Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad

Abd al- Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Saud (Arabic عبد العزيز بن محمد بن سعود, DMG ʿ Abd al - ʿ Azeez b Muḥammad Sa ʿ b ūd, .. † 1803) was from 1765 to 1803, the second ruler of the Saudi dynasty.

Abd al- Aziz ibn Muhammad was in his lifetime his father Muhammad ibn Saud (1726-1765) intended to be heir to the throne of the house of Saud and confirmed by Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab -. After he had already made a name as a commander, he could take control in 1765 without any problems. He continued the military and peaceful conversion of the Bedouin tribes for the teaching of the Wahhabis continues. A first important success was the subjugation of the Emirate of Riyadh, which had successfully resisted 27 years (1773 ).

In the following years, the Bedouin of Central Arabia were subjected to a continuous guerrilla war. By 1800 al - Hasa, Bahrain and the tribes of Qatar as well as the Pirate Coast had been subjected. Campaigns of the Ottoman Pasha of Baghdad to al - Hasa were unsuccessful. 1802 conquered and sacked by the Wahhabis even Karbala in Iraq, where the grave of Hussain, one of the most important Shiite shrines were destroyed.

After 1771 and 1790 Colloquy between the Sherif of Mecca and the Wahhabis had been unsuccessful, widened since 1795 the fighting in the Hejaz from. After the defeat of Kumrah (1798 ) Sherif Ghaleb had to first make peace. However, Abd al- Aziz in 1801 broke the peace, conquered and occupied Taif Makkah. Jeddah, however, could not be conquered by the Wahhabis. On October 2, 1803 Abd al- Aziz was I. murdered in Mecca when praying in the mosque of a Shia. Was succeeded by Saud ibn Abd al- Aziz I. ( 1803-1814 ).