Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
1926–1932 dual monarchy in Arabia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (Arabic: مملكة الحجاز ونجد, Mamlakat al-Ḥijāz wa-Najd), initially the Kingdom of Hejaz and Sultanate of Nejd (Arabic: مملكة الحجاز وسلطنة نجد, Mamlakat al-Ḥijāz wa-Salṭanat Najd), was a dual monarchy ruled by Abdulaziz following the victory of the Saudi Sultanate of Nejd over the Hashemite Kingdom of the Hejaz in 1925. It was the fourth iteration of the Saudi State.
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1926–1932 | |||||||||||||
Status | Dual monarchy of the Hejaz and Nejd | ||||||||||||
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Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam (Wahhabism) | ||||||||||||
Government | Islamic absolute dual monarchy | ||||||||||||
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• 1926–1932 | Abdulaziz al Saud | ||||||||||||
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• 1926–1932 | Faisal (Hejaz) | ||||||||||||
• 1926–1932 | Saud (Nejd) | ||||||||||||
• 1926–1932 | Fahd (Ahsa) | ||||||||||||
• 1926–1932 | Muhammad (Arar) | ||||||||||||
Legislature | Consultative Assembly | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||||||
19 December 1925 | |||||||||||||
• Abdulaziz crowned King of Hejaz | 8 January 1926 | ||||||||||||
• Nejd decreed a kingdom | 29 January 1927 | ||||||||||||
• Saudi Arabia established and Annexation of Asir | 23 September 1932 | ||||||||||||
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In 1932, the two kingdoms were unified as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.