Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
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The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd was a historical Arabian state ruled by the House of Saud that served as the direct precursor to the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd canonical | 5 |
| modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5310015 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd Context triple: [Pact of Paris, hasSignatory, Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd]
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A.
Kingdom of Hejaz
The Kingdom of Hejaz was an early 20th-century Arab state in western Arabia that controlled the holy cities of Mecca and Medina before being incorporated into modern Saudi Arabia.
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B.
Sultanate of Nejd
The Sultanate of Nejd was a historical Arabian state in the central Arabian Peninsula that served as a precursor to the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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C.
Emirate of Transjordan
The Emirate of Transjordan was a British protectorate in the early 20th century that formed the political precursor to the modern Kingdom of Jordan under the rule of the Hashemite dynasty.
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D.
Kingdom of Iraq
The Kingdom of Iraq was a British-backed Hashemite monarchy that existed from 1932 to 1958, encompassing modern-day Iraq and playing a key role in the politics of the Middle East before being overthrown in a republican revolution.
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E.
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen was a Zaydi Shia monarchy that ruled much of northern Yemen from the collapse of Ottoman control after World War I until its overthrow in the 1962 revolution that established the Yemen Arab Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd Target entity description: The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd was a historical Arabian state ruled by the House of Saud that served as the direct precursor to the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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A.
Kingdom of Hejaz
The Kingdom of Hejaz was an early 20th-century Arab state in western Arabia that controlled the holy cities of Mecca and Medina before being incorporated into modern Saudi Arabia.
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B.
Sultanate of Nejd
The Sultanate of Nejd was a historical Arabian state in the central Arabian Peninsula that served as a precursor to the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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C.
Emirate of Transjordan
The Emirate of Transjordan was a British protectorate in the early 20th century that formed the political precursor to the modern Kingdom of Jordan under the rule of the Hashemite dynasty.
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D.
Kingdom of Iraq
The Kingdom of Iraq was a British-backed Hashemite monarchy that existed from 1932 to 1958, encompassing modern-day Iraq and playing a key role in the politics of the Middle East before being overthrown in a republican revolution.
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E.
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen was a Zaydi Shia monarchy that ruled much of northern Yemen from the collapse of Ottoman control after World War I until its overthrow in the 1962 revolution that established the Yemen Arab Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arab state
ⓘ
historical state ⓘ monarchy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hejaz and Nejd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
British protectorates in the Persian Gulf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Transjordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital |
Mecca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Riyadh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCity |
Mecca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Medina NERFINISHED ⓘ Riyadh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsRegion |
Hejaz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nejd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | Saudi riyal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directPrecursorOf | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasticStateOf | House of Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1932 ⓘ |
| endEvent | proclamation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| firstMonarch | Ibn Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flagBearerState | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsSchoolOfIslam | Hanbali Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | absolute monarchy ⓘ |
| hasNationalSymbol | green flag with Arabic inscription and sword (early Saudi flag variant) ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentTitle | King ⓘ |
| headOfStateTitle | King ⓘ |
| historicalEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Arabic ⓘ |
| lastMonarch | Ibn Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarch | Abdulaziz Ibn Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialReligion | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | history of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | centralized monarchy ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Kingdom of Hejaz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sultanate of Nejd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other major powers of the time ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| rulingHouse | House of Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Hejaz and Nejd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1926 ⓘ |
| successor | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unificationProcess | unification of the Arabian Peninsula under the House of Saud ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd Description of subject: The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd was a historical Arabian state ruled by the House of Saud that served as the direct precursor to the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia