Najd

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historical region region

Najd is the central plateau region of Saudi Arabia, historically known as a heartland of Arab tribal culture and the birthplace of the modern Saudi state.

Aliases (1)

Najd region ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region → region →
associatedWith	House of Saud → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab →
borders	Al-Hasa → Asir → Hail → Hejaz → Rub al Khali →
climate	arid → desert climate →
containsCity	Al-Kharj → Al-Majmaah → Al-Qassim Region → Buraydah → Hail Region → Riyadh → Riyadh Region → Shaqra → Unaizah →
country	Saudi Arabia →
dialect	Najdi Arabic →
elevation	approximately 600–1500 meters above sea level →
ethnicGroup	Arabs →
hasCapital	Riyadh →
historicalEvent	First Saudi State → Second Saudi State → unification of Saudi Arabia →
historicalRole	birthplace of the modern Saudi state → power base of the Al Saud family →
knownFor	Arab tribal culture → Bedouin heritage → camel herding → horse breeding → poetry →
language	Najdi Arabic →
locatedIn	central Saudi Arabia →
locatedOn	Arabian Peninsula →
majorTribe	Anizah → Mutayr → Qahtan → Shammar →
partOf	Saudi Arabia →
religion	Sunni Islam →
religiousMovementOrigin	Wahhabism →
subregion	Al-Qassim → Al-Yamama → Wadi Hanifa →
topography	plateau →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Diriyah → Riyadh →	region
Rub al Khali ("Najd region") →	borderedBy
Hejaz →	borders
Arabian Peninsula →	contains
Ad Dahna Desert →	countrySubdivision
Northern Arabia →	hasSubregion
Al Thani family →	originPlace
Najdi Arabic →	primaryRegion
Ad Dahna Desert ("Najd region") →	separates