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Emirate of Riyadh | |||||||||
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| 13 January 1902–April 1913 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Riyadh | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | SunniIslam | ||||||||
| Government | Islamicabsolute monarchy | ||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||
• 1902–1913 | Ibn Saud | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| 13 January 1902 | |||||||||
| April 1913 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||
TheEmirate of Riyadh[1] was the first iteration of theThird Saudi State from 1902 to 1913.[2] It was amonarchy led by theHouse of Saud.[1] The state was formed after Saudi forces seizedRiyadh from the control of theEmirate of Jabal Shammar, led by theHouse of Rashid, during theBattle of Riyadh.[1] It was the direct antecedent of theEmirate of Nejd and Hasa, and the earliest legal predecessor of present-daySaudi Arabia.Al-Hasa was conquered in 1913.
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