Turki Al Saud

Turki ibn Abdallah ibn Muhammad Al Saud ( Arabic تركي بن ​​عبدالله بن محمد آل سعود, DMG Turkī b. ʿAbdallāh b. Muḥammad Āl Saʿūd ; * 1755 ; † 1834 ) was a Wahhabi imam .

With the conquest and destruction of Dariya by Egypt (1818), the Saud Empire in central Arabia was smashed. This led to a new outbreak of power struggles among the tribes. In these Turki as-Saud, a great-uncle of Abdallah I ibn Saud (1814-1818) was able to assert himself as the imam of the Wahhabis (1820). He also succeeded in occupying Riyadh , which was to become the center of the new Saudi empire. At first, however, the fighting with the Egyptian occupying power continued. But since Turki recognized the Egyptian sovereignty and paid tributes, he was able to consolidate his position in Arabia until he was murdered by a relative in May 1834. Nevertheless, the heir to the throne Faisal ibn Turki Al Saud (1834–1865) , who had been appointed during his lifetime, was able to assert himself as the new imam.

See also: Saud dynasty

literature

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