First Saudi State

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Islamic polity historical state predecessor state of Saudi Arabia

The First Saudi State was an 18th–19th century Islamic polity centered in the Arabian Peninsula that laid the foundations for modern Saudi Arabia through the alliance between the House of Saud and the Wahhabi religious movement.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic polity ⓘ historical state ⓘ predecessor state of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Emirate of Diriyah NERFINISHED ⓘ Saudi Emirate of Diriyah NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Diriyah NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDestruction	Ottoman–Egyptian military campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFounder	Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderOpponent	Ibrahim Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Ottoman–Saudi War NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency	silver Maria Theresa thaler NERFINISHED ⓘ various regional silver coins ⓘ
dynasty	House of Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ
endCause	capture and destruction of Diriyah in 1818 ⓘ
endTime	1818 ⓘ
executiveBranch	emir of the House of Saud ⓘ
followedBy	Second Saudi State NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	Muhammad bin Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	absolute monarchy ⓘ
historicalSignificance	laid foundations for modern Saudi Arabia ⓘ
ideology	puritanical Sunni reformism ⓘ
inception	1744 alliance between Muhammad bin Saud and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ
legislativeBody	religious scholars influenced by Wahhabi doctrine ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Najd NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Ottoman–Saudi War NERFINISHED ⓘ capture of Riyadh ⓘ control of Mecca ⓘ control of Medina ⓘ expansion into al-Hasa ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
opponent	Egypt Eyalet NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf	history of Saudi Arabia ⓘ history of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
precededBy	tribal polities of Najd ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousDoctrine	Wahhabism NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantPerson	Abdulaziz bin Muhammad bin Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ Abdullah bin Saud NERFINISHED ⓘ Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Muhammad NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1744 ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Najd NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Hasa NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Asir ⓘ parts of present-day Kuwait ⓘ parts of present-day Oman ⓘ parts of present-day Qatar ⓘ parts of present-day United Arab Emirates ⓘ parts of the Hejaz ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah → associatedWith → First Saudi State ⓘ

Ottoman–Wahhabi War → belligerent → First Saudi State ⓘ

At-Turaif → capitalOf → First Saudi State ⓘ

Ottoman–Wahhabi War → conflictBetween → First Saudi State ⓘ

Muhammad bin Saud → founded → First Saudi State ⓘ

protected archaeological zone (At-Turaif) → foundedAsCapitalOf → First Saudi State ⓘ

Diriyah Gate → heritageTheme → First Saudi State ⓘ

Nejd → historicalEvent → First Saudi State ⓘ

Military history of Saudi Arabia → includesPeriod → First Saudi State ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage Site (At-Turaif District) → wasCapitalOf → First Saudi State ⓘ

subject surface form: At-Turaif District

protected archaeological zone (At-Turaif) → wasCapitalOf → First Saudi State ⓘ