WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Arab leader who took over most of Arabia by 1925 and became Saudi Arabia’s first king in 1932 was
A
Hussein ibn Ali.
B
Abdul Aziz ibn Saud.
C
Mohammed bin Mahfouz
D
Mohammed Mossadeq.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tensions finally boiled over when the Ikhwan rebelled. After two years of fighting, they were suppressed by Ibn Saud in the Battle of Sabilla in March 1929. On 23 September 1932, Ibn Saud formally united his realm into the King dom of Saudi Arabia, with himself as its king.

Detailed explanation-2: -The history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia begins properly on September 23, 1932, when by royal decree the dual kingdom of the Hejaz and Najd with its dependencies, administered since 1927 as two separate units, was unified under the name of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Detailed explanation-3: -From 1902 until his death in 1953, Saudi Arabia’s founding father, Abdulaziz, ruled the Emirate of Riyadh (1902–1913), the Emirate of Nejd and Hasa (1913–1921), the Sultanate of Nejd (1921–1926), the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (1926–1932), and as the King of Saudi Arabia (1932–1953).

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