متابعة وتوجيه الملك عبد العزيز لرجاله وقادته في مرحلة التأسيس: دراسة في نماذج مختارة من رسائله

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The character of king Abdulaziz had its clear impact on selection of his men and leaders as he had perspicacity in addition to wisdom and political statesmanship, and thus he could put the right man in the right position.

Add to that his religiousness and his adherence to Islamic Sharia in terms of creed and deed.

Based on that, he permanently communicated with his men and was urging them to do that.

He also commanded them to deal well with the people applying that by himself and ordered his men to do it.

He ordered them with justice, kindness and gentleness with people emphasizing the necessity of accountability of their men if they encroached upon the people.

He also directed his men and followed them in the matter of Zakat clarifying to them the mechanism of collecting it and the rights of poor people.

He also wrote in his correspondences about his accurate tracking of movements of his men and his warlords sending his instructions to them in addition to all what they needed of money and supplies.

He was declaring victories of his men in his meetings and sent the details of their successes to other leaders in order to engage them in the success and to raise their morale.

He also pay attention to what his men needed of rest, so he permitted them to go on vacations in addition to giving them confidence to select the Amirs of their areas.

He also excelled in the administrative connection and went beyond it to unite the leaders of the tribes specially in wartimes.

Some of his correspondences also contained religious directions and instructions when he always reminded them not to incline to their powers and forces, but to Allah because there is no victory except from Allah.

Also, none of his correspondence was without praising Allah and invoking Him to perpetuate His blessings and graces on them and to exalt the Islam and Muslims.