History
In 1971, the introduction of orders was announced in a decree. The first of the orders was the Great Chain of Badr. The Saudi king, Fons honorum of the orders, confirmed the decree in his Royal Decree. In 1976 the Order of Abdulaziz al Saud was founded.
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