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RIYADH: THEN AND NOW

Wonders that define Riyadh and ��Ƶ’s national story

MASMAK FORTRESS

In 1902, Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman Al-Saud, who would achieve fame as Ibn Saud, the man who would go on to found the Kingdom of ��Ƶ, led a small party of warriors west to Riyadh, attacking Masmak Fortress, driving out the rival Rashidi forces and reclaiming his family’s rightful heritage. The fort remains today as a museum of Saudi history.

DIRIYAH

Diriyah rose to prominence in 1720, when Saud ibn Mohammed of Al-Muqrin assumed the leadership of the town, founding the House of Saud. In 2010 AtTuraif district of Diriyah was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. In 2019 King Salman laid the foundation stone of the Diriyah Gate project, a 7 sq. km development now nearing completion as a global cultural and lifestyle destination.

WADI HANIFAH

In 1446 Ibn Dir, the ruler of Hajr, a town on the site of modern-day Riyadh, offered land on the fertile banks of the Wadi Hanifah to his cousin, Manaa’ Al-Muraide, leader of the Marada clan of Al-Duru tribe of Bani Hanifah. Al-Muraide and his people named their new home Diriyah after their old settlement. Ever since, the wadi has flowed through the story of ��Ƶ.

QASR AL-MURABBA

Following the foundation of the Kingdom of ��Ƶ in 1932, the Qasr Al-Hokm was no longer large enough to serve as the seat of government, so a new, purpose-built venue was built 2 km to the north of the old city. Completed in 1938, it was the first development outside the city walls. Today Al-Murabba stands at the heart of the King Abdulaziz Historical Center.

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RIYADH: THEN AND NOW

Wonders that define Riyadh and ��������Ƶ’s national story

MASMAK FORTRESS

DIRIYAH

WADI HANIFAH

QASR AL-MURABBA

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