Realm · 1824–1925
Emirate of Nejd
Emirate of Nejd appears on the map from 1824 to 1925. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1853, it covered about 1.12 million km².
One of the realms of Saudi State (Diriyah, Nejd, Saudi Arabia). In 1744 the emir of the oasis town of Diriyah, Muhammad bin Saud, allied with the reforming preacher Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, joining political power to a strict form of Sunni Islam. This First Saudi State conquered most of Arabia, including Mecca and Medina, until an Egyptian army sent on behalf of the Ottomans destroyed Diriyah in 1818.
See Emirate of Nejd on the map in 1853
- On the map
- 1824–1925
- Greatest extent
- 1853, about 1.12 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Emirate of Nejd · Wikidata Q146862
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1824 | 5,522 km² |
| 1825–1827 | 375,679 km² |
| 1828–1829 | 490,704 km² |
| 1830–1845 | 563,108 km² |
| 1846–1852 | 532,312 km² |
| 1853–1855 | 1.12 million km² |
| 1856–1865 | 1.04 million km² |
| 1866–1872 | 816,945 km² |
| 1873–1876 | 375,513 km² |
| 1877–1879 | 324,040 km² |
| 1880–1884 | 324,206 km² |
| 1885–1889 | 267,575 km² |
| 1890 | 114,136 km² |
| 1895–1904 | 53 km² |
| 1905–1912 | 375,513 km² |
| 1913–1915 | 453,592 km² |
| 1916 | 450,631 km² |
| 1917–1919 | 460,847 km² |
| 1920–1921 | 502,792 km² |
| 1922–1923 | 898,817 km² |
| 1924–1925 | 1.05 million km² |