IBN SA'UD

in full 'abd Al-'aziz Ibn 'abd Ar-rahman Ibn Faysal Ibn Turki 'abd Allah Ibn Muhammad Al Sa'ud born c. 1880, , Riyadh, Arabia died Nov. 9, 1953, at-Ta'if, Saudi Arabia Ibn Sa'ud tribal and Muslim religious leader who formed the modern state of Saudi Arabia and initiated the exploitation of its oil. Additional reading David A. Howarth, The Desert King (1964), is the best biography; J.B. Glubb, War in the Desert (1960), describes Ikhwan raids and meetings with Ibn Sa'ud. See also H.St.J. Philby, Arabia of the Wahhabis (1930). Philby knew Ibn Sa'ud intimately but was strongly prejudiced in his favour. Ameen F. Rihani, Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia (1928), is an account of a visit to Ibn Sa'ud in 1923.