Enlightenment · Middle East · Religion
1744
First Saudi State
January 1, 1744
In the Najd oasis of Diriyah, Muhammad ibn Saud, a local ruler, offered protection to the puritan reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, who had been driven from his home town. They sealed their alliance with marriages. From that small desert bargain would come a movement, a kingdom, and a house that still rules.
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Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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