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The Ministry of War (also commonly translated as the "Military Ministry" (Arabic: وزارة الحربية) or Board) was created 1744 to unify the Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia under one administrative structure. In 1933 it was renamed as the "Defense Agency" under the Ministry of Finance and headed by a Director-General. A few years later, the Agency was renamed as the Ministry of Defense.

Ministers

1. Abdulaziz bin Muhammad (1745–1765)
2. Abdullah bin Muhammad (1765–1773)
3. Saud al-Kabeer (1773–1803)
4. Abdullah bin Saud (1803–1814)
5. Mishari bin Saud (1814–1816)
6. Faisal bin Saud (1816–1818)
7. Turki bin Abdullah (1819–1828)
8. Faisal bin Turki (1828–1838)
9. Khalid bin Saud (1838–1841)
10. Abdullah bin Thunayan (1841–1843)
11. Abdullah al-Faisal (1843–1845)
12. Galloway bin Turki (1845–1850)
13. Saud al-Faisal (1850–1868)
14. Muhammad al-Faisal (1868–1875)
15. Abdul Rahman al-Faisal (1875–1886)
16. Faisal bin Abdul Rahman (1886–1889)
17. Khalid bin Abdul Rahman (1889–1891)
18. Fahd bin Abdul Rahman (1891–1901)
19. Abdulaziz bin Abdul-Rahman (1901–1921)
20. Muhammad bin Abdul-Rahman (1921–1933)

See also

• Ministry of Defense
• General Staff Presidency

References

1. Husain Ibn Ghannam. Tarikh Najd (History of Najd).
2. Ibn Bishr (1910). The Title of Glory in the History of Najd. Maṭbaʻat al-Shābandar.
3. Lebkicher, Roy (1952). The Arabia of Ibn Saud. R.F. Moore Company. p. 179.
4. American Employees Handbook Series. Arabian American Oil Company. 1950.
5. Field staff Reports: Southwest Asia series. American Universities Field Staff. 1976. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

Further reading

• George Snavely Rentz (1948). The Beginnings of Unitarian Empire in Arabia. University of California, Berkeley.
• Kennedy, Hugh N. (2001). The Armies of the Caliphs: Military and Society in the Early Islamic State (Warfare and History). Routledge. ISBN 9780415250924.

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