However, no family surpasses the sheer wealth and influence ... However, it was in 1932 that King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud unified the Arabian Peninsula and officially founded the Kingdom of Saudi ...

At King Ibn Saud’s deathbed in 1953 ... In reply, Feisal convoked a council of the vast Saudi royal family, including nearly 50 princes of the blood, assorted sheiks and religious patriarchs.