Kingdom of Hejaz and Sultanate of Nejd
Kingdom of Hejaz and Sultanate of Nejd | ||||||
مملكة الحجاز وسلطنة نجد Mamlakat al-Ḥijāz wa-Salṭanat Najd | ||||||
Personal union of Nejd and Hejaz | ||||||
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Capital | Riyadh | |||||
Languages | Arabic Ottoman Turkish | |||||
Religion | Islam | |||||
Government | Absolute monarchy | |||||
King, Sultan | Abdulaziz Al Saud | |||||
Viceroy | Faisal (Hejaz) | |||||
Saud (Nejd) | ||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | |||||
- | Hejaz conquered by Nejd | 19 December 1925 | ||||
- | Ibn Saud crowned King of Hejaz | 8 January 1926 | ||||
- | Nejd decreed a kingdom | 29 January 1927 | ||||
- | Saudi Arabia established | 23 September 1932 | ||||
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The Kingdom of Hejaz and Sultanate of Nejd (Arabic: مملكة الحجاز وسلطنة نجد, Mamlakat al-Ḥijāz wa-Salṭanat Najd) was a political union established after the Kingdom of Hejaz had been conquered by the Sultanate of Nejd under Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud in 1925.
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