How Imam Mohammed Achieved Tribal Unity To Create The First Saudi State – Analysis
By Jonathan Gornall
The House of Saud took the first steps on the long road to nationhood in 1727, when Imam Mohammed bin Saud succeeded his cousin, Zaid bin Markhan, as ruler of the city state of Diriyah.
It is this pivotal moment, recognized as the date when the First Saudi State came into being, that is celebrated in the...