King Abdulaziz
King Abdulaziz was in his twenties
when left Kuwait leading a handful of his relatives and aids towards Riyadh, by
then he was about 26 years old. The Arab peninsula was in a mess. But on the 15th of
January 1902 King Abdulaziz was able to enter Riyadh City victoriously and the
Arab peninsula witnessed a new era. He took over both the political and
religious powers when his father, Imam Abdurrahman bin Faisal stepped down for
him. This took place in the Grand Mosque after the Jumaah prayer.
Gradually, the new King started to
unite Najd area beginning with southern Riyadh when he defeated his opponents
in an area called Dalam near Kharj thereby taking over all towns of southern
Riyadh including Kharj, Al Hareeq, al Aflaj and Wadi Al Dawasir.
King Abdulaziz then went to Al Washam
area and conquered its capital city Shagra and then went on to Thadiq and the
capital of Sudair Al Majmaah. This was culminated in uniting all these areas
under his rule and became part of what is known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz was able to conquer
Gasim area in the 1321/1324 after several minor battles but the last and
decisive one was Raudat Mahannah on the 14th of April 1906.
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