Emirate of Dir'iyah | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1727–1818 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Expansion of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1744 to 1814 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Emirate | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Diriyah | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Arabian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1727–1765 | Muhammad I | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1765–1803 | Abdulaziz I | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1803–1814 | Saud II | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1814–1818 | Abdullah I | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Diriyah Established | 1727 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1744 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1818 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Diriyah Riyal | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Emirate of Diriyah (Arabic: إِمَارَةُ الدِّرْعِيَّةِ, Imārat Dir'iyyah), also known as the first Saudi state,[1] was established in February 1727 (1139 AH).[2][3] In 1744, the emir of a Najdi town called Diriyah, Muhammad bin Saud, and the religious leader Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab signed a pact to found a socio-religious reform movement to unify the many states of the Arabian Peninsula.[4]
- ^ James Norman Dalrymple Anderson. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Stacey International, 1983. p. 77.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia to commemorate 'Founding Day' on Feb. 22 annually: Royal order". Al Arabiya English. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ "History of the Kingdom | kingdom of Saudi Arabia – Ministry of Foreign Affairs". www.mofa.gov.sa. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ Madawi Al Rasheed (2010). A History of Saudi Arabia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-74754-7.