Abdulaziz bin Mutaib Al Rashid

Abdulaziz bin Mutaib Al Rashid (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن متعب‎) better known as Ibn Rashid, was the Emir of Jabal Shammar from 1897 to 1906.[1] A son of the third Rashidi emir, he was adopted by his uncle Mohammed, the fifth emir, and brought up to be his heir.[2] After Mohammed died of natural causes, Abdulaziz succeeded him unopposed. However, the Rashidi rule was insecure, as their Ottoman allies were unpopular and weakening. In 1902 Ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, returned from Kuwait with a small force and retook Riyadh.[3] Abdulaziz died in the battle of Rawdat Muhanna with Ibn Saud in 1906 after several other battles with Saudis.[3]

Abdulaziz bin Mutaib Al Rashid
Emir of Jabal Shammar
Reign	1897 – 12 April 1906
Predecessor	Mohammed bin Abdullah
Successor	Mithab bin Abdul Aziz
Born	1870 Ha'il
Died	12 April 1906 (aged 35–36) Rawdat Muhanna
Issue	Mutaib bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid (the seventh emir) Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid (the tenth emir) Munira bint Abdulaziz Al Rashid Salma bint Abdulaziz Al Rashid Jozaa bint Abdulaziz Al Rashid
House	House of Rashid
Father	Mutib binʿAbdullah

References

1. Christopher Keesee Mellon (May 2015). "Resiliency of the Saudi Monarchy: 1745-1975" (Master's Project). The American University of Beirut. Beirut. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
2. Roby C. Barrett (June 2015). "Saudi Arabia: Modernity, Stability, and the Twenty-First Century Monarchy" (Report). Joint Special Operations University. p. 30. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
3. Talal Sha'yfan Muslat Al Azma (1999). "The role of the Ikhwan under 'Abdul'Aziz Al Sa'ud 1916-1934" (PhD Thesis). Durham University. p. 49. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

• Madawi Al-Rasheed: Politics in an Arabian oasis. The Rashidi Tribal Dynasty. I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, London & New York 1991 (based on a Ph.D. thesis presented to Cambridge University, 1988). ISBN 1-85043-320-8
• Al Rasheed on hukam.net, with pictures and flags. (in Arabic)