Abdullah bin Rashid

Abdullah bin Rashid (Arabic: عبد الله بن علي الرشيد‎) is the founder of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar. During the Second Saudi State he supported Faisal bin Turki Al Saud against Mishari bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud.[1] Following the former's victory Abdullah bin Rashid was named governor of Ha'il by Faisal bin Turki.[2] When Faisal bin Turki was sent to exile in Cairo, Abdullah bin Rashid declared his independence from Al Saud.[2] Abdullah bin Rashid ruled the Emirate from 1836[3] to 1848. Under his leadership, the Rashidi dynasty contended with the Second Saudi State in Najd and the Ottoman Empire in Iraq. His empire fell to the Saudis in 1921.[4]

Abdullah bin Rashid
Born1788
DiedApril 1847

References
  1. Ehab Omar (14 March 2018). "The Story of the Shammar Tribe, the Indigenous Inhabitants of the Region". Raseef. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. J. E. Peterson (15 March 2020). Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-5381-1980-8.
  3. Madawi Al Rasheed (1992). "Durable and Non-Durable Dynasties: The Rashidis and Sa'udis in Central Arabia". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 19 (2): 144–158. doi:10.1080/13530199208705558. JSTOR 195697.
  4. Muhammad Suwaed (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Bedouins. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 20.
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