Diriyah

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Diriyah is a historic town in Saudi Arabia that served as the original home of the Saudi royal family and the capital of the first Saudi state.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Diriyah canonical 15
Diriyah development area 1
Emirate of Diriyah 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town
urban area
associatedDynasty House of Saud
associatedWith Muhammad bin Saud
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
Wahhabi movement
linked to: Wahhabism
capitalOf First Saudi State
linked to: Sultanate of Nejd
climate hot desert climate
continent Asia
country Saudi Arabia
currentDevelopmentProject Diriyah Gate project
linked to: Diriyah Gate
destroyedBy Ottoman Empire
developmentFocus cultural tourism
heritage conservation
foundedBy Al Saud family
linked to: House of Saud
governedAs governorate capital
governorateOf Riyadh Region
linked to: Riyadh Province
hasDistrict Al-Bujairi
At-Turaif
hasTypeOfSite archaeological site
cultural heritage site
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site (At-Turaif District)
heritageProtection protected archaeological zone (At-Turaif)
historicalEra 18th century
early 19th century
historicalEvent Siege of Diriyah (1818)
historicalRole capital of the Emirate of Diriyah
language Arabic
locatedIn Riyadh Province
central Saudi Arabia
locatedNear Riyadh
locatedOn Wadi Hanifa
nationalContext core area of the Saudi unification
nearbyCity Riyadh
nearbyFeature Tuwaiq escarpment
originalHomeOf Saudi royal family
linked to: House of Saud
partOf Diriyah Governorate
linked to: Riyadh Province
region Najd
religion Islam
roleInHistory birthplace of the Saudi state
significance symbolic heart of the Saudi state
timeZone Arabia Standard Time
transportConnection connected by road to Riyadh
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iv)
(vi)
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2010
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponent At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah
UTCOffset +3

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

House of Saud establishedFirstSaudiState Emirate of Diriyah
linked to: Diriyah
Nejd contains Diriyah
Nejd historicalCapital Diriyah
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab deathPlace ad-Diriyah
linked to: Diriyah
Diriyah Gate locatedIn Diriyah
At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah locatedIn ad-Dir'iyah
linked to: Diriyah
At-Turaif District locatedIn Diriyah
At-Turaif District near Riyadh
linked to: Diriyah
Wadi Hanifa flowsThrough Diriyah
Central Arabia contains Diriyah
Al-Bujairi locatedIn Diriyah
Al-Bujairi partOf Diriyah development area
linked to: Diriyah
Formula E notableCityHosted Diriyah
At-Turaif locatedIn Diriyah