Abdulaziz bin Mutaib Al Rashid

Abdulaziz bin Mutaib Al Rashid (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن متعب الرشيد, romanized: ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin Mitʿeb arRašīd; 1870–12 April 1906), better known as Ibn Rashid, was the Emir of Jabal Shammar from 1897 to 1906.^[1][2]

Abdulaziz bin Mutaib Al Rashid
Emir of Jabal Shammar
Reign	1897 – 12 April 1906
Predecessor	Muhammad bin Abdullah
Successor	Mutaib bin Abdulaziz
Born	1870 Ha'il
Died	12 April 1906 (aged 35–36) Rawdat Muhanna
Issue	List Mutaib, Emir of Jabal Shammar Prince Mishaal Prince Mohammed Saud, Emir of Jabal Shammar Princess Munira Princess Salma Princess Jozaa
Names Abdulaziz bin Mutaib bin Abdullah bin Ali Al Rashid
House	House of Rashid
Father	Mutaib bin Abdullah, Emir of Jabal Shammar

Biography

Abdulaziz bin Mutaib was born in 1870.^[3] He was the son of the third Rashidi emir, Mutaib bin Abdullah, and was adopted by his uncle Muhammed, the fifth emir who made Abdulaziz his heir.^[4] After Muhammed died of natural causes in 1897 Abdulaziz succeeded him unopposed. However, the Rashidi rule was insecure, as their Ottoman allies were unpopular and weakening. In 1902, Ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, returned from Kuwait with a small force and retook Riyadh.^[5] Ibn Rashid, who engaged in several battles with Ibn Saud's forces, died in 1906 in the battle of Rawdat Muhanna against Ibn Saud.^[5]