Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud

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Abd al-`Azīz Āl Sa`ūd 26^th November 1880 (23^rd Dhul-Hijjah 1297) - 9^th November 1953 (2^nd Rabbi al-Awwal 1373) (Arabic: عبدالعزيز آل سعود) was the first monarch of Saudi Arabia. He is also known by several abbreviated forms of this name, including simply Ibn Sa`ūd. He was born in Riyadh into the House of Sa'ūd (commonly transliterated Saud), which had historically maintained dominion over the interior highlands of Arabia known as the Najd. Ibn Saud died in Taif.