Diriyah

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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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Diriyah canonical 15
Diriyah development area 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 ⓘ
Wahhabism ⓘ
surface form: Wahhabi movement
capitalOf Sultanate of Nejd ⓘ
surface form: First Saudi State
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Saudi Arabia ⓘ
currentDevelopmentProject Diriyah Gate ⓘ
surface form: Diriyah Gate project
destroyedBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
developmentFocus cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage conservation ⓘ
foundedBy House of Saud ⓘ
surface form: Al Saud family
governedAs governorate capital ⓘ
governorateOf Riyadh Province ⓘ
surface form: 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 Ottoman–Wahhabi War ⓘ
surface form: 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 House of Saud ⓘ
surface form: Saudi royal family
partOf Riyadh Province ⓘ
surface form: 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 (20)

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

Riyadh → previousCapitalOfRegion → Diriyah ⓘ
House of Saud → foundingLocation → Diriyah ⓘ
House of Saud → establishedFirstSaudiState → Diriyah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emirate of Diriyah
Nejd → contains → Diriyah ⓘ
Nejd → historicalCapital → Diriyah ⓘ
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab → deathPlace → Diriyah ⓘ
this entity surface form: ad-Diriyah
Diriyah Gate → locatedIn → Diriyah ⓘ
At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah → locatedIn → Diriyah ⓘ
this entity surface form: ad-Dir'iyah
UNESCO World Heritage Site (At-Turaif District) → locatedIn → Diriyah ⓘ
subject surface form: At-Turaif District
UNESCO World Heritage Site (At-Turaif District) → near → Diriyah ⓘ
subject surface form: At-Turaif District
this entity surface form: Riyadh
protected archaeological zone (At-Turaif) → locatedIn → Diriyah ⓘ
protected archaeological zone (At-Turaif) → partOf → Diriyah ⓘ
Wadi Hanifa → flowsThrough → Diriyah ⓘ
Central Arabia → contains → Diriyah ⓘ
Muhammad bin Saud → placeOfRule → Diriyah ⓘ
Muhammad bin Saud → capitalOfHisState → Diriyah ⓘ
Al-Bujairi → locatedIn → Diriyah ⓘ
Al-Bujairi → partOf → Diriyah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diriyah development area
Formula E → notableCityHosted → Diriyah ⓘ
At-Turaif → locatedIn → Diriyah ⓘ