Abdullah bin Rashid

Abdullah bin Rashid (Arabic: عبد الله بن علي الرشيد‎‎) founded the Emirate of Jabal Shammar, a state which he ruled from 1836 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.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Muhammad Suwaed (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Bedouins. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 20.
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