Umm Al-Qura is established by Ibn Saud, the Kingdom’s founder, and the first issue was published on 12 December 1924.

[2][3] In fact, the paper was a successor of Al Qibla which was the official gazette of the Kingdom of Hejaz.

[4] One of the reasons behind the establishment of Umm Al-Qura was the harsh criticisms of an Egyptian newspaper, Al Muqattam, against Ibn Saud.

[5] Umm Al-Qura was initially a weekly newspaper issued in four hand-printed pages before it had turned into a government gazette – an announcer of royal decrees and other state-related news.

[6][7] Shortly after its start, Umm Al-Qura frequently featured articles supporting Wahhabi doctrine which was given as a branch of Sunni Islam.