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The way they were.(photographs of Aramco, Saudi-American consortium that developed oil fields in Saudi Arabi)(Illustration)(Brief Article)
In February, 1945, Franklin Roosevelt, two months before his death, conducted the first-ever meeting between an American President and an Arab king, when Ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, came aboard Roosevelt's ship in the Suez Canal. F.D.R. was on his way back from the postwar Yalta Conference, and it wasn't geographic luck that got Ibn Saud on his schedule: Saudi oil was essential to the rapid reconstruction of Western Europe and the successful waging of the Cold War.
Two years later, a young industrial photographer named Harold Corsini took these pictures, which show the early, hopeful days of Aramco, the Saudi-American consortium that developed the oil fields. American geologists and engineers came to a country that was sparsely populated, and barely agricultural. They built subdivisions for themselves, with tract houses and clubs and servants. They introduced modern ...
- Tender Notice: Al - Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University Seeks Execution...
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News August 12, 2009 700+ words
Saudi Arabia, Aug. 12 -- Al - Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University said it was soliciting services for...Tenders administration and quantity's calculations, Saudi Arabia at 966-012580852.
- Diplomacy on wheels.(the National Organization on Disability hopes that Saudi...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Gest, Ted July 29, 1996 700+ words
...wheelchair used 50 years ago in Saudi Arabia might prove the key item in resolving...temporary compromise. They have asked Saudi Arabia to donate for display at the memorial a wheelchair that FDR gave to Ibn Saud, the arthritic Saudi king, when...
- Stability and fraternity: a smooth Saudi succession had been expected. But the...
- Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest Klaus, Oliver August 5, 2005 700+ words
...was proclaimed king of Saudi Arabia and Defence Minister...the effective ruler of Saudi Arabia since 1995, when Fahd...the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz bin Saud...up the succession to Ibn Saud's grandsons by royal...
- Kitab al-ridda wal-futuh and Kitab al-jamal wa masir A isha wa Ali: A Critical...
- Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society LECKER, MICHAEL July 1, 1999 700+ words
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- Ibn Saud: Founder of a Kingdom
- Newspaper article from: Domes Chris Thompson March 21, 1994 700+ words
...in the West as "Ibn Saud" or the "Lion...modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. From the time...central peninsula--Ibn Saud was, for over...own vision of how Saudi Arabia should develop...achievement than Ibn Saud's earlier victories...
- Death of Ibn Saud; November 9th, 1953.(Months Past)
- Magazine article from: History Today Cavendish, Richard November 1, 2003 700+ words
...AL SAUD, creator of Saudi Arabia, was in his last years...middle of the desert, Ibn Saud grew up in an Arabia...1932 renamed his realm Saudi Arabia. The kingdom, which...British mission, but Ibn Saud ruled his kingdom directly...
- Saudi Arabia
- Reference information from: World Encyclopedia January 1, 2005 700+ words
...the modern state of Saudi Arabia. In 1902, Ibn Saud captured Riyadh...form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ibn Saud became King, ruling...discovered oil. In 1945, Saudi Arabia joined the Arab League. In 1953, Ibn Saud died, and was succeeded...
- Holier Than Thou: Saudi Arabia's Islamic Opposition. (Book Reviews).(Review)
- Magazine article from: Middle East Policy Wrampelmeier, Brooks June 1, 2001 700+ words
...Holier Than Thou: Saudi Arabia's Islamic Opposition...between Muhammad ibn Saud, lord of a small...al-Rahman ("Ibn Saud," 1900-53...1932 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Eventually, however, Ibn Saud had to suppress...
