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A member of this family, who was advised by the explorer William Shakespear, said “let the Germans pay”regarding Jewish migration (15[1])while meeting with FDR aboard the USS Quincy. In 1950, a member of this non-American family negotiated the “Golden gimmick” that split the profits of one sector instead of nationalizing it. After retaking this family’s ancestral home of Diriyah in 1902, Abdulaziz founded their (15[1])third state, which defeated (15[1])(*) Jabal Shammar. In 1891, this family (10[1])was defeated as the rulers of the Emirate of Nejd, the second state in which they employed Wahhabi scholars. A member of this family declared a kingdom in 1932 after he conquered the Kingdom of Hejaz from the Hashemite dynasty. For 10 points, name this family that built a kingdom from their capital of Riyadh. ■END■

ANSWER: House of Saud [or Al Saud or Saudi family; accept Saudi Arabia; accept Ibn Saud or Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud]
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