Diriyah (sau)

Diriyah

Diriyah ranks 8,445th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ogre, Latvia, Schwäbisch Hall, and Albany, California. Memorable people born in Diriyah include Muhammad bin Saud and Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud. Memorable people who died in Diriyah include Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Muhammad bin Saud. Diriyah has been the birth place of many politicians and the death place of many philosophers and politicians. Diriyah is located in Saudi Arabia.

Diriyah, formerly romanized as Dereyeh and Dariyya, is a town and governorate in Saudi Arabia located on the northwestern outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Diriyah was the original home of the Saudi royal family, and served as the capital of the Emirate of Diriyah under the first Saudi dynasty from 1727 to 1818. Today, the town is the seat of the Diriyah Governorate—which also includes the villages of Uyayna, Jubayla, and Al-Ammariyyah, among others—and is part of Ar Riyad Province. Read more on Wikipedia