The cases
Under each headline: who in the family is in the case. Each card opens the full cited case.
- Cases
- 1
- Years
- 1958 to 1958
- Countries
- Iraq
- Subjects
- Royalty
- In power
- 1785 to 2012
- Power held
- Government office, Military command
- Relatives recorded
- 137
- Database
- Every member on a time line
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Al Saud: forty men to the Ritz-Carlton
One fortune, step by step. Every fortune followed through time
1744Alliance between Muhammad ibn Saud and the cleric Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
15 Jan 1902Abdulaziz takes Riyadh with about 40 men
1925Hejaz and Mecca taken from the Hashemites
1933Oil concession to Standard Oil of California
1946–1948The companies that become Exxon and Mobil join Aramco
1953Ibn Saud dies; the throne passes among his sons
1980The state owns all of Aramco
21 Jun 2017Mohammed bin Nayef removed as heir; Mohammed bin Salman named
4 Nov 2017Ritz-Carlton detentions; settlements reported above $100 billion
Members who held power
From Wikidata: office, rank or fortune, oldest first. Each name opens its Wikipedia article.
Ali bin Mohammed bin Abdul Moin1833politicianOttoman Empire
Jamil1888military personnel
Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid1901mosaicist; painter; stained-glass artist; printmaker; collagist; lithographerJordan
Walter Percy Gardiner1914military personnelUnited Kingdom