Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad

Turki bin Abdallah bin Muhammad Al Saud
Turki bin Abdallah bin Muhammad Al Saud
Issue Fahd bin Turki Jiluwi bin Turki Faisal bin Turki Abdallah bin Turki
Noble family	House of Saud
Born	1755
Died	1834

Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad (Arabic: ترکي بن عبدالله‎) (1755–1834) was the founder of the Second Saudi State and ruled the area of Najd during the period from 1821–1834 following administration by the Ottoman Empire. He was son of Abdallah bin Muhammad bin Saud.

Kingship

Leadership of the House of Saud passed to his own branch of the family after the death of Abdullah bin Saud in 1818 as a result of battle with Egyptian forces at Diriyah. To avoid capture Turki escaped into the desert after the fall of Diriyah.^[1] He found refuge among the al-Khorayef princes of the tribes of Bani Tamim.

In 1821, he emerged from hiding to lead a revolt against the Egyptians and was successful in establishing his position as ruler of Diriyah. By 1824, the rest of Najd was in his hands, with Riyadh becoming the new capital.^[2]

In 1827, he survived a revolt led by Mushari bin Abdul-Rahman bin Mushari, a distant cousin. However he was assassinated by him later in 1834. Turki was succeeded by his son Faisal, who was in a military operation to the east.

Branches of the House of Saud

Turki was the progenitor of three major branches of the Saud family:

• The Al Faisal- through his son Faisal - this is the branch to which the present line of Saudi monarchs belongs. According to the Library of Congress, it contained several thousand male descendants of Turki by the late twentieth century.^[3]
• The Al Turki- through his youngest Son

Abdullah Bin Turki, this is the branch of which the descendants of the founder of Saudi Arabia Turki Bin Abdullah are the Al Turki

• • The Saud Al-Kabir- the merging of two branches with the marriage of Saud bin Faisal with the family of Abdullah bin Saud
• The Al Jiluwi- through his son Jiluwi- born while Turki was in exile

References

1. (1992) Nineteenth Century Arabia. In Helen Chapin Metz (eds.)Saudi Arabia: A Country Study. Washington. Library of Congress.
2. (1992) Nineteenth Century Arabia. In Helen Chapin Metz (eds.)Saudi Arabia: A Country Study. Washington. Library of Congress.
3. (1992) Politics. In Helen Chapin Metz (eds.)Saudi Arabia: A Country Study. Washington. Library of Congress.

External links

• Second State of Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia: A Country Study