When Was the Unification of Saudi Arabia Officially Announced?

The Founding King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud unified the regions of the country under his rule over approximately thirty years. A Royal Order was issued announcing the unification of the country and naming it the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on September 18, 1932, to take effect starting Thursday, September 23, 1932.

After the proclamation of the unification of Saudi Arabia as an independent Arab state, its religion is Islam, its language is Arabic, its capital is Riyadh, and its constitution is the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah, King Abdulaziz said: “I have governed this land that is under my authority by Allah’s grace and by Arab chivalry. Every individual of my people is a soldier and a policeman; I move with them as one person. I do not prefer myself over them, and I follow in governing them only what is good for them, as set forth in the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet, Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH).”