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| Founding of the first Saudi state, in Dariyah, Nejd, Central Arabia |
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| Saudi armies conquer Mecca |
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| Turkish cannon flatten Dariyah |
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| Beginning of the second Saudi state |
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| Scond Saudi state falls to Rasheed family of Hail |
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| Abdul Aziz (at 25) captures Riyadh to become sultan of Ned |
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| Abdul Aziz annexes Qateef and Al-Hasa (ind the east) |
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| Addul Aziz conquers Hail, seat of Rasheeds |
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| Abdul Aziz enters Jeddah to become king of the Hijaz and sultan of Nejd |
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| Battle of Sibillah. Abdul Aziz defeats rebel Ikhwan |
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| Proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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| Oil prospecting begins in eastern province |
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| First big oil strike at at Well 7, Dhahran |
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| Abdul Aziz meets President FDR on the Great Bitter Lake in Egypt |
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| Death of Abdul Aziz, accession of Saud |
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| Faisal replaces his brother Saud as king |
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| Creation of Salafi in Medina |
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| Faisal announces a boycott on oil sales to the USA |
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| Faisal assassinated. Succeeded by brother Khaled. |
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Iranian revolution; shah deposed
Juhayman seized grand mosque in Mecca
Shia uprising in Eastern Province
Soviet Union invades Afghanistan |
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| Saddam Hussein invades Iran. |
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| Death of Khaled, succeeded by brother Fahd |
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| Bandar bin Sultan appointed ambassador to Washington |
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| Fahd's son Mohammed becomes governor of Eastern Province |
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| Sultan bin Salman orbits earth in Discovery |
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| Oil minister Ahmad Zaki Yamani dismissed |
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| 402 pilgrims die following Iranian demo in Mecca |
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| Osama bin Laden and "Arab Afghans" active in Afghanistan |
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| Last Soviet soldiers leave Afghanistan |
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Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait
Womens driving demonstration in Riyadh |
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| Gulf War I. Iraqi forces ousted from Kuwait. Battle of Al-Khafji |
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| After petitions for reform, Fahd establishes Majlis Al-Sura |
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| Osama bin Laden active in Sudan |
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| Osama bin Laden stripped of Saudi citizenship |
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National Guard Center in Riyadh bombed.
Fahd suffers stroke. Abdullah gets more power. |
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| Al-Khobar Towers bombed in Eastern Province |
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Al-Qaeda US embassies in Nairobi and Dar
Taliban decline to surrender Osama bin Laden to Saudi Arabia |
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| Al-Qaeda boms USS Cole in Aden |
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| Al-Qaeda bombs World Trade Center and Pentagon |
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| Fire in Mecca girls' school kills 15 |
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| Al-Qaeda attacks Riyadh. Abdullah initiates first National Dialogue |
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| Third National Dialogue addresses women's issues |
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| Death of Fahd. Abdullah takes throne. Bandar resigns. Abdullah sets up Human Rights Commission in Saudi Arabia |
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Abdullah removes conservative religious figures from his govt.
Norah Al-Faiz named deputy minister of education |
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