unification of Saudi Arabia

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historical event military campaign political process

The unification of Saudi Arabia was the early 20th-century campaign led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud that consolidated various Arabian regions into the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.

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unification of Saudi Arabia canonical 3
Proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932 1
Unification of Saudi Arabia 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
political process ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Saudi unification ⓘ
unification of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
surface form: Unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
capitalEstablished Riyadh ⓘ
countryFormed Saudi Arabia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
demographicImpact integration of diverse tribal and regional groups into one kingdom ⓘ
economicImpact foundation for later exploitation of Saudi oil resources ⓘ
endDate 1932-09-23 ⓘ
endYear 1932 ⓘ
followedBy proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
ideologicalBasis Wahhabism ⓘ
surface form: Wahhabi Islam
involvedRegion Al-Ahsa ⓘ
surface form: Al-Hasa

Asir region ⓘ
surface form: Asir

Hejaz ⓘ
Jabal Shammar ⓘ
Najd ⓘ
Riyadh ⓘ
keyBattle Battle of Jarrab ⓘ
Battle of Rawdat Muhanna ⓘ
Battle of Riyadh ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Riyadh (1902)

Battle of Sabilla ⓘ
keyCampaign conquest of Al-Hasa (1913) ⓘ
conquest of Hejaz (1924–1925) ⓘ
subjugation of Asir ⓘ
leader Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal Al Saud ⓘ
surface form: Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
legalAct royal decree of 23 September 1932 naming the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
location Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
mainBelligerent Sultanate of Nejd ⓘ
surface form: Emirate of Riyadh

Sultanate of Nejd ⓘ
mainResult consolidation of central and western Arabia under Ibn Saud ⓘ
opponent Emirate of Jabal Shammar ⓘ
Ikhwan rebels ⓘ
Kingdom of Hejaz ⓘ
politicalOutcome abolition of the Kingdom of Hejaz ⓘ
centralized monarchy under Ibn Saud ⓘ
creation of the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (intermediate state) ⓘ
precededBy collapse of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar ⓘ
decline of the Ottoman Empire in Arabia ⓘ
relatedTo Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal Al Saud ⓘ
surface form: Abdulaziz Ibn Saud

history of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
religiousImpact consolidation of Wahhabi religious authority in Arabia ⓘ
significance establishment of Saudi control over Mecca and Medina ⓘ
formation of a modern nation-state in most of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
startYear 1902 ⓘ
supportedBy Ikhwan rebels ⓘ
surface form: Ikhwan tribal militia

various Najdi tribes ⓘ

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Najd → historicalEvent → unification of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Nejd → historicalEvent → unification of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Military history of Saudi Arabia → includesPeriod → unification of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Battle of Riyadh → partOf → unification of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unification of Saudi Arabia
Ibn Saud → notableEvent → unification of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932
unification of Saudi Arabia → alsoKnownAs → unification of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
subject surface form: Unification of Saudi Arabia
this entity surface form: Unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia