To varying degrees, but Ibn Saud was one of the more conservative and less pluralist candidates. Hussein ibn Ali, whom the Brits screwed, was a pan-Arabist who advocated for a homeland for all faiths, including Arab Jews, was engaged in ecumenical efforts with the Sunni-Shia split in Islam itself, and gave shelter to persecuted ethnic minorities.
But he insisted that the Brits keep the agreement they made with him during WW1, so they turned on him and supported Ibn Saud instead after the war.
To varying degrees, but Ibn Saud was one of the more conservative and less pluralist candidates. Hussein ibn Ali, whom the Brits screwed, was a pan-Arabist who advocated for a homeland for all faiths, including Arab Jews, was engaged in ecumenical efforts with the Sunni-Shia split in Islam itself, and gave shelter to persecuted ethnic minorities.
But he insisted that the Brits keep the agreement they made with him during WW1, so they turned on him and supported Ibn Saud instead after the war.