Ibn Saud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ibn Saud

Founder of Saudi Arabia

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1875

Place of Birth: Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Date of Death: 09-Nov-1953

Profession: statesperson

Nationality: Saudi Arabia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal ibn Turki ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al Saud (Arabic: ??? ?????? ?? ??? ?????? ?? ???? ?? ???? ?? ??? ???? ?? ???? ?? ?????, Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Abd ar-Ra?man Al Sa'ud; 15 January 1875 – 9 November 1953), usually known within the Arab world as Abdulaziz and in the West as Ibn Saud, was the first monarch and founder of Saudi Arabia, the "third Saudi state".He reconquered his family's ancestral home city of Riyadh in 1902, starting three decades of conquests that made him the ruler of nearly all of central and north Arabia.
He consolidated his control over the Najd in 1922, then conquered the Hejaz in 1925.
He extended his dominions into what later became the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.
As King, he presided over the discovery of petroleum in Saudi Arabia in 1938 and the beginning of large-scale oil production after World War II.
He fathered many children, including 45 sons, and all of the subsequent kings of Saudi Arabia.