Salman is a son of King Abdulaziz and
Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, making him one of the
Sudairi Seven. He was the deputy governor of
Riyadh and later the governor of Riyadh for 48 years from 1963 to 2011. He was then appointed
minister of defense. He was named crown prince in 2012. Salman became king in 2015 upon the death of his half-brother,
King Abdullah. Since January 2024, he is the oldest surviving son of King Abdulaziz. (Full article...)
... that the 2021 film West Side Story was banned in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain, likely due to the
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Map of the Battle of the Trench
The Battle of the Trench (
Arabic: غزوة الخندق,
romanized: Ghazwat al-Khandaq), also known as the Battle of Khandaq (
Arabic: معركة الخندق,
romanized: Ma’rakah al-Khandaq) and the Battle of the Confederates (
Arabic: غزوة الاحزاب,
romanized: Ghazwat al-Ahzab), was part of the
conflict between the Muslims and the Quraysh, where this time the
Quraysh took the offensive and advanced on the
Muslims, who defended themselves in
Medina by digging a trench around their settlement at the suggestion of
Salman the Persian. The battle, which took place in 627 and lasted around two weeks, was lightly fought, with the Muslims reported to have suffered five to six casualties and the Quraysh three.
The Quraysh, tired of seeing the
Islamic prophet
Muhammad continue to
raid and plunder their
trade caravans despite his defeat at the
Battle of Uhud, decided to occupy his city base, Medina. Realizing that they had little military capability as they were only merchants, they negotiated vigorously with the
Bedouins to get them to join the campaign. The
Banu Nadir, whom Muhammad had previously expelled from Medina, were also part of this effort, to the extent that they offered the Bedouins half of their crops in
Khaybar to persuade them to take part. In the end, they reportedly managed to gather a confederate force of 10,000 men (
Watt estimates less than 7,500), including
Banu Ghatafan,
Banu Sulaym, and
Banu Asad. (Full article...)
Image 1Nasseef House is a historical structure in
Al-Balad,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As of 2009 it is a museum and cultural center which has special exhibits and lectures given by historians.
Image 2Sunset view from Farasan Island, the largest island of the
Farasan Islands, in the
Red Sea. It is located some 50 km offshore from
Jizan, the far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia.
Image 3A view of Jabal Sawda, a peak located in Saudi Arabia, with an elevation of around 3,000 metres (9,843 ft).[1]
Image 23Dammam No. 7, the oil well where commercial volumes of oil were first discovered in Saudi Arabia on March 4, 1938. (from History of Saudi Arabia)
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