Diriyah is the capital of the First Saudi State. It is located in al-Yamama region, in the center of the Arabian Peninsula. In this day and age, this would be west of the capital, Riyadh, on the banks of Wadi Hanifah, which was previously known as Wadi al-Ard. Diriyah was one of the most important cities on the ancient trade routes, and a station on the pilgrimage route from Iran, Iraq, and Central Asia to Makkah. Diriyah was built in 1446 by Prince Mani' ibn Rabi'a al-Muraydi, the tw...

The First Saudi State is the state established by Imam Mohammed bin Saud in 1727, with Diriyah as its capital. Therefore, the First Saudi State predates the founding of the United States of America by forty-nine years. It was initiated in Najd with the goal of liberating and unifying the Arabian Peninsula, which had been fragmented and plagued by political and security instability for centuries. Throughout its history, the rule of the First Saudi State was held by four rulers from Al Saud, know...