Nejd

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Nejd is a vast central region of the Arabian Peninsula that historically served as the heartland of the Saudi state and the birthplace of its ruling dynasty.

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Label Occurrences
Nejd canonical 9
Nejd region 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
region
associatedWith Ibn Saud
surface form: Abdulaziz Ibn Saud

Muhammad bin Saud
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
Wahhabism
birthplaceOf House of Saud
House of Saud
surface form: Saudi royal family
capital Riyadh
climate arid
continental desert climate
contains Al-Kharj
Al-Majma'ah
surface form: Al-Majmaah

Qassim Region
surface form: Al-Qassim Region

Al-Yamama
Buraydah
Diriyah
Hail Region
Riyadh
Riyadh Province
surface form: Riyadh Region

Shaqra
Unaizah
coreRegionOf Saudi Arabia
surface form: Saudi state
country Saudi Arabia
dialect Najdi Arabic
dominantIslamicSchool Hanbali
elevation high plateau
ethnicGroup Arabs
historicalCapital Diriyah
Riyadh
historicalEvent First Saudi State
Second Saudi State
unification of Saudi Arabia
historicalRole center of Wahhabi reform movement
heartland of the Saudi state
knownFor Najdi architecture
camel breeding
tribal society
language Arabic
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula
Central Arabia
partOf Saudi Arabia
religion Sunni Islam
terrain desert
plateau
traditionalEconomy caravan trade
oasis agriculture
pastoralism
tribalCulture Bedouin communities
surface form: Bedouin

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sultanate of Nejd hasTerritory Nejd
this entity surface form: Nejd region
Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia birthPlace Nejd
subject surface form: Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud