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Encyclopedia: Nejd

Nejd or Najd (literally "highland", Arabic: نجد‎) is a region in central Saudi Arabia and the location of the nation's capital, Riyadh. Nejd, also known as Al-Yamamah in medieval times, has been the site of several kingdoms since antiquity, and was also the setting for many of the great romances of classical Arabic poetry. The Saudi royal family, the Al Saud, are natives of Nejd.

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How to say "Nejd" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	ナジュド
	(German)	Nadschd
	(Spanish)	Nechd
	(French)	Nejd

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Najd

Najd ( Nejd ) is a region in central Saudi Arabia and the location of the nation's capital, Riyadh. Nejd is a plateau ranging from 762 - 1,525m in height. The eastern section is marked by oasis... period of 1899-1912. In 1932, Nejd became a province of ibn Saud's newly formed Saudi Arabia. See also...

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Jebel Shammar

Jebel Shammar is a former nation located in what is today northern Saudi Arabia. In 1932 after a period of conflict which involved its conquest in 1921 it was merged with the states of Nejd, Hejaz and Asir to form modern Saudi Arabia...

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List of kings of Saudi Arabia

proceeded to conquer first the Nejd (1922) and then the Hejaz (1925). He progressed from Sultan of Nejd, to King of Hejaz and Nejd, and finally to King of Saudi Arabia (1932). The other kings have all...

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Abdullah bin Saud

Madinah. The Saudi forces were heavily outnumbered and outequipped, so they retreated to the Nejd...

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Hejaz

, ibn Ali's own authority was usurped by ibn Saud of the neighboring nation of Nejd. This annexation...

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Ibn Saud

was then known as Arabia called Nejd. Losing and reclaiming power He was born in Riyadh. In 1890, at... leader of the Saud dynasty with the title Sultan of Nejd. It was at this time that he set out to... following his dramatic capture of Riyadh, Ibn Saud recaptured almost half of Nejd from the Rashidi...

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Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad bin Saud

and subsequent conquest. This victory allowed the House of Saud to rule all of Nejd. Their military...

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Saud bin Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad al Saud

Saud bin Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad al Saud ruled the First Saudi State from the death of his father Abdul Aziz in 1803 until his own death in 1814. During his reign, attacks on shrines in Iraq continued. More importantly though, the House of Saud extended it's rule beyond the Nejd and into the Hijaz...

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History of Kuwait

Fort) by various clans of the Anaiza, who had wandered north from Nejd and Qatar, fleeing a drought... from the natives. The Border War with Nejd After World War I, the Ottoman Empire was defeated and the... territory out to a radius of 140km from the capital, however, the ruler of Nejd, Abdul Aziz ibn Abdul...

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Flag of Saudi Arabia

the shahada was originally the banner of the Wahhabi movement. Upon securing the throne of the Nejd...

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