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Dr. Nabil Mouline, Lecturer and Researcher, Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences-Po), Paris, is the author of Le Califat imaginaire d’Ahmad Al-Mansûr [The Imaginary Caliphate of Ahmad Al-Mansûr] (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2009).
From Generation to Generation: The Succession Problem in Saudi Arabia
The question of succession is the core issue of contention among the members of the Saudi royal family. Ever since its advent in the second half of the 18th century, the dynasty has been suffering from this problem and been trying to overcome it, succeeding as often as failing. This problem is due to the power structure inspired by the local system of kinship.
