following the amalgamation of the kingdom of hejaz and nejd, the new state was named "al-mamlakah al-ʿarabīyah as-saʿūdīyah" (a transliteration of in arabic) by royal decree on 23 september 1932 by its founder, abdulaziz bin saud. although this is normally translated as "the kingdom of saudi arabia" in english, it literally means "the saudi arab kingdom", or "the arab saudi kingdom".