Why Does Saudi Arabia Exist? | The Rise of the House of Saud

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Why is there a Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? For centuries, external powers lorded over the Arabian peninsula, but there was one place, its center, that outsiders could never control, at least not fully. There, Arab clans operated with significant autonomy, and the greatest among them was the House of Saud. After allying themselves with a new, and radical, religious sect, they would spend two centuries trying, with various degrees of success, to forge a powerful state for themselves in Arabia. All of which would culminate in the conquests of Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (better known in the West as Ibn Saud) who, after nearly 30 years of war, created Saudi Arabia in 1932.

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Awesome! I've heard of the three Saudi states but I never managed to look further into the history of how they got to exist. Epic video, James, keep it up!!

outerspace
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اللهم اجعل هذا البلد آمناً مطمئناً سخاءً رخاءً وسائر بلاد المسلمين 🇸🇦

reemaalshehri
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Very important point that needs correction.
The saudi monarch in the first and second state was called both Emir and Imam and in fact Imam is more emphasized. The monarch was both political and religious head. The clergys function was to support him.
That changed in the third state. Abdulaziz was called Sultan "malik" king and Emir of various emirates and kingdoms until they were all united officially to form modern saudi arabia with abdulaziz taking the title of king.

abdullahshah
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I don't get why your channel has such a small audience. Your videos are awesome

MrSeal-oyfu
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As a Saudi I am grateful for King Abdulaziz and all the Arabian tribes fought with him to unite this desert that never saw such prosperity.

You have to understand at that time people starved to death and the survival is for the stronger in the arabian desert during the otmans empire that didn’t do much for them.

You would say it was the oil but oil wasn’t enough for unstable country. The country needed a visionary king rules by firm hands for Saudi to be what it became.

TheSulaiman_
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لايوجد شيء اسمه وهابية .. محمد بن عبدالوهاب تتم مهاجمته بسبب انه قال العبادة لله وحده لاشريك له وهدم القبور التي كان يذهب لها الناس لطلب الشفاعة من غير الله .

fj
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impressive, a Western content maker who talks objectively about Arab history. You are the first to do it. Thank you, sir

alal
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I like how your pronunciation is on point. Usually these names get mangled so badly they aren't coherent anymore :D

hassanminbaghdad
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He wasn’t a RADICAL !!!!??
Stop telling lies to people!
He was a good man who helped gather the other radical muslims and muslims who doesn’t know islam very well under the right creed which is against radicalism!! So stop saying that he is a radical

mr.someone
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Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab rahimahu Allah is not a "Radical" he is but a hanbali shaikh who reestablished "Tawhid" which is the onness of Allah. And just to clarify for those kids who are gonna reply, I am not a saudi.

hamza.r
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Good Historical video love from saudi arabia 💚💚💚🇸🇦

euibdfo
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Fun Fact: The Al Saud are a section of the Anizah tribe, also the Al Sabah of Kuwait, and the Al Khalifah of the Bahrain. The approximate number of members of the tribe is 25 million, and the Al Rashid are from the Shammar tribe, and the approximate number is 20 million.

Zombie_M
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Simplicity at its I wonder how much you struggled to acheive that simplicity.... great work mate

immad
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God bless the Najdi Arabs 🇱🇾🤝🇸🇦

It Imam Terkhi not Turki.

ziyadpepe
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❤❤❤❤❤ I love you Saudi Arabia from India

Rinicountryhumans
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Great video, but there’s some points that needs to be correct
1- Mohammad bin Abdullawhab movement wasn’t radical, it came out of necessity when the Ottoman empire neglected the Arab people and they were left uneducated until they lost the teaching of islam at that time and people started worshiping other gods, but the radical movement came in the 70s and 80s and it’s what we call “Al-Sahwa” and they used Mohammad bin Abdullawhab book and name to justify their views that’s why people think they are connected when in fact the 2 movements has nothing to do with each other, that’s why when you see pictures and videos of Saudi up until the early 70s you will see a modern country and not as religious as it has became in the 80s but we finally got ride of “Al-sahwa” here in Saudi.
2- Al-khwan is a radical movement that started in Egypt not Saudi, and it was never part of the political scene in Saudi until the 80s when they supported Al-sahwa and it has always been against the royal family not with it.
3- the last point is the part that western historians like to leave out when they try to explain the dynamic here in Saudi. Our community here is a tribal one and when King Abdulaziz was trying to unite the country he made deals with most of the tribes leaders and was supported by most of them because he was one of them, and people have had enough of being ruled and terrorized by a foreign power which was the Ottoman Empire at the time, that’s why they rallied around him and went to war with him against the Ottomans and he promised a future without the ottomans control, and up until now the royal family here is still supported by all the tribes. So King Abdulaziz ruled be uniting the people under the tribal flag not necessarily the religious one.

aqr
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the fall of Hedjaz to Nejd is one of the greatest tragedies of modern history

LakeGameCreepr
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Why would we be going away anytime soon ? This land is arab and will remain “pure” Arab, beduin, tribal land forever.

AAASAK
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very interesting, I had heard this story before but in nowhere near as much detail as this

micahistory
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Hey man excellent video. To concisely cover what must have been a complicated series of political family dramas is nothing to sneeze at.

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