Emirate of Diriyah
The Emirate of Diriyah (Arabic: إِمَارَةُ الدِّرْعِيَّةِ), also known as the First Saudi State, was established in February 1727 (1139 AH). In 1744, the emir of a Najdi town called Diriyah, Muhammad bin Saud, and the religious leader Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab formed an alliance to found a socio-religious reform movement to unify the many states of the Arabian Peninsula.
Emirate of Dir'iyah | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1727–1818 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Expansion of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1744 to 1814 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Diriyah | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Arabian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Emirate | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1727–1765 | Muhammad I | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1765–1803 | Abdulaziz I | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1803–1814 | Saud II | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1814–1818 | Abdullah I | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1727 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1818 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Diriyah Riyal | ||||||||||||||||||||
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