Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850–1928)

Abdul Rahman was born in 1850.{{cite thesis|author=Khalid Abdullah Krairi|title=John Philby and his political roles in the Arabian Peninsula, 1917-1953|url=https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/7675/1/Krairi17PhD.pdf|location=University of Birmingham|degree=PhD ==Royal civil war==

After their father died in 1865, a struggle for power arose between Abdul Rahman's brothers Saud and Abdullah.{{cite web In 1887 the sons of Saud bin Faisal, who kept up desultory hostilities against their uncles, managed to capture Abdullah. The Emir of Jabal Shammar, Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Rashid, was able to secure Abdullah's release in exchange for Abdul Rahman. Abdullah was taken to Ha'il and a Rashidi emir appointed him to govern Riyadh. Abdul Rahman was able to rise in revolt in 1887 and take and defend Riyadh, but his attempts to expand control ended in disaster. When he became the undisputed leader of the House of Saud in 1889, he attacked and regained Riyadh. However, Emir Muhammad's forces defeated the Saudis in the Battle of Mulayda, and Abdul Rahman and his family were forced to flee. ==Later years==

was the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In 1891 the family fled to the desert of the Rub al-Khali to the southeast among the Al Murrah. In the battle he was actively supported by Mubarak Al Sabah. At the beginning of 1905 he wanted to visit Kuwait to meet with Captain S.G. Knox, the first British political representative there, but it was not permitted by the British. The latter acted as the ceremonial leader of the newly built state. In 1905 he represented Abdulaziz in the negotiations with the Ottomans following the capture of Qasim. Another significant meeting headed by Abdul Rahman was an assembly of Najdi tribal and religious leaders in Riyadh on 4 July 1924.{{cite book|author=F. E. Peters|title=Mecca. A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land|year=1994|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9781400887361|doi=10.1515/9781400887361-014|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781400887361-014/html|page=392 ==Personal life and death==

Abdul Rahman had ten sons with different wives:{{cite book|author=Alexei Vassiliev|title=King Faisal: Personality, Faith and Times One of Abdul Rahman's spouses was Sara bint Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Sudairi{{cite book|author=Nadav Samin|title=Of Sand or Soil: Genealogy and Tribal Belonging in Saudi Arabia|year=2015|publisher=Princeton University Press|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/1848611/pdf|page=118 Abdul Rahman died in June 1928{{cite journal|author=Abdullah F. Alrebh|title=Covering the Building of a Kingdom: The Saudi Arabian Authority in The London Times and The New York Times, 1901–1932|journal=DOMES: Digest of Middle East Studies|date=September 2015|volume=24|issue=2 ==References==