Ruling Power Timeline

This is a timeline for Saudi Arabia that shows the brief covering of history of ruling powers:

570 Jan 19, Mohammed (d.632), "The Prophet", founder of Islam and speaker in the “Koran,” was born into the Quraysh tribe in Makkah. .
620 Mohammad gained about a hundred converts.
624 Muslims engaged non-believers for the 1st time at the Battle of Badr.
632 Jun 8, Mohammed died. Four contenders stood out to succeed him: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. Abu Bakr was chosen as caliph.
634 Aug 22, Abu Bekr died. Omar (Umar) was the next appointed caliph in line.
644CE Nov 4, The 2nd Caliph Umar was assassinated at Medina and Uthman was the next appointed caliph in line and he continued to expand the Muslim empire.
644 When Umar ruled Saudi Arabia he appointed family members as regional governors. This caused a huge riot among other families. So on December 8th an angry mob of 500 murdered him. This gave Ali an opportunity to claim power.
656 Some claim that Ali plotted Uthman’s murder so a civil war broke out.
661 Jan 24, Ali was assassinated and his followers (Shiites) broke from the majority Muslim group.
1400s The Saud dynasty was founded near Riyadh.
1517 Jan 22, Turks conquered Cairo. Cairo and Mecca were captured by the Turks and Arabia came under Turkish rule.
1773 Riyadh fell to Abdul Aziz.
1811 The Turks dispatched Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali to overthrow the Wahhabis and reinstate Ottoman sovereignty in Arabia.
1824 The Saud family established a new capital at Riyadh.
1832 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was established.
1860s-1890s Ottoman Empire conquered much of Arabia.
1891 Muhammad bin Rashid, a tribal leader in Hail, captured Riyadh. Rashid had already taken much of Saud territory and concluded a pact with Turkey. Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, leader of the Al Saud family, was forced to leave.
1902 Jan Ibn Saud made an assault on Masmak fort and recaptured Riyadh. He ruled Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964
1927 May 20, Saudi Arabia became independent of Great Britain with the Treaty of Jedda.
1945 Mar 22, The Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt. Saudi Arabia became a founding member of the UN and the Arab League.
1953-1964 King Saud ruled.
1964-1975 King Faisal ruled.
1975 Mar 25, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by a nephew with a history of mental illness. The nephew was beheaded the following June.
1975-1982 King Khaled ruled.
1982 Jun 13, King Khalid of Saudi Arabia died at the age of 69; he was succeeded by a half brother, Crown Prince Fahd.
1996 King Fahd, aged 73, ceded power to his half-brother, Crown Prince Abdullah, who is considered to be more of a traditionalist.

Sources for this timeline include information that comes from our class textbook by Dan Smith,
"Saudi Arabia." Timeline of Saudi Arabia. http://timeline/countries/SAUDIARABIA.HTML. Accessed June 3, 2009.