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Riyadh (/ riːˈjɑːd / ree-YAHD; [5] Arabic: الرياض, romanized: ar-Riyāḍ, standard pronunciation: [ar.riˈjaːdˤ], Najdi pronunciation: [er.rɪˈjɑːðˤ]; lit. 'the Meadows') is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. [6] It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. The current form ...
20th century. 1901, Abd al Aziz and the Saud dynasty is exiled in Kuwait; the Saūd warriors are disciplined with Wahhābism as a military doctrine to ensure the loyalty and survival of the Saud dynasty during times of military strife and apartheid; not the civilians. 1902 January 13 - Battle of Riyadh.
Dakhnah Gate, 1937. The walled town of Riyadh succeeded from the town of Migrin in the 1740s, when Dahham bin Dawwas, a tribal leader from Manfuhah, consolidated his rule by constructing an earth-structured fortified wall that encircled the town and building a palace for himself, which was later known as the al-Hukm Palace.
Downtown Riyadh (Arabic: وسط الرياض, lit. 'middle Riyadh') is a term used for a group of 20 neighborhoods in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Covering an area of more than 3700 acres, it hosts some of the city's most important cultural and commercial districts, such as the King Abdulaziz Historical Center, the al-Batʼha commercial area and the Qasr al-Hukm District, while simultaneously ...
The Riyadh Province (Arabic: منطقة الرياض Manṭiqat ar-Riyāḍ), also known as the Riyadh Region, is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the geographic center of the country and the center of the Arabian Peninsula. It has an area of 404,240 km 2 (156,080 sq mi) and with a 2022 population of 8,591,748, [2] it is the second ...
Saudi Arabia Standard Time (Arabic: التوقيت القياسي السعودي, romanized: At-Tawqīt al-qiyāsiyy as-suʿūdiyy), abbreviated as SAST, is the standard time zone of Saudi Arabia. The time zone is 3 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+03:00) with no daylight savings. [1] SAST is defined by the 45th Meridian East.
Souq al-Zal, 2014. Old Riyadh (Arabic: الرياض القديمة, romanized: ar-Riyāḍ al-Qadīmah) is an umbrella term used for a loosely defined region that primarily lies in the southern portion of modern-day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, encompassing neighborhoods and settlements that emerged from ruins of Hajr al-Yamamah [1] [2] in late 16th century, the erstwhile walled town (today Qasr Al ...
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