WI No Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has, debatably, played a very large role in shaping the history of the Middle East and, in part, the world. The creation of the modern state was largely contingent on the success of Ibn Saud, who became the first monarch of Saudi Arabia in 1927 with the help of the British.

WI Ibn Saud was not nearly as successful as he was OTL, to the point where Saudi Arabia isn't founded? Would the Arabian Peninsula be unified by someone else, or would it remain a land of warring factions? What would change in the Middle East, with the Hashemites potentially remaining in control of Mecca to Wahhabism not gaining a foothold? Who and what would get butterflied away, and would that include everyone's favorite terrorist?
 

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Saudi Arabia has, debatably, played a very large role in shaping the history of the Middle East and, in part, the world. The creation of the modern state was largely contingent on the success of Ibn Saud, who became the first monarch of Saudi Arabia in 1927 with the help of the British.

WI Ibn Saud was not nearly as successful as he was OTL, to the point where Saudi Arabia isn't founded? Would the Arabian Peninsula be unified by someone else, or would it remain a land of warring factions? What would change in the Middle East, with the Hashemites potentially remaining in control of Mecca to Wahhabism not gaining a foothold? Who and what would get butterflied away, and would that include everyone's favorite terrorist?
Everybodys favourite terrorist, yes the Laden family is highly and tightly linked to the Saud clan. He ends up as a driver somewhere.

If we have a British victory as in OTL, then well maybe the Hashmites of Jordan are King of the entire peninsula (and I can't spell this for the life of me).

With oil its possible that the neccesity of oil for the Allies in WWII, esp after the loss of E Asia, means that they are able to stop the British from allowing Jewish immigration to Israel. They are also more likely to accept Jewish rights.

No Israel then.
 
If we have a state of semi-anarchy or warlordism discovery of oil would mean that somebody would try to impose his rule on this area, likely with foreign aid. How successful and how many of them is open to debate (i.e. not one country of Saudia but rather more of them or land is divided among existing countries)
 
The Arabs during WW1 thought they would end up with One Country controlling the entire area.
Britians giving Syria to the French, and dividing the territory, was considered by many to be a great Betrayal.

One united nation from Syria to Mesopotamia to Yemen/Oman, would vastly change the entire Mideast,
 
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