Ibn Saud — Arabic Wikipedia

Long Arabic Wikipedia article on Abu Turki Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (19 Dhu al-Hijja 1293 AH / 15 January 1876 – 2 Rabi' al-Awwal 1373 AH / 9 November 1953), founder and first King of Saudi Arabia and fourteenth ruler of the House of Saud; it recounts his setting out from Kuwait and recapture of Riyadh on the night of 21 Ramadan 1319 AH, more than thirty years of unification campaigns up to the royal decree uniting the country as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 23 September 1932, and his founding of the state's institutions, Shura Council, Monetary Agency and railway.