Saudi Arabia is known primarily as one of the world’s leading oil exporters and the home to major Muslim holy sites, but few people know that its deserts and... 14.05.2011, Sputnik International
Saudi Arabia is known primarily as one of the world’s leading oil exporters and the home to major Muslim holy sites, but few people know that its deserts and mountains are also home to many pre-Islamic historical treasures.
Saudi Arabia is known primarily as one of the world’s leading oil exporters and the home to major Muslim holy sites, but few people know that its deserts and mountains are also home to many pre-Islamic historical treasures.
Muhammad bin Saud accepted the religious teaching of Al Wahhab, and this moment is considered the birth of the first Saudi state, with its capital in Diriyah.
Saud and his descendants conquered the whole of Nejd and the western and eastern parts of the Arabian Peninsula, sending military expeditions as far as present-day Iraq.
Diriyah surrendered in 1818 after a siege that lasted nearly a year. Ibrahim Pasha, the commander of the Egyptian army, ordered the city to be destroyed.
When the Saudis restored their state, they made Riyadh, a city to the south of Diriyah, their capital.
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