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The ruins of the old city of Diriyah lay on either side of the narrow valley known as Wadi Hanifa, which continues southwards through Riyadh and beyond.Consisting almost entirely of mud-brick structures, the ruins are divided into three districts, Ghussaibah, Al-Mulaybeed, and Turaif that are set on top of hills overlooking the valley.
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 ...
Ruins of Diriyah. More brutal punishments of the Saudis followed, notably against two sheikhs who had personally offended Ibrahim Pasha two years earlier. [21] The first who was the former governor of Diriyah had all of his teeth pulled out while the second was beaten and tied to the mouth of cannon which was then fired. [21]
Sacked by the Ottomans in 1818 in the Siege of Diriyah, abandoned in favour of Riyadh, the area remained deserted until 2000, when the Ad-Diriyah Development Authority was commissioned to carry out an impressive restoration project aimed at transforming this settlement, recognized as a World Heritage Site, but unknown to most, into an ...
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The town of al-Diriyah was founded by Mani' bin Rabi'a Al-Muraidi, which he called al-Diriyah after the town from which they came from, al-Diriyah (a town or a small village located near al-Qatif), and it is attributed to their grandfather Dara'. An area near Wadi Hanifa are Ghusaybah and Al-Mulaybid.