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Article: Saudi Succession Issue Eased As New Panel Will Vet Candidates To Monarch After Sultan.
- Article from:
- APS Diplomat News Service
- Article date:
- October 30, 2006
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*** In The Course Of Founding The Current Royal Saudi Dynasty - Which Is The 3rd Since The Pact Between Prince Saud & Shaikh Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahhab More Than 250 Years Ago - Abdul-Aziz 'Ibn Saud' Married The Daughter Of The Chief Of Every Major Tribe Or Clan He Subdued To Unify Arabia; So He had Many Wives & Scores Of Sons Who Became Half-Brothers, With Each Of The Powerful Mothers Forming A Bloc; The Sudairi Bloc Remains The Most Influential In The Land
*** The Criteria For Electing The Next Crown Prince After Sultan Will Be Complicated; And More So When The Choice Is To Be Made Among The Hundreds Of Grand-Sons Of Great Ibn Saud
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