The first king of the third Saudi state now known as Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud, would forge a theocratic absolute monarchy that would come to dominate over the Arabian peninsula and became stewards of Islam‘s two holiest sights, Mecca and Medina. Join us as we get to know Ibn Saud, the man who led his dynasty and people into modernity, western influence, and wealth beyond all imagination.

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Darlow, Michael, and Barbara Bray. Ibn Saud: The Desert Warrior Who Created the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Skyhorse Publishing, 2015.

“One of the World's Most Dangerous Millennials.” The Economist, The Economist Newspaper, 2022, https://www.economist.com/films/2022/08/26/one-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-millennials.