POLITICIAN

Muhammad bin Saud

1710 - 1765

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Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin (Arabic: محمد بن سعود آل مقرن, romanized: Muḥammad bin Suʿūd Āl Muqrin; 1687–1765), also known as Ibn Saud, was the emir of Diriyah and is considered the founder of the First Saudi State and the Saud dynasty, which are named for his father, Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad bin Saud has received more than 1,147,401 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Muhammad bin Saud is the 2,023rd most popular politician (up from 2,787th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 94th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

Muhammad bin Saud is most famous for uniting the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula and establishing a kingdom that became the foundation of Saudi Arabia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad bin Saud ranks 2,023 out of 19,576Before him are Henry II of Castile, Sobekneferu, Gaius Octavius, Albert the Bear, Albert, King of Sweden, and Frederick the Fair. After him are Luís I of Portugal, Amenemhat I, Tariq Aziz, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, Al-Amin, and Stefan Milutin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Muhammad bin Saud ranks 5Before him are Louis XV of France, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden. After him are András Hadik, Thomas Reid, Thomas Simpson, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Domenico Alberti, and Thomas Arne. Among people deceased in 1765, Muhammad bin Saud ranks 4Before him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis, Dauphin of France, and Mikhail Lomonosov. After him are Philip, Duke of Parma, Alexis Clairaut, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Charles-André van Loo, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, and Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad bin Saud ranks 92 out of 354Before him are Muadh ibn Jabal (600), Umm Kulthum bint Ali (630), Muhammad bin Qasim (695), Qasim ibn Muhammad (598), Juwayriyya bint al-Harith (608), and Abu Dhar al-Ghifari (600). After him are Amr ibn al-As (580), Sa'id bin Zayd (593), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637), Muhammad al-Jawad (811), Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576), and Wahshi ibn Harb (700).

Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad bin Saud ranks 28Before him are Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Talal of Jordan (1909), Maymunah bint al-Harith (594), Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1912), Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674), and Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661). After him are Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576), Asmā' bint Abi Bakr (595), Al-Wathiq (812), Abul Kalam Azad (1888), Rayhana bint Zayd (600), and Ali of Hejaz (1879).