House of Saud

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dynasty royal family

The House of Saud is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia, historically central to the kingdom’s political power, state formation, and alliance with Wahhabi Islam.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Al Saud 3
Al Saud family 1
Saudi royal family 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dynasty ⓘ
royal family ⓘ
associatedWith House of Al ash-Sheikh ⓘ
capitalCity Riyadh ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
controls Saudi Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Saudi Arabian armed forces

Government of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
surface form: Saudi Arabian government
controlsHolyCities Mecca ⓘ
Medina ⓘ
country Saudi Arabia ⓘ
currentHeadOfHouse Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ⓘ
economicBase oil revenues ⓘ
establishedFirstSaudiState Diriyah ⓘ
surface form: Emirate of Diriyah
establishedSecondSaudiState Sultanate of Nejd ⓘ
surface form: Emirate of Nejd
establishedThirdSaudiState Saudi Arabia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab
founder Muhammad bin Saud ⓘ
foundingLocation Diriyah ⓘ
governsThrough royal decrees ⓘ
hasResidence Al Auja Palace ⓘ
Al Yamamah Palace ⓘ
hasSecurityApparatus Saudi Arabian National Guard ⓘ
surface form: Saudi Royal Guard Regiment
hasTitle Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques ⓘ
King of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
heirApparent Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud ⓘ
historicalAllianceWith Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ
Wahhabism ⓘ
surface form: Wahhabi religious establishment
influences Saudi domestic policy ⓘ
Saudi foreign policy ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
nobleFamilyType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
notableMember Ibn Saud ⓘ
surface form: Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman Al Saud

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ⓘ
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ⓘ
King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ⓘ
surface form: Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Ibn Saud ⓘ
Khalid of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
surface form: Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud ⓘ
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ⓘ
Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ⓘ
politicalSystem absolute monarchy ⓘ
region Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousOrientation Wahhabism ⓘ
role ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
unifiedTerritory Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ
Nejd ⓘ
usesSuccessionSystem agnatic succession within Al Saud family ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diriyah → associatedDynasty → House of Saud ⓘ
Masmak Fortress → associatedWith → House of Saud ⓘ
Najd → associatedWith → House of Saud ⓘ
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia → familyName → House of Saud ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al Saud
this entity surface form: Al Saud
this entity surface form: Al Saud
Diriyah → foundedBy → House of Saud ⓘ
this entity surface form: Al Saud family
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud → house → House of Saud ⓘ
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia → memberOf → House of Saud ⓘ
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud → memberOf → House of Saud ⓘ
Diriyah → originalHomeOf → House of Saud ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saudi royal family
Riyadh → rulingHouse → House of Saud ⓘ