Country · since 1933
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia appears on the map from 1933 to today. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1990, it covered about 1.93 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 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the map in 1990
- On the map
- 1933 – today
- Greatest extent
- 1990, about 1.93 million km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia · Wikidata Q851
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1933–1935 | 1.65 million km² |
| 1936–1942 | 1.92 million km² |
| 1943–1945 | 1.92 million km² |
| 1946 | 1.92 million km² |
| 1947–1955 | 1.92 million km² |
| 1956–1957 | 1.92 million km² |
| 1958–1959 | 1.92 million km² |
| 1960–1966 | 1.92 million km² |
| 1967–1968 | 1.92 million km² |
| 1969–1972 | 1.92 million km² |
| 1973–1989 | 1.93 million km² |
| 1990 | 1.93 million km² |
| 1991 | 1.93 million km² |
| since 1992 | 1.93 million km² |
Related
- Saudi State (Diriyah, Nejd, Saudi Arabia) empire
- 1948 Arab–Israeli War November 1947 – 20 July 1949