Saudi Arabia

Al Mamlaka al Arabiya as Sa'udiya



622-1735

YEAR DATE EVENT HEAD OF STATE
622 16 july Independent State Muhammad the Prophet
632 Caliphate caliphe Abu Bakr
634 caliphe Omar I
644 caliphe Othman
656 caliphe Ali
661 Syrian Occupation
1256 Arab Occupation
1517 Ottoman Occupation

1735-1902

YEAR DATE EVENT HEAD OF STATE
17xx al-Diriyah Emirate - Wahabita dinasty emir Su'ûd ibn Muh.ammad
1735 emir Muhammed I
1765 emir Abdul Aziz I
1803 2 october emir Sa`ud I
1814 1 may emir Abdullah I
1819 Egyptian occupation
1822 al-Diriyah Emirate - Wahabita dinasty emir Turki ibn Abdullah
1834 emir Mushârî
1834 18 june emir Faysal I (I)
1838 emir Khalid I
1841 emir Abdullah II
1843 13 july emir Faysal I (II)
1865 2 december emir Abdullah III (I)
1871 10 april emir Saud II
1874 emir Abdullah III (II)
1887 emir Muhammad II
1887 Part of Emirate of Jebel Shammar emir Abdullah III (III)
1889 emir Abd al-Rahman
1891 emir Muhammad III

1902-1921

YEAR DATE EVENT HEAD OF STATE
1902 15 january Emirate of Nejd emir Abdul Aziz II

1921-1932

YEAR DATE EVENT HEAD OF STATE
1921 22 august Sultanate of Nejd sultane Abdul Aziz II (emir)
1927 29 january Kingdom of Nejd king Abdul Aziz II (sultane and emir)

1932-1938

YEAR DATE EVENT HEAD OF STATE
1932 22 september Kingdom king Abdul Aziz II

1938-

YEAR DATE EVENT HEAD OF STATE
1938 30 march
1953 9 november king Sa`ud III
1964 2 november king Faysal II
1975 25 march king Khalid II
1982 13 june king Fahd
2005 1 august king Abdullah IV


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