List of Saudi rulers

Flag of the Al Saud dynasty

This is a list of rulers of Saudi Arabia, a kingdom on the Arabian Peninsula.

Sheikhdom of Diriyah

• 1446–1727 Sheikhdom of Diriyah

First Saudi State

• 1727-1818 Emirate of Diriyah

Second Saudi State

• 1823-1891 Emirate of Nejd

Third Saudi State (1902–present)

• 1902 - 1913: Emirate of Riyadh
• 1913 - 1921: Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
• 1921 - 1926: Sultanate of Nejd
• 1926 - 1932: Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
• 1932–present: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Genealogy

Timeline

Standard of the Kingdom

The Royal Standard consists of a green flag, with an Arabic inscription and a sword featured in white, and with the national emblem embroidered in gold in the lower right canton of the year 1973.

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  Royal Flag of the King
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  Royal Standard of the King
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The script on the flag is written in the Thuluth script. It is the shahada or Islamic declaration of faith:

لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله

lā ʾilāha ʾillā-llāh, muhammadun rasūlu-llāh

There is no other god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God.^[2]

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  Royal Flag of the King (1938-1953)
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  Royal Banner of the King (1938-1953)
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  Royal Standard of the King (1938-1953)
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  Royal Flag of the King (1953-1964)
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  Royal Standard of the King (1953-1964)
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  Royal Flag of the King (1964-1973)
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  Royal Standard of the King (1964-1973)
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See also

• History of Saudi Arabia

References

^‡ assassinated.

1. James Wynbrandt (2010). A Brief History of Saudi Arabia (berilustrasi ed.). Infobase Publishing. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8160-7876-9. 9780816078769.
2. "About Saudi Arabia: Facts and figures". The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington D.C. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.