List of Saudi rulers

This is a list of rulers of Saudi Arabia, a country in West Asia located on the Arabian Peninsula, along with its predecessor states, all ruled by the House of Saud.^[1]

For the First and Second Saudi states, the sovereign title was Imam (1727–1891). For the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the official title is King, who also officially holds the title of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.^[2]

#	Ruler	Reign Start	Reign End	Reign Length
First Saudi State (Emirate of Diriyah)^[3]
1	Imam Muhammad bin Saud	22 February 1727	20 August 1765	38 years
2	Imam Abdulaziz bin Muhammad	1765	1803	38 years
3	Imam Saud bin Abdulaziz	1803	1814	11 years
4	Imam Abdullah bin Saud	1814	1818	4 years
Second Saudi State (Emirate of Nejd)^{Note^[a]}
5	Imam Turki bin Abdullah	1824	1834	10 years
6	Imam Faisal bin Turki	1834	1865	31 years
7	Imam Abdullah bin Faisal	1865	1889	24 years
8	Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal	1889	1891	2 years
Third Saudi State (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)^[5]
9	King Abdulaziz	13 January 1902	9 November 1953	51 years
10	King Saud	9 November 1953	2 November 1964	11 years
11	King Faisal	2 November 1964	25 March 1975	10 years
12	King Khalid	25 March 1975	13 June 1982	7 years
13	King Fahd	13 June 1982	1 August 2005	23 years
14	King Abdullah	1 August 2005	23 January 2015	9 years
15	King Salman	23 January 2015	Incumbent	11 years

List of rulers