Imam Turki bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud was the founder of the Second Saudi State in 1824, nearly six years after the fall of the First Saudi State. He was born in 1755 as the son of ...

After the fall of the First Saudi State in 1818, Saudi leadership was restored in 1824 by Imam Turki bin Abdullah, who founded the Second Saudi State and reestablished Riyadh as its capital.

This legacy continued through the reign of the founder of the second Saudi state Imam Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Saud, and then the unification of Saudi Arabia by its founder, King ...