Diriyah

E46927

historic town urban area

Diriyah is a historic town in Saudi Arabia that served as the original home of the Saudi royal family and the capital of the first Saudi state.

Aliases (1)

Emirate of Diriyah ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic town → urban area →
associatedDynasty	House of Saud →
associatedWith	Muhammad bin Saud → Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab → Wahhabi movement →
capitalOf	First Saudi State →
climate	hot desert climate →
continent	Asia →
country	Saudi Arabia →
currentDevelopmentProject	Diriyah Gate project →
destroyedBy	Ottoman Empire →
developmentFocus	cultural tourism → heritage conservation →
foundedBy	Al Saud family →
governedAs	governorate capital →
governorateOf	Riyadh Region →
hasDistrict	Al-Bujairi → At-Turaif →
hasTypeOfSite	archaeological site → cultural heritage site →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site (At-Turaif District) →
heritageProtection	protected archaeological zone (At-Turaif) →
historicalEra	18th century → early 19th century →
historicalEvent	Siege of Diriyah (1818) →
historicalRole	capital of the Emirate of Diriyah →
language	Arabic →
locatedIn	Riyadh Province → central Saudi Arabia →
locatedNear	Riyadh →
locatedOn	Wadi Hanifa →
nationalContext	core area of the Saudi unification →
nearbyCity	Riyadh →
nearbyFeature	Tuwaiq escarpment →
originalHomeOf	Saudi royal family →
partOf	Diriyah Governorate →
region	Najd →
religion	Islam →
roleInHistory	birthplace of the Saudi state →
significance	symbolic heart of the Saudi state →
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time →
transportConnection	connected by road to Riyadh →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iv) → (vi) →
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	2010 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponent	At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah →
UTCOffset	+3 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
House of Saud ("Emirate of Diriyah") →	establishedFirstSaudiState
House of Saud →	foundingLocation
Riyadh →	previousCapitalOfRegion