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Jeddah Light (lighthouse) constructed. Jeddah Historical Preservation Society organized. [16] 1993 - Arab Radio and Television Network established. [citation needed] 1998 Iqraa TV headquartered in Jeddah. [citation needed] Al-Ittihad Jeddah (basketball) club formed. 1999 Jeddah Economic Forum begins. Saudi Geological Survey headquartered in Jeddah.
Jeddah (English: / ˈ dʒ ɛ d ə / JED-ə), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda (/ ˈ dʒ ɪ d ə / JID-ə; Arabic: جِدَّة , romanized: Jidda, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [ˈ(d)ʒɪd.da]), is the largest city in Mecca Province, Saudi Arabia, and the country's second largest city after Riyadh, located along the Red Sea coast in the Hejaz region.
A significant moment was marked, when on June 1945, the first international flight was made from Jeddah to Damascus. On September 1945, Saudi Arabian Airlines (now known as Saudia) was established, and by 1946, became a fully government agency of the Ministry of Defense. Its operating base was located in Jeddah Airport. [6]
The Legation in Jeddah was established on May 1, 1942, with James S. Moose, Jr., as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. Alexander C. Kirk [2] – Career FSO Feb 21, 1941 May 11, 1942 Jul 18, 1943 James S. Moose Jr. – Career FSO Minister Resident/Foreign Service officer Jun 4, 1943 Jul 18, 1943 Aug 18, 1944 William A. Eddy – Political appointee
The First Saudi State was established in 1727 in the area around Riyadh and briefly controlled most of the present-day territory of Saudi Arabia through conquests made between 1806 and 1815; these included Mecca (captured in 1806) [37] and Medina (captured in April 1804).
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The campaign successfully ended in December 1925, with the fall of Jeddah. Subsequently, in 1926, Abdulaziz was proclaimed king of Hejaz, and raised Nejd to a kingdom as well in 1927. For the next five-plus years, the Saudi domains were referred to as the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz, though they were administered as separate units.