Abdulaziz bin Mutaib Al Rashid

Abdulaziz bin Mutaib Al Rashid (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن متعب الرشيد, romanized: ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin Mitʿeb arRašīd; 1870–12 April 1906), better known as Ibn Rashid, was the Emir of Jabal Shammar from 1897 to 1906.^[1][2]

Abdulaziz bin Mutaib Al Rashid
Emir of Jabal Shammar
Reign	1897 – 12 April 1906
Predecessor	Muhammad bin Abdullah
Successor	Mutaib bin Abdulaziz
Born	1870 Ha'il
Died	12 April 1906 (aged 35–36) Rawdat Muhanna
Issue	List Mutaib, Emir of Jabal Shammar Prince Mishaal Prince Mohammed Saud, Emir of Jabal Shammar Princess Munira Princess Salma Princess Jozaa
Names Abdulaziz bin Mutaib bin Abdullah bin Ali Al Rashid
House	House of Rashid
Father	Mutaib bin Abdullah, Emir of Jabal Shammar

Biography

Abdulaziz bin Mutaib was born in 1870.^[3] He was the son of the third Rashidi emir, Mutaib bin Abdullah, and was adopted by his uncle Muhammed, the fifth emir who made Abdulaziz his heir.^[4] After Muhammed died of natural causes in 1897 Abdulaziz succeeded him unopposed. However, the Rashidi rule was insecure, as their Ottoman allies were unpopular and weakening. In 1902, Ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, returned from Kuwait with a small force and retook Riyadh.^[5] Ibn Rashid, who engaged in several battles with Ibn Saud's forces, died in 1906 in the battle of Rawdat Muhanna against Ibn Saud.^[5]

References

1. Christopher Keesee Mellon (May 2015). "Resiliency of the Saudi Monarchy: 1745-1975" (Master's Project). American University of Beirut. Beirut.
2. Frederick Fallowfield Anscombe (1994). The Ottoman Gulf and the Creation of Kuwayt, Sa'udi Arabia and Qatar, 1871-1914 (PhD thesis). Princeton University. p. 256. ISBN 979-8-208-93987-1. ProQuest 304117067.
3. Dhaifallah Alotaibi (2017). Ibn Sa'ud and Britain: Early changing relationship and pre-state formation 1902-1914 (PhD thesis). Bangor University. p. 7. ISBN 9781088398487. ProQuest 2083742545.
4. Roby C. Barrett (June 2015). "Saudi Arabia: Modernity, Stability, and the Twenty-First Century Monarchy" (Report). Joint Special Operations University. p. 30. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
5. Talal Sha'yfan Muslat Al Azma (1999). The role of the Ikhwan under 'Abdul'Aziz Al Sa'ud 1916-1934 (PhD thesis). Durham University. p. 49.

Further reading

• Madawi Al Rasheed. (1991). Politics in an Arabian oasis. The Rashidi Tribal Dynasty. I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, London & New York (based on a Ph.D. thesis presented to Cambridge University, 1988). ISBN 1-85043-320-8

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Abdulaziz bin Mutaib Al Rashid House of Rashid Born: 1870
Regnal titles
Preceded by Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Rashid	Emir of Jabal Shammar 1897–1906	Succeeded by Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid