TY - JOUR AU - Mann, Joseph PY - 2013/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - King without a Kingdom: Deposed King Saud and his intrigues JF - Studia Orientalia Electronica JA - StOrE VL - 1 IS - 0 SE - DO - UR - https://journal.fi/store/article/view/9272 SP - 26-40 AB - <p>Over the years, the matter of succession has been of the most important challenges to the Saudi&nbsp;monarchy. Although the founder of the kingdom, ʿAbd al-ʿAziz Ibn Saud, had determined that&nbsp;the throne would be handed down to his firstborn son, his sons had to deviate from their father’s&nbsp;wishes not long after his death and depose the new heir, King Saud. This undermining of the order&nbsp;of succession at such an early stage demanded that Faisal, who took King Saud’s place, restore&nbsp;confidence in the principle of primogeniture and unite the royal family by establishing a system&nbsp;of checks and balances between the various authorities. Despite King Faisal’s efforts to stabilise&nbsp;the government from within, deposed King Saud had no intention of abandoning his former posi-<br>tion, and he began a campaign to return to power by means of Saudi domestic operatives and&nbsp;inter-Arab forces.</p> ER -