The Al Saud Dynasty: The $1.4 Trillion Family That Rules Saudi Arabia скачать в хорошем качестве

The Al Saud Dynasty: The $1.4 Trillion Family That Rules Saudi Arabia

Indeed, Saudi Arabia's ruling dynasty, The Al Saud Family, doesn't just own their country – they literally named it after themselves, an ego flex so magnificent it makes celebrity vanity projects look like kindergarten participation trophies. ----------------------------------- The $118 Billion Family That Owns India: The Ambanis --    • The $118 Billion Family That Owns India: T...   ----------------------------------- How "The Rothschilds of The East" Stole Asia: The Sassoon Dynasty's Controversial History --    • How "The Rothschilds of The East" Stole As...   ----------------------------------- TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:59 Chapter 1: The Trillion-Dollar Dynasty 4:16 Chapter 2: From Desert Dust to Dynasty 7:58 Chapter 3: Fall and Resurrection 11:42 Chapter 4: Black Gold and Power 15:42 Chapter 5: Vision and Vertigo ----------------------------------- When mere mortals discuss wealth, they measure it in millions or billions – but the House of Saud forces us into the realm of trillions, making billionaires look like paupers rummaging for loose change. The Al Saud family, ruling Saudi Arabia with an iron checkbook since 1932, commands a staggering fortune of $1.4 trillion as of 2025 – a sum so vast it makes the British royal family's measly $88 billion look like pocket money. To put that preposterous figure into perspective, if distributed equally among every Saudi citizen, each would receive approximately $40,000 – enough for a luxury car with plenty left for diamond-encrusted air fresheners. The name Al Saud simply means "family of Saud," tracing back to Saud ibn Muhammad ibn Muqrin, who died in 1725 and served as the father of Muhammad ibn Saud, the first true architect of Saudi power. The transformative moment came in 1744, when Muhammad ibn Saud formed an alliance with religious reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab – a partnership that married political power with religious authority, creating a formidable combination. The devastating defeat by Ottoman forces in 1818 scattered the Al Saud family across the desert, seemingly ending their brief moment of regional significance – but rather than marking the end of their story, this catastrophic setback merely set the stage for one of history's most remarkable dynastic resurgences. Young Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman Al Saud, born around 1875 and later known to the West as Ibn Saud, grew up in these harsh circumstances, developing a fierce determination to reclaim his family's heritage. In 1902, at approximately 27 years of age, Abdulaziz embarked on what seemed a suicide mission – to recapture Riyadh from the Rashidi dynasty with only 40 loyal companions. This audacious victory marked the beginning of the third Saudi state – the one that endures today – and launched a three-decade campaign of conquest and alliance-building that would eventually unite most of the Arabian Peninsula under Saudi rule. On September 23, 1932, Abdulaziz officially proclaimed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with himself as its first king – a nation named after his family, an honor almost without parallel in modern history. The kingdom's fortunes remained precarious until 1938, when American geologists from Standard Oil Company of California struck oil in commercial quantities near Dhahran – a geological coincidence that would transform a poor desert kingdom into a global financial powerhouse. The twenty-first century brought seismic changes to the House of Saud, beginning with the September 11 attacks in 2001, which revealed the complicated relationship between the kingdom's religious establishment and extremist ideologies. MBS, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman became known globally, unveiled Vision 2030 – an ambitious plan to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil, develop a domestic entertainment industry, permit women to drive, and curtail the powers of the religious police. Today's Al Saud dynasty stands at a crossroads – having risen from desert obscurity to global prominence on the strength of religious alliance and oil wealth, they now attempt to navigate a transition away from both these historical pillars toward a more sustainable model of governance.