State · 1446 – 1744
Sheikhdom of Diriyah
A state of 1446 – 1744 — 298 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It was replaced by First Saudi state and followed by Saudi Arabia. The atlas records 3 things within it — people 3. Its line of rulers holds 17 people, 11 with dated terms.
- Wikidata's English label: Emirate of Diriyah.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 298 years
- 1446 – 1744
- Rulers
- 17
- the Emir of Diriyah
- Within it
- 3
- recorded rows
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- First Saudi state · replaced by · 1744 – 1818
- Saudi Arabia · followed by · 1932 – present
Rulers
The line of Emir of Diriyah - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mani' ibn Rabi'a al-Muraydi | 1446 – 1463 | 17 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Rabia bin Mani' al-Muridi | 1463 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | child |
| Watban bin Rabi'ah Al-Muridi | 1653 – 1653 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Muhammad bin Muqrin Al-Muridi | 1653 – 1672 | 19 years | ending not on record | |
| Nasser bin Mohammed Al-Muridi | 1672 – 1672 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Muhammad bin Muqrin Al-Muridi | 1672 – 1695 | 23 years | ending not on record | |
| Idris bin Watban Al-Muridi | 1695 – 1695 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Sultan and Abdullah Al-Qabas | 1695 – 1709 | 14 years | ending not on record | |
| Musa bin Rabi'ah bin Watban Al-Muridi | 1709 – 1720 | 11 years | ending not on record | |
| Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin | 1720 – 1725 | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Zaid Bin Markhan Bin Watban | 1725 – 1727 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin | 1727 – 1765 | 38 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone |
17 rulers, 11 with terms dated as terms, covering 1446 – 1765. Median reign 11 years. 0 of 11 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1400 – 14991 row
- Mani' ibn Rabi'a al-Muraydi · ruler · 1400 – 1463
1600 – 16992 rows
- Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin · ruler · 1679 – 1765
- Saud bin Muhammad Al Muqrin · ruler · 1640 – 1725
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood298 years
stood longer than 73% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median11 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 38% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record17
has more rulers on record than 90% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1416 – 1774, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1595, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
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