ibn Saud who went on to become King Abdulaziz, the first king of modern Saudi Arabia.
Philby, who impressed his hosts by dressing and eating as they did, converted to Islam and became a trusted adviser to Ibn Saud.
But in the Middle East, Harry Philby is remembered most for his friendship with Ibn Saud and his ground-breaking desert travels.
His father, Nayef, a son of the legendary founder King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, served as interior minister for an astonishing 37 years, from 1975 to 2012.
The princess is the granddaughter of the country’s founding king, Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, and the daughter to its second ruler, the later King Saud bin Abdulaziz.
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