Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz (Arabic: سلمان بن عبد العزيز ) is one of the Sudairi Seven, a son of Ibn Saud and Hussa bint Ahmad Al-Sudairi. He currently serves as the governor of Riyadh , and in this role he also arbitrates disputes among the members of the royal family. Salman is traditionally more favourable to an agreement with Wahhabi fundamentalists. During the war in Afghanistan, he organized transportation for the mujahidin from different Arab countries to Pakistan to help back the fundamentalist Afghan movements. During the mid-1990s his major critic was the Minister of Interior, Prince Nayef, who is also a Sudairi. The House of Saud is the royal family of Saudi Arabia. ... `Abd al-`AzÄ«z as-Sa`Å«d ( 1880 - November 9, 1953) (Arabic:عبدالعزيز آل سعود) was the first monarch of Saudi Arabia. ... Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز السعود ) is (at December 1993) an astronaut and a payload specialist in NASA nomenclature. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Arabic language (; , less formally, ) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The Al Sudairi Clan, better known as the Sudairi Seven (also spelled Sudeiri Seven, Sudayri Seven, and sometimes Sudairy Seven) are seven full brothers, all sons of Ibn Saud and Hussa bint Ahmad Al Sudairi, where the name comes from. ... `Abd al-`AzÄ«z as-Sa`Å«d ( 1880 - November 9, 1953) (Arabic:عبدالعزيز آل سعود) was the first monarch of Saudi Arabia. ... Riyadh from space, April 1994 Ministry of the Interior Faisaliah Centre King Fahad Int. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wahhabism (Arabic الوهابية, Wahabism, Wahabbism) is a fundamentalist Islamic movement, named after Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (1703–1792). ... Mujahideen (مجاهدين; also transliterated as mujāhidīn, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahidin, mujaheddin, etc. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Jump to: navigation, search Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz is one of the six surviving members of the Sudairi Seven, all sons of Ibn Saud and Hussa bint Ahmad Al Sudairi, making him one of the most powerful members of the ruling family of Saudi Arabia, the House of Saud. ...

His son Prince Sultan was an astronaut on board the Space Shuttle. Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (Arabic: سلطان بن سلمان بن عبد العزيز السعود ) is (at December 1993) an astronaut and a payload specialist in NASA nomenclature. ... Jump to: navigation, search U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ...