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Bookmark or Share- Saudi Arabia - The World FactbookSaudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to Islam's two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina. The king's official title is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. ABD AL-AZIZ bin Abd al-Rahman AL SAUD (Ibn Saud) founded the modern Saudi state in 1932 after a 30-year campaign to unify most of the Arabian Peninsula.
- Saudi Arabia - WikipediaSaudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. The capital and largest city is Riyadh; other major cities include Jeddah and the two holiest cities in Islam, Mecca and Medina.
- Saudi Arabia country profile - BBC NewsThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the main players in the Arab world. Its stature is built on its prestige as the custodian of the birthplace of Islam, and its status as an one of the...
- Saudi Arabia | History, Map, Flag, Capital, Population ...Saudi Arabia is a sparsely populated kingdom in the Middle East, known for its oil industry and ruled by the Saud family that embraced the conservative Wahhabi Islamic movement in the 18th century.
- Saudi Arabia - Deserts, Oil, Religion | BritannicaSaudi Arabia - Deserts, Oil, Religion: The history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia begins properly on September 23, 1932, when by royal decree the dual kingdom of the Hejaz and Najd with its dependencies, administered since 1927 as two separate units, was unified under the name of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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