TIME.CO, Jakarta – Top 3 World Cup yesterday started from the history of Saudi Arabia which is the largest Islamic country in the world. The history of Saudi Arabia’s founding has been colored by civil wars and power struggles.
In second place in the world top 3 is Saudi Arabia, which is now going green. Green plants sprout among the barren deserts and barren mountains of Saudi Arabia. The latest top 3 in the world is Anwar Ibrahim’s visit to Jakarta. Yesterday he was seen accompanied by Jokowi around the Bogor Botanical Gardens. Here’s more:
1. 97 years of Saudi Arabia: history of the country with power struggles and civil war
Saudi Arabian it is one of the largest Islamic countries in the world. The majority of the Muslim population did not escape the story of the founding of this powerful Middle Eastern country.
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According to an article published by Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University, the forerunner of Saudi Arabia was founded in 1744 in an area called Diriyah. The establishment of this country was the result of a marriage between the prince of a desert ruler, Muhammad bin Saud, and the daughter of a Sunni cleric, Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab.
The union of the two families then created a Wahhabi sect which aimed to destroy other currents considered deviant from Islam.
Muhammad bin Saud had a political view, he wanted his reign in Diriyah to launch a military expansion. Eventually a number of areas around the kingdom were subdued until his death in 1765 and his son succeeded him, Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad al-Saud.
His son then managed to expand the territory to conquer much of the Arabian peninsula. Unfortunately, Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad Al-Saud’s fight had to be stopped when he launched an attack on the holy city of Karbala. He died at the hands of a Shiite in 1801.
The Saudi dynasty’s intention to control the holy cities of Mecca and Medina turned the Ottoman Turkish dynasty against them. On this feud, the war took place from 1811 to 1818 as a result of the victory of the Ottoman Turkish dynasty.
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