Muhammad ibn Saud

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Muhammad ibn Saud ibn Muhammad Al Muqran ( Arabic محمد بن سعود بن محمد آل مقرن, DMG Muḥammad b. Saʿūd b. Muḥammad Āl Muqran ; * around 1700 ; † 1765 ) was the tribal leader and first imam of the Saudi dynasty from 1735 to 1765 .

Life

Muhammad's father Saud was Emir of Dir'iyya (1720–1725). Despite being appointed heir to the throne, Muhammad was initially ousted from power by Said, a relative. Only after his assassination in 1735 could he take power.

When Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab came to Dariya in 1744, Muhammad ibn Saud joined his teaching and supported its dissemination. This was also due to the military successes of Muhammad ibn Saud in the struggle for supremacy in the central Arabian Najd . As a result of the war that the Saudi Wahhabis waged in the name of “true Islam” against supposedly “unbelieving” tribes, they were able to gain control over large parts of the Najd.

From around 1750, Muhammad left the leadership of the military campaigns to his son Abd al-Aziz . However, there were also setbacks. In 1764 the Wahhabis suffered a heavy defeat against the Najran tribes . Muhammad ibn Saud died in 1765. His son Abd al-Aziz was able to take power (1765-1803) without any problems, to which the support of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab certainly contributed.

literature

  • Jörg-Dieter Brandes: ... with saber and Koran. Saudi Arabia, or the rise of the Saud royal family and the Wahabi people. Thorbecke, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-7995-0094-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LCAuth no95012509 (see source information there) gives the year of birth as 1689. Query date: November 10, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Muhammad ibn Saud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muhammad ibn Saud ibn Muhammad Al Muqran
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Imam of the Wahhabis (1735–1765)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1700
DATE OF DEATH 1765