Emirate of Jabal Shammar

Emirate of Jabal Shammar إِمَارَة جَبَل شَمَّر (Arabic)
1836–1921
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Jabal Shammar at its greatest extent in 1891
Jabal Shammar (center, light red) at the end of World War I (1918)
Status	Nominal vassal of the Second Saudi State (1836–1848)[1] Sovereign Kingdom (1848–1921)
Capital	Ha'il
Common languages	Arabic
Religion	Sunni Islam
Demonym(s)	Shammari
Government	Emirate
Emir
• 1836–1848 (first)	Abdullah bin Rashīd
• 1921 (last)	Muhammad bin Talāl
History
• Abdullah bin Rashīd coup	1836
• Saudi conquest	2 November 1921
Preceded by Succeeded by Emirate of Nejd Emirate of Riyadh Sultanate of Nejd Kingdom of Hejaz
Today part of	Saudi Arabia Jordan Iraq

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The Emirate of Jabal Shammar (Arabic: إِمَارَة جَبَل شَمَّر, romanized: Imārah Jabal Shamaar), also known as the Emirate of Haʾil (إِمَارَة حَائِل)^[2] or the Rashidi Emirate (إِمَارَة آل رَشِيْد), was a state in the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, including Najd, existing from the mid-nineteenth century to 1921.^[3] Shammar had been a confederation in the Arabian Peninsula. Jabal Shammar in English is translated as the "Mountain of the Shammar". Jabal Shammar's capital was Ha'il.^[3] It was led by the monarchy of the Rashidi dynasty. It included parts of modern-day Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Jordan.