Servant of the British Empire: On the founding of Ibn Saud’s kingdom
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King Abdullah bin #Abdelaziz_al-Saud (L) speaks to US Secretary of State John Kerry before meeting at the King’s private residence June 27, 2014 in Jeddah, #Saudi_Arabia. (Photo: AFP-Brendan Smialowski) King Abdullah bin Abdelaziz al-Saud (L) speaks to US Secretary of State John Kerry before meeting at the King’s private residence June 27, 2014 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo: AFP-Brendan Smialowski)
The sultan of Najd, Abdelaziz al-Saud bowed his head before the British High Commissioner in #Percy_Cox’s #Iraq. His voice quavered, and then he started begging with humiliation: “Your grace are my father and you are my mother. I can never forget the debt I owe you. You made me and you held my hand, you elevated me and lifted me. (...)
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