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The Unification of the Kingdom

مسار توحيد المملكة

رحلة زمنية عبر محطات توحيد المملكة، من استرداد الرياض 1902م ومعاركه الفاصلة حتى حسم السبلة 1929م وإعلان المملكة العربية السعودية من قصر الحكم سنة 1932م.

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Route stops (12)

Palace / fortressالرياض

Masmak Fortress

Al-Masmak Palace in old Riyadh is the clay fortress where, at dawn on 15 January 1902, King Abdulaziz retook the city—the spark of Saudi unification.

Old village / cityالبكيرية

Al Bukayriyah

Al Bukayriyah — a old village / city in Saudi Arabia.

Local heritageالنبقية

Rawdat Muhanna

Rawdat Muhanna — a local heritage in Saudi Arabia.

Old village / cityالرس

Al Shinanah

Al Shinanah — a old village / city in Ar Rass.

Old village / cityالهفوف

Hofuf

Hofuf — a old village / city in Saudi Arabia.

Old village / cityالرس

Qasr Ibn Uqayyil

A mud-brick settlement on the south bank of Wadi al-Rummah, some 12 km west of al-Rass. In 1322/1904 Abd al-Aziz held it; Ibn Rashid shelled its roshan, then the Ottoman–Jabal camp broke in the wadi.

Battlefieldالزلفي

Jarrab

Jarrab — a battlefield in Saudi Arabia.

Battlefieldالأحساء

Kanzan

Kanzan — a battlefield in Al-Ahsa.

Old village / cityتربة

Turabah

A town on the Najd–Hijaz edge south of Jabal Hadan. On 25 May 1919 Abd Allah ibn al-Husayn was defeated by Sultan ibn Bijad and Khalid ibn Luwayy. The photograph is of Wadi Turabah, not a battle plan.

Old village / cityجدة

Historic Jeddah

Historic Jeddah (al-Balad) is Makkah’s maritime gate — coral houses, Hijazi rawashin and markets on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Battlefieldالزلفي

Al-Sabillah

Near al-Zulfi, on 30 March 1929, Abd al-Aziz defeated the Ikhwan leadership after talks failed. Photographs show present-day al-Zulfi, not the breastworks.

Palace / fortressالرياض

Al-Hukm Palace

Qasr al-Hukm in central Riyadh is the political heart of the Second Saudi State and King Abdulaziz — now within the restored Hukm district.

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1Masmak Fortressالرياض

2Al Bukayriyahالبكيرية

3Rawdat Muhannaالنبقية

4Al Shinanahالرس

5Hofufالهفوف

6Qasr Ibn Uqayyilالرس

7Jarrabالزلفي

8Kanzanالأحساء

9Turabahتربة

10Historic Jeddahجدة

11Al-Sabillahالزلفي

12Al-Hukm Palaceالرياض