No Saudi Arabia

In January 1902, 68 Kuwaiti men went on a daring raid, and in the dead of night, they scaled the walls of Al Masmak castle, found the leader of Riyadh, and killed him, with only seven deaths against Jabal Shammar/Al Rashid, the opposing country's thirty.

Those 68 men were led by Ibn Saud, who took over Riyadh. He founded the Emirate of Riyadh, which by 1932, had become Saudi Arabia, one of the most important countries in the world.

Saudi Arabia is the third Saudi state, after Diriyah and Nejd.

But what if those men were caught by surprise?

Point of Divergence
Sometime before Ibn Saud was to reach Riyadh, he and his men are stopped near the city of Al Qassim. Before they can continue, Jabal Shammar officials realize who Ibn Saud is, and they are arrested. The House of Saud fails to capture Riyadh, ending hopes for a return of a Saudi country in the near future.

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