The General Directorate of the Mujahideen was established by the Ministry of Interior by decree of Ibn Saud in 1928, for the veterans of the Saudi Army, whom he referred to as the Mujahideen ("the ones who struggle [for the sake of Islam]). In 1963, the directorate was officially incorporated into the Ministry of Interior. The department is currently carrying out many security tasks such as private guard participation, guarding water sources, oil lines, combating recruiting, combatting the sales of illegal drugs, maintaining public stability, participating in the service of pilgrims, and other large and modernizing actions it carries out.[1]