King Abdul Aziz was a warrior who combined treachery
with connivance to unite, with the help of the British, what today is
called Saudi Arabia. Perhaps the only country in the world named after its
founder. Saudi Arabia is a vast arid land with the harshest climate. It
has blessed with enormous oil deposits that represent 25% of all oil
deposits in the world. When oil was uncovered by the British in the early
twenties, Saudi Arabia was still a land of tribes and Bedouins who fought
among each other for control of land and more importantly water resources.
Enters Abdul Aziz, a savage and unruly creature whose reputation as a
sexual beast was more important to him than the dignity and respect
accorded to leaders. Helped by Philby, a British plant, Abdul Aziz spells
blood across Arabia with the help of his Ikhwan (Fundamentalist group
nurtured by Abdul Aziz to help him conquer his enemies).
Years of blood spilling and atrocities delivered to Abdul Aziz a
tired Arabia with its knees on the ground. In his wars, Abdul Aziz killed
400,000 tribesmen and Arabians mostly belonging to Shammar and Uneiza
tribes and mostly from the al-Rasheeds family who was considered the
pillar of Arabia due to their kindness, courage, gentlemanly manners, and
the ability to help those who needed them. Abdul Aziz use to participate
in these battles and more often than mentioned by historians, used to
enjoy tasting the blood of his enemies right out of the sword. With this
image in mind combined with the harsh climate of the desert, al-Saud clan
was born with their representative and their father a bandit and a savage
individual uncivilized and uncontrollable.
When Abdul Aziz was undertaking uniting all the tribes under one
rule, he approached the Ottoman empire, which at the turn of the century
and after World War I had started to decline, to offer his services in
return for arms and ammunition. The Ottoman Caliph rejected to help him
discounting his prowess and capability to survive a world that still
believed in honor. The British, on the other hand, wanted to diminish the
power of the Ottoman empire and connected with Abdul Aziz and helped him
to increase their sphere of influence in an area that had promising
resources. So Abdul Aziz became an agent of the British empire paid by
bullion and armaments. With the help of these armaments, Abdul Aziz
conquered his rival tribes and established himself as King in 1932 (In
Islam, a King is unacceptable as a title because it conveys inequality
among men, nonetheless, Abdul Aziz followed by Saud, Faisal and Fahd all
carried the title of King. Fahd changed his title, because of pressure
from fundamentalists in Saudi Arabia, to Guardian of the two Holly
Shrines). Following the official formation of Saudi Arabia and recognition
in the United Nations by 1934, Abdul Aziz embarked on his next hobby which
was sex. he married women by the tens and delivered 44 sons and countless
daughters before succumbing to illness and eventual death in 1953.
Even though the legacy Abdul Aziz left behind was somewhat
distorted by Philby, the British plant in Abdul Aziz court, he nonetheless
had certain charisma (none of it found in any of his sons except Prince
Talal bin Abdul Aziz, a philanthropist benefactors of the UNESCO
Foundation). As an example, no one could carry a Majlis like he did. He
mesmerized his followers with stories and proverbs and sayings that they
all believed. And one thing he told them is that he was a direct
descendent of the Prophet Mohammad. What he forgot to mention is that an
Egyptian Sheik by the name of Tamimi has in prior years, and against a
payment of 30,000 British Pounds, falsified records to show that al-Saud
were direct descendents of the Prophet. To hide his inconsequential
background, Abdul Aziz resorted to falsifying records. This kind of
corrupt behavior is too evident today in almost all of his children and
especially the Sudeiri Seven. Having failed to convince the world of this
unconscionable act, the al-Saud today ignore totally the subject except
when they are reminded that the Hashemites are the true Guardians of Mecca
and Medina.
