First Saudi State
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The First Saudi State was an 18th–19th century Islamic polity centered in the Arabian Peninsula that laid the foundations for modern Saudi Arabia through the alliance between the House of Saud and the Wahhabi religious movement.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Saudi State canonical | 35 |
| First Saudi Kingdom | 1 |
| الدولة السعودية الأولى | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6429509 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Saudi State Context triple: [Nejd, historicalEvent, First Saudi State]
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A.
Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd was a historical Arabian state ruled by the House of Saud that served as the direct precursor to the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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B.
Sultanate of Nejd
The Sultanate of Nejd was a historical Arabian state in the central Arabian Peninsula that served as a precursor to the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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C.
Kingdom of Hejaz
The Kingdom of Hejaz was an early 20th-century Arab state in western Arabia that controlled the holy cities of Mecca and Medina before being incorporated into modern Saudi Arabia.
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D.
Kingdom of Iraq
The Kingdom of Iraq was a British-backed Hashemite monarchy that existed from 1932 to 1958, encompassing modern-day Iraq and playing a key role in the politics of the Middle East before being overthrown in a republican revolution.
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E.
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen was a Zaydi Shia monarchy that ruled much of northern Yemen from the collapse of Ottoman control after World War I until its overthrow in the 1962 revolution that established the Yemen Arab Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Saudi State Target entity description: The First Saudi State was an 18th–19th century Islamic polity centered in the Arabian Peninsula that laid the foundations for modern Saudi Arabia through the alliance between the House of Saud and the Wahhabi religious movement.
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A.
Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd was a historical Arabian state ruled by the House of Saud that served as the direct precursor to the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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B.
Sultanate of Nejd
The Sultanate of Nejd was a historical Arabian state in the central Arabian Peninsula that served as a precursor to the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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C.
Kingdom of Hejaz
The Kingdom of Hejaz was an early 20th-century Arab state in western Arabia that controlled the holy cities of Mecca and Medina before being incorporated into modern Saudi Arabia.
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D.
Kingdom of Iraq
The Kingdom of Iraq was a British-backed Hashemite monarchy that existed from 1932 to 1958, encompassing modern-day Iraq and playing a key role in the politics of the Middle East before being overthrown in a republican revolution.
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E.
Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen was a Zaydi Shia monarchy that ruled much of northern Yemen from the collapse of Ottoman control after World War I until its overthrow in the 1962 revolution that established the Yemen Arab Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic polity
ⓘ
historical state ⓘ predecessor state of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Emirate of Diriyah
ⓘ
Saudi Emirate of Diriyah ⓘ
linked to:
Emirate of Diriyah
|
| capital | Diriyah ⓘ |
| causeOfDestruction |
Ottoman–Egyptian military campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Turco–Egyptian War
|
| coFounder | Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ |
| commanderOpponent | Ibrahim Pasha ⓘ |
| conflict |
Ottoman–Saudi War
ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman–Wahhabi War
|
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| currency |
silver Maria Theresa thaler
ⓘ
linked to:
Maria Theresa thaler
various regional silver coins ⓘ |
| dynasty | House of Saud ⓘ |
| endCause | capture and destruction of Diriyah in 1818 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1818 ⓘ |
| executiveBranch | emir of the House of Saud ⓘ |
| followedBy | Second Saudi State ⓘ |
| founder | Muhammad bin Saud ⓘ |
| governmentType | absolute monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | laid foundations for modern Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| ideology | puritanical Sunni reformism ⓘ |
| inception | 1744 alliance between Muhammad bin Saud and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | religious scholars influenced by Wahhabi doctrine ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Najd ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Ottoman–Saudi War
ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman–Wahhabi War
capture of Riyadh ⓘ control of Mecca ⓘ control of Medina ⓘ expansion into al-Hasa ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| opponent |
Egypt Eyalet
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
history of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| precededBy | tribal polities of Najd ⓘ |
| religion | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| religiousDoctrine | Wahhabism ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
Abdulaziz bin Muhammad bin Saud
ⓘ
Abdullah bin Saud ⓘ
linked to:
Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud
Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Muhammad ⓘ |
| startTime | 1744 ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
Najd
ⓘ
al-Hasa ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Ahsa
parts of Asir ⓘ parts of present-day Kuwait ⓘ parts of present-day Oman ⓘ parts of present-day Qatar ⓘ parts of present-day United Arab Emirates ⓘ parts of the Hejaz ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: First Saudi State Description of subject: The First Saudi State was an 18th–19th century Islamic polity centered in the Arabian Peninsula that laid the foundations for modern Saudi Arabia through the alliance between the House of Saud and the Wahhabi religious movement.
Referenced by (37)
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