TAMIMI, Muhammad Amin, al-.

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Genealogy of the House of Saud. Second, improved edition of this monumental and visually striking genealogy of the House of Saud, tracing its pedigree from the earliest recorded ancestor to King Faisal bin Abdulaziz (1906-1975). The colour-coded tree, divided into 31 branches, identifies male and female family members, as well as those who died childless, accident victims, university graduates, crown princes, martyrs, and holders of public office.The genealogy begins with the earliest recorded ancestor, Mani' al-Muraydi (1400–63), of the Mrudah clan, traditionally regarded as descendants of the Banu Hanifah tribe, and proceeds through the rulers of the first, second, and third Saudi states, including all the recorded collateral branches.Celebrated as a leading historian of the kingdom, Muhammad Amin al-Tamimi served as a government official in Jeddah under King Abdulaziz during the 1920s before becoming a government adviser. He later worked for several years in the Egyptian archives in Cairo, where he published the first edition of the present genealogy in 1945. Considered one of his major achievements, the work was based on what was probably the earliest detailed examination of archival sources relating to the House of Saud, seeking to identify and corroborate the names and details of even the most distant members of the family.

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