ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Āl ash-Shaykh (1848–1921) was a scholar from
Nejd
Najd ( ar, نَجْدٌ, ), or the Nejd, forms the geographic center of Saudi Arabia, accounting for about a third of the country's modern population and, since the Emirate of Diriyah, acting as the base for all unification campaigns by the H ...
in
Arabia
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate. ...
and was the grandfather of
King Faisal. He was a descendant of
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al Wahhāb.
Background
Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Latif Al ash-Sheikh was born in 1848 into the noted family of Nejdi religious scholars, the
Al ash-Sheikh, descendants of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.
His father was . One of Abd Allah's brothers, Muhammad, was also a religious figure.
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Career
Abd Allah was the leader of the Saudi ulema
In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...
at the end of the 19th century. He was the teacher of Ibn Saud
Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted ...
, later King Abdulaziz, concerning the principles of the Islamic jurisprudence and monotheism
Monotheism is the belief that there is only one deity, an all-supreme being that is universally referred to as God. Cross, F.L.; Livingstone, E.A., eds. (1974). "Monotheism". The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 ed.). Oxford: Oxford ...
.Al Saud
The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1727–1818), and ...
returned from exile in 1902 under the leadership of Abdulaziz Al Saud (later Saudi Arabia's first king) and re-established the Saudi state around Riyadh. Abd Allah bin Abd al-Latif then changed sides again and re-joined the Al Saud, a change of heart which was accepted by Abdulaziz.[
Abd Allah was one of the ulemas who guided the early leaders of the Ikhwan when the group was formed by Abdulaziz in 1912.][
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Personal life
In 1902, his and Haya bint Abdul Rahman Al Muqbel's daughter, Tarfa bint Abdullah
Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh ( ar, طرفة بنت عبد الله آل الشيخ, translit=Ṭarfā bint ʿAbd Allāh Al ash Sheikh; 1884–1906) was one of the spouses of Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman, Emir of Nejd (later King Abdulaziz of Saudi ...
, married Ibn Saud. Their son, Faisal, later became King of Saudi Arabia.[ Abdullah's two other daughters also married the members of the Al Saud family. His daughter Sara married ]Saad bin Abdul Rahman
Sa'ad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (1890–1915) was the brother of Abdulaziz, Emir of Nejd (who later founded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). He was one of Abdulaziz's most devoted supporters and a key lieutenant in his early military campaigns.
Ear ...
, full brother of King Abdulaziz.[ The other daughter, Munira, married to ]Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman
Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, محمد بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود ''Muḥammad bin ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd''; 1877 – 25 July 1943) was an Arabian soldier and politician who played a role in the conquests of his ha ...
, half-brother of King Abdulaziz.
References
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20th-century Saudi Arabian people
1848 births
1921 deaths
Saudi Arabian Wahhabists