Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
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1703 – 1792
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Who was Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab?
Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab was an Arabian Islamic Salafi scholar. His pact with Muhammad bin Saud helped to establish the first Saudi state and began a dynastic alliance and power-sharing arrangement between their families which continues to the present day. The descendants of Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab, the Al ash-Sheikh, have historically led the ulama in the Saudi state, dominating the state's clerical institutions.
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- Born
- 1703
Najd - Also known as
- Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb
- Parents
- Children
- Religion
- Islam
- Wahhabi movement
- Ethnicity
- Arab people
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 20, 1792
Emirate of Diriyah
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on July 23, 2013
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