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Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud with brothers and sons near Thaj (Sa'd bin Abd al-Rahman Al Saud standing second from left), Saudi Arabia. (Photo by W.H.I. Shakespear /Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images)