father dynasty predecessor successor death_date religion title article_title name reign
saud ibn muhammad ibn muqrin house of saud saud ibn muhammad ibn muqrin abdul aziz bin muhammad bin saud 1765 sunni islam emir of diriyah muhammad bin saud
 muhammad ibn saud ar محمد بن سعود 1744 -- 1765
muhammad bin saud

muhammad ibn saud -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- died 1765 -rrb- , also known as ibn saud , was the emir of ad-diriyyah and is considered the founder of the first saudi state and the saud dynasty , which are technically named for his father -- saud ibn muhammad ibn muqrin -lrb- died 1725 -rrb- .
ibn saud 's family -lrb- then known as the al muqrin -rrb- traced its descent to the tribe of banu hanifa but , despite popular misconceptions , muhammad ibn saud was neither a nomadic bedouin nor was he a tribal leader .
rather , he was the chief -lrb- `` emir '' -rrb- of an agricultural settlement near modern-day riyadh , called diriyah .
furthermore , he was a competent and ambitious desert warrior .
