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nĕjd or Najdnäjd, region, central Saudi Arabia. Riyadh, the country's capital and major city, is located there. The Nejd is a vast plateau from 2,500 to 5,000 ft (762–1,524 m) high. There is a chain of oasis settlements in the eastern section; elsewhere the area is roamed by nomadic Bedouins. The Nejd, the stronghold of the Wahhabi movement, was gradually conquered (1899–1912) from Turkey by the Wahhabi leader, Ibn Saud. From there he completed his conquest of the Hejaz and Al Hasa. In 1932 the Nejd became part of his newly constituted domain, Saudi Arabia.

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Soviet Treaty Series: A Collection of Bilateral Treaties, Agreements and Conventions, Etc., Concluded between the Soviet Union and Foreign Powers - Vol. 1
Book by Leonard Shapiro; Georgetown University Press, 1950
Subjects:	Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--Treaties, Treaties--Collections
...Riad, to the capital of the Sultanate of Nejd and Annexed Territories, he was met by...which resolved that the Sultanate of Nejd and Annexed Territories be transformed into a kingdom under the name of Kingdom of Nejd and Annexed Territories. It was also resolved...

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Vol. 1
Book by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, Everett F. Harrison, Roland K. Harrison, William Sanford Lasor, Edgar W. Smith; W.B. Eerdmans, 1979
Subjects:	Bible--Dictionaries
...high land on its west side (called the Nejd), divide the interior of Arabia into...the Rub el-Khali, lying between the Nejd and the coastal region (the Hasa) along...within this desert encirclement is the Nejd, which is the principal part of interior...

Arabia: The Cradle of Islam: Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula, with an Account of Islam and Mission-Work
Book by S. M. Zwemer; Oliphant Anderson and Ferrier, 1900
Subjects:	Arabian Peninsula, Islam, Missions--Arabian Peninsula
...cannot but feel that the government of Nejd is much more liberal and less fanatical...Wahabi power is now broken forever and Nejd is getting into touch with the world through...horse-dealers. Many of the youth of Nejd visit Bagdad, Busrah and Bahrein in their...

Saudi Arabia: The Coming Storm
Book by Peter W. Wilson, Douglas F. Graham; M.E. Sharpe, 1994
Subjects:	Saudi Arabia
...elevations upward of 1,525 meters, the Nejd slowly slopes downward to an elevation...near the Persian Gulf and al-Hasa. The Nejd is among the driest areas in the world...freezing, and snow and sleet occur. The Nejd contains the Kingdoms three main deserts...

The Middle East: A Political and Economic Survey
Book by Reader Bullard; Oxford University Press, 1958
Subjects:	Middle East
...Wahhabis and the fall of Riyadh, the capital of Nejd. This victory restored the Sultans control over...Turkish and Egyptian influence in the Hejaz and Nejd was unchallenged, and the ruler of Nejd was forced to accept Ottoman suzerainty. Meanwhile...

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journal articles on: Nejd - 12 results

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Underlying Causes of Violence in the Middle East
Journal article by K. O. Salih; Domes, Vol. 16, 2007
Subjects:	Developing countries--LDCs, Leadership, Political systems, Religion, Social activism, Terrorism, Violence, Weapons of mass destruction
...sought refuge with the ruler of the small Nejd (central Arabia) state of Diraaiya...the al-Saud were eventually driven from Nejd, taking up residence in Kuwait. The reconstitution...Ibn Saud declared himself Sultan of the Nejd; in 1926, King of the Hejaz (ousting...

Some Proposed Emendations to the Text of the Koran
Journal article by James A. Bellamy; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 113, 1993
Subjects:	Criticism, Textual--Research, Koran--Hermeneutics
...hasab is Ethiopic, or in the dialect of Nejd or the Yemen;(6) the word is also said...ascription seriously, but does not mention Nejd or Ethiopia. He relates it to the Hebrew...hasab is Ethiopic, or in the dialect of Nejd or the Yemen;(6) the word is also said...

The Latest on the Archaeology of Southern Oman
Journal article by Juris Zarins, Salalah Oman; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 129, 2009
Subjects:	Ancient cities--Research, Excavations (Archaeology)--Oman
...presumably built and maintained by the Sumhuram colonists in the near Nejd, was called Sanun in the ESA inscription found at the site...influence did the colony exert on the local landscape? From the Nejd, the Dhofar Hills, and the coastal plain, we have no Hadrami...

The Foreign Office and Anglo-Italian Involvement in the Red Sea and Arabia, 1925-28
Journal article by Christian W.E. Tripodi; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 42, 2007
Subjects:	Arabian Peninsula--International relations, British foreign relations--Political aspects, Italian foreign relations--Political aspects, Red Sea--International relations
...Muslim sect, and ruler of the twin kingdoms of the Hejaz and Nejd. Alongside the Imam, he was an influential figure in the region...partition of Arabia into two spheres of influence: the Hejaz and Nejd for Britain, the Yemen and Asir for Italy. (55) Chamberlain...

Civil Society and the Voluntary Sector in Saudi Arabia
Journal article by Caroline Montagu; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 64, 2010
Subjects:	Definitions, Muslims, Political activism, Political parties, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Society
...progress of the elections for women to the Jeddah Chamber. Even Nejd, always more rigid and socially conservative than the Hijaz...most progressive "traditional" charities is in the heart of Nejd, the King Abd al-Aziz Womens Charity Society, Burayda,47...

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Desert Diplomacy: No End in Sight to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Magazine article by Gerald E. Marsh; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 135, July 2006
Subjects:	Arab-Israeli conflicts--History, Arab-Israeli conflicts--Political aspects, Arab-Jewish relations--History, Arab-Jewish relations--Political aspects, Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, Israel-Arab conflicts--History, Israel-Arab conflicts--Political aspects, Jewish-Arab relations--History, Jewish-Arab relations--Political aspects, Jordan--History, Middle East--History, Middle East--Political aspects, Palestine--Political aspects, Palestinian history, Six-Day War, 1967, United Kingdom--Influence, United Kingdom--Political aspects, Wahhabi movement--Influence
...empire and confined Wahhabism to its native Nejd, the large plateau in the central portion...was the spread of Wahhabi puritanism from Nejd into the neighboring Hejaz that threatened...territory claimed by Ibn Saud as part of Nejd, a region that later was to become the...

Brezhnev in the Hejaz
Magazine article by Bruce Riedel; The National Interest, September 2011
Subjects:	Arab countries--Political aspects, Hejaz (Region)--Political aspects, Political protest--Causes of, Saudi Arabian foreign relations--Political aspects
...crushed it. A second kingdom controlled the Nejd, located in the center of the Arabian...great expansion out of their base in the Nejd. King Abdullah has tried to accommodate...seen itself as more cosmopolitan than the Nejd, looking across the Red Sea to Egypt and...

Saudi Arabia Has Become a Laboratory of Jihad, Spreading Poison throughout the Muslim World. Can Reform Save the Land of the Prophet from Extremism?
Magazine article by David Gardner; New Statesman, Vol. 138, May 18, 2009
Subjects:	Islamic militants--Management, Islamic militants--Social aspects, Jihad--Social aspects, Saudi Arabia--International aspects, Saudi Arabia--Military aspects, Saudi Arabia--Religious aspects
...18th century, when an emir from the Nejd in central Arabia, Sheikh Muhammad Ibn...justify the hegemony of the al-Saud and the Nejd over a regionally and religiously diverse...born in the town of al-Uyayna, in the Nejd, in 1703. Tutored by his father in the...

Oil Flows out of U.s. Pact with Arabia
Magazine article by Jonathan Bearman; The World Today, Vol. 52, October 1996
Subjects:	International relations-US, Iraq, Persian Gulf, Persian Gulf War, Petroleum, United States
...wahabi clerical community - or ulemaa - in Nejd, the eastern part of Saudi Arabia where...wahabis are the predominant Muslim sect in Nejd, tending to austerity as opposed to the...religious traditions of the insular wahabis in Nejd. To many religious students, the permanent...

The Fundamentalists
Magazine article by Richard W. Bulliet; The National Interest, March 2011
Subjects:	Fundamentalism--Analysis, Fundamentalism--Forecasts and trends, Ideology--Analysis, Ideology--Forecasts and trends, Ideology--History, Ideology--Political aspects, Islam--Analysis, Islam--Political aspects, Islam--Saudi Arabia, Islam--Social aspects, Islam--United States, Political ideologies--Analysis, Political ideologies--Forecasts and trends, Political ideologies--History, Religion--Analysis, Religion--Political aspects, Religion--Social aspects, Saudi Arabia--History, Saudi Arabia--Political aspects, Saudi Arabia--Social aspects, United States history--Analysis
...that were often as stark and simple as those of the bedouin of Nejd. Religion was a concern for many people in both lands, but...and scantily populated backwoods. After an early upbringing in Nejd, the center of Arabia, Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab traveled to...

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newspaper articles on: Nejd - 1 result

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 75th National Day
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 22, 2005
...subdued Al-Ahsa, Al-Qatif, the rest of Nejd, and the Hijaz from 1913 to 1926. On...January 29, 1927, he took the title King of Nejd. By the Treaty of Jedda, signed on May...then known as the Kingdom of Hijaz and Nejd. In 1932, these regions were unified...

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encyclopedia articles on: Nejd - 12 results

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Nejd
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NEJD nejd or Najd najd, region, central Saudi Arabia. Riyadh , the countrys capital and major city, is located there. The Nejd is a vast plateau from 2,500 to 5,000 ft (762 1,524 m) high. There...

Saudi Arabia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...largest city. See also Arabia , Hejaz , and Nejd . Land The south and southeast of the country...four major regions. The largest is the Nejd, a central plateau, which rises from...in the west. Riyadh is located in the Nejd. The Hejaz stretches along the Red Sea...

Ibn Saud
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...with its regular seat at Riyadh in the Nejd , were the traditional leaders of the ultraorthodox...1912 he had completed the conquest of the Nejd and organized a well-trained army. During...and proclaimed himself king of Hejaz and Nejd. After consolidating his power over most...

Wahhabi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...preaching, the founder of the Wahhabi sect went into the NE Nejd and converted the Saud tribe. The Saudi sheik, convinced that...success; by 1818 the Wahhabis were driven into the desert. In the Nejd the Wahhabis collected their power again and from 1821 to 1833...

Hejaz
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Turkish authority. Husayn was himself defeated in 1924 by Ibn Saud , ruler of Nejd and founder of Saudi Arabia , who annexed his domain. The formal union of Hejaz and Nejd into Saudi Arabia was proclaimed in 1932...

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