Imam Mohammad Bin Saud Bin Mohammad Bin Muqrin Bin Mirkhan Bin Ibrahim Bin Musa Bin Rabiah Bin Mani' al-Muraydi al-Dar'i al-Hanafi (1679 - 1765) was the founder of the First Saudi State in 1727. He also served as the leader of its armies during the early years of the campaigns to unify the Saudi state. He designated Diriyah  as the state's capital and adopted Islamic Sharia law as the governing constitution. Imam Mohammad Bin Saud is the fifth great-grandfather of the Custodian ...

The rulers of the First Saudi State are the Imams who assumed power in the First Saudi State that extended over most parts of the Arabian Peninsula after centuries of political disunity and instability that dominated the region following the weakness and fall of the Abbasid state and the succeeding states. Line of succession in the First Saudi State Four rulers, called Imams, assumed power in the First Saudi State . The first Imam, Mohammad Bin Saud , was succeeded by his eldest son, Imam Abdul...