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Al Aziz spent the remainder of his childhood in Kuwait.  Abd al-Rahman had a stipend from the [[Turkey|Turkish]] government of 60 Turkish pounds a month and Abdul Aziz went on several profitable raids in Najd as he grew into adulthood.  He attended the daily Majlis of the Emir of Kuwait, Mubarak al Sabah, from who he learned much about the world.  However the families home in Rijadh was of the simplest and cramped by 5 sons and at least one daughter.
 
Al Aziz spent the remainder of his childhood in Kuwait.  Abd al-Rahman had a stipend from the [[Turkey|Turkish]] government of 60 Turkish pounds a month and Abdul Aziz went on several profitable raids in Najd as he grew into adulthood.  He attended the daily Majlis of the Emir of Kuwait, Mubarak al Sabah, from who he learned much about the world.  However the families home in Rijadh was of the simplest and cramped by 5 sons and at least one daughter.
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His family supported the [[Wahhabi]] movement.  It is an [[Islamic]] movement named after [[Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab]].  In 1924 the ibn Saud of Saudia Arabia who was influenced by the teachings of abdul Wahhab conquered [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], the Muslim holy cities.
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His family supported the [[Wahhabi]] movement.  It is an [[Islamic]] movement named after [[Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab]].  In 1924 the ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia who was influenced by the teachings of abdul Wahhab conquered [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], the Muslim holy cities.
    
When the [[Yalta conference]] ended, U.S. President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] went he met with Ibn Saud in [[Eygpt]]. Ibn Saud had only one thing on his mind, [[Palestine]]. At this visit, according to President Roosevelt's own account, Roosevelt assured him that "no decision would be taken with regard to the basic situation in that country (Palestine) without full consultation with both [[Arabs]] and [[Jews]]." He assured Ibn Saud that "I would take no action in my capacity as Chief of the Executive branch of the government, which might prove hostile to the Arab people." <ref>''New York Times'', October 19, 1945.</ref>
 
When the [[Yalta conference]] ended, U.S. President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] went he met with Ibn Saud in [[Eygpt]]. Ibn Saud had only one thing on his mind, [[Palestine]]. At this visit, according to President Roosevelt's own account, Roosevelt assured him that "no decision would be taken with regard to the basic situation in that country (Palestine) without full consultation with both [[Arabs]] and [[Jews]]." He assured Ibn Saud that "I would take no action in my capacity as Chief of the Executive branch of the government, which might prove hostile to the Arab people." <ref>''New York Times'', October 19, 1945.</ref>
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==References==
 
==References==
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* From the Encycolpedia of Eastern History: Biographies
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* From the Encyclopedia of Eastern History: Biographies
    
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