Emirate of Nejd
| Emirate of Nejd إمارة نجد | |||||
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| Capital | Riyadh | ||||
| Languages | Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||
| History | |||||
| - | Reconquest of Riyadh | 1818 | |||
| - | Battle of Mulayda with the Al Rashid | 1891 | |||
| Today part of |  Saudi Arabia Qatar[1] United Arab Emirates[2] Oman[3] Bahrain[4] | ||||
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The Emirate of Nejd was the second Saudi state that existed during the early to late 19th century.[5] Saudi rule was restored to central and eastern Arabia after having previously been brought down by an Ottoman-Egyptian invasion in 1818. Compared to the First Saudi State, the second Saudi period was marked by less territorial expansion and less religious zeal, although the Saudi leaders continued to go by the title of Imam and still employed Wahhabist religious scholars.
It was also marked by severe internal conflicts within the Saudi family, eventually leading to the dynasty's downfall. Turki ibn Abdallah's reconquest of Riyadh from Egyptian forces in 1824 is generally regarded as the beginning of the Second Saudi State, while the end was marked by the Battle of Mulayda in 1891, between the forces loyal to the last Saudi imam, Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal ibn Turki, and the Al Rashid dynasty of Ha'il.
The rulers of the second state:
- Imam Turki ibn Abdallah ibn Muhammad (first time) 1819–1820
- Imam Turki ibn Abdallah ibn Muhammad (second time) 1824–1834
- Imam Mushari ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Mushari 1834–1834
- Imam Faisal ibn Turki ibn Abdallah (first time) 1834–1838
- Imam Khalid ibn Saud ibn Abd al Aziz 1838–1841
- Imam Abdallah ibn Thunayyan ibn Ibrahim 1841–1843
- Imam Faisal ibn Turki (second time) 1843–1865
- Imam Abdallah ibn Faisal ibn Turki (first time) 1865–1871
- Imam Saud ibn Faisal ibn Turki 1871–1871 (first time)
- Imam Abdallah ibn Faisal ibn Turki (second time) 1871–1873
- Imam Saud ibn Faisal ibn Turki (second time) 1873–1875
- Imam Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal ibn Turki (first time) 1875–1876
- Imam Abdallah ibn Faisal ibn Turki (third time) 1876–1889
- Imam Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal ibn Turki (second time) 1889–1891
See also
- First Saudi State
- Unification of Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia
- List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
References
- ↑ Alexei Vassiliev, The History of Saudi Arabia, London, UK: Al Saqi Books, 1998, p. 185
- ↑ Vassiliev, p. 165, 186
- ↑ Vassiliev, p. 165, 186
- ↑ Vassiliev, p. 177
- ↑ Front Cover George Walter Prothero, Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section. Peace Handbooks: Turkey in Asia (II), no. 61-66. H. M. Stationery Office, 1920. Pp. 20
- Second State of Saudi Arabia
- The first and second Saudi states in Saudi Aramco World, January/February 1999, pp 4–11
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