Turkī

Arab leader

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history of Arabia

  • Petra, Jordan: Khazneh ruins
    In history of Arabia: Resistance to the Ottomans

    …second Saudi-Wahhābī kingdom began when Turkī, of a collateral Saudi branch, revolted and in 1824 captured Riyadh in Najd and made it his capital. He was succeeded by his son Fayṣal. By 1833 Wahhābī overlordship was generally recognized in the Persian Gulf, though the Egyptians remained in the Hejaz.

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  • Saudi Arabia
    In Saudi Arabia: Second Saudi state

    …state begun in 1824 when Turki (1823–34), a grandson of Muhammad ibn Saud, succeeded in capturing Riyadh and expelling the Egyptian garrison. Thereafter, Riyadh remained the capital of the state. Turki tried to maintain friendly ties with the Ottoman governors of Iraq, as he accepted nominal Ottoman sovereignty, and with…

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Saʿūd dynasty

  • Ibn Saud
    In Saud dynasty: The second Saudi state

    …by Muhammad ibn Saud’s grandson Turki (reigned 1823–34) in Riyadh in 1824. But when Turki’s son Faisal I (reigned 1834–38 and 1843–65) died, succession disputes between Faisal’s sons led to civil war. The forces of Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Rashīd (Ibn Rashīd) overran the Saudis at the Battle of Al-Mulaydah…

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