State · 1744
House of Saud
A state of 1744 in the Middle East and North Africa. Its line of rulers holds 1 person.
- Wikidata records no end for this state; the atlas ends it where the borders dataset last draws it, 1744.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Rulers
- 1
- the Emir of Diriyah
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Rulers
The line of Emir of Diriyah.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin | 1744 – 1765 | 21 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone |
1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 1744 – 1765. Only 21 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedEmblem of Saudi Arabia · Public domain
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1734 – 1754, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1744, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q31711 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.