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Book Chapter
The Challenge of Succession
2012,2011
Overview
It heartened us to see this marvellous agreement (within the royal family) on pledging allegiance to 'Abdallah bin 'Abd al-'Aziz as monarch of the Kingdom and Custodian of the two Holy Mosques and on King 'Abdallah's choice of his brother Sultan bin 'Abd al-'Aziz as crown prince. We call on Muslims to pledge allegiance to them!
1
[H]istory has proved that the royal family is the family of unity, solidarity, cooperation, cordiality, and love. Your brothers, the royal family and people are all united behind you. We pin great hope on you. Your actions in the past foretold of a bright future.
2
I can assure you and everyone else that the royal family is united in one hand and one heart!
3
The House of Sa'ud's oligarchs and their allies repeatedly reaffirm in public the unity of the royals. Such statements must be understood as responses to the never-ending gossip about intrigues at the Royal Court. Western diplomats, journalists and researchers, no less than Saudi exiled dissidents, are obsessed by divisions within the royal family. The lack of institutionalized succession procedures has often been identified as the most glaring threat to elite unity. Ever since the death of Ibn Sa'ud, numerous observers have predicted a looming succession crisis, resulting in the disintegration of the royal family. As the sons of the late founding father grow older, warnings of succession struggles become louder. A new book is published every tenth year or so, addressing the dynamics of succession within the Al Sa'ud. The books of Alexander Bligh, Simon Henderson and Joseph A. Kechichian (as well as my own book) all fit perfectly into this interval.
4
As stressed in Chapter 1, since the mid-1990s, during King Fahd's 10 years of illness and even after, numerous rumours have indicated a power struggle between the heir apparent, 'Abdallah, on the one hand, and Sultan and the other Sudayri brothers on the other.
Publisher
Routledge,Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN
0415693349, 9780415693349, 9780367866747, 0367866749
