Emirate of Dir'iyah | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1727–1818 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Emirate | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Diriyah | ||||||||||||||||||||
Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Arabian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Emir | |||||||||||||||||||||
• 1727–1765 | Muhammad I | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1765–1803 | Abdulaziz I | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1803–1814 | Saud II | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 1814–1818 | Abdullah I | ||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Diriyah Established | 1727 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1744 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1818 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Currency | Diriyah Riyal | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Emirate of Diriyah (Arabic: إِمَارَةُ الدِّرْعِيَّةِ, Imārat Dir'iyyah), also known as the first Saudi state,[1] was established in February 1727 (1139 AH).[2][3] In 1744, the emir of a Najdi town called Diriyah, Muhammad bin Saud, and the religious leader Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab signed a pact to found a socio-religious reform movement to unify the many states of the Arabian Peninsula.[4]