Nejd

E128143
geographical region historical region region

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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All labels observed (2)

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.

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia → placeOfBirth → Nejd ⓘ
House of Saud → unifiedTerritory → Nejd ⓘ
Kingdom of Hejaz → borderedBy → Nejd ⓘ
Sultanate of Nejd → country → Nejd ⓘ
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
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia → placeOfBirth → Nejd ⓘ
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud → birthPlace → Nejd ⓘ
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud → placeOfBirth → Nejd ⓘ
King Salman of Saudi Arabia → placeOfBirth → Nejd ⓘ