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The motto written on the Saudi Arabian flag is "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah" (the Kalima).
Not many countries are actually named after the ruling family, the House of Saud, founded by Abdul-Aziz bin Saud, whose efforts began in 1902 when he captured the Al-Sauds ancestral home of Riyadh, and culminated in 1932 with the proclamation, and recognition of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia
Pic: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates attends a meeting with King Abdullah bin Abdul al-Saud at the King's hunting lodge in Saudi Arabia to discuss current issues in the Middle East, Jan. 17, 2007. King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has been High Poobah since 2005, when King Fahd went to his eternal reward.
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