During this reign, the Saudi royal family began to fight for control of the country. This political movement coincided with World War I when Britain was fighting theOttoman Empire.
They embarked on a daring attempt to take a nude picture of Marisa in the Hagia Sophia, a former Byzantine cathedral and Ottoman mosque which is now used as a museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
In 1919, after the defeat of the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, theOttoman Empire, and Bulgaria) by the Allies (France, the British Empire, the Soviet Union, Japan, Italy, and the United States) in World War I, the Treaty of Versailles
Across the city next to the Katara Cultural Village and set on a fine, white-sand beach is the Chedi Katara, an elegant property with 59 rooms and 32 villas and Mughal and Ottoman architectural influences.