A corrupt alliance between #Wahhabi clerics and #AbdulazizBinAbdulRahmanAlSaud (#IbnSaud) saw him rise from Emir to King of #Najd, and on #ThisDayInHistory 1926 with conquest of a UK puppet, to King of #Hejaz. In 1936 this became Kingdom of #SaudiArabia where his son still rules.