A Brief history of Saudi Arabia

                 History of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has come a long way before becoming what is now known as Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Her story is full of stories of spirituality, religion, family feuds, unity, as well as victories over other countries.

              Saudi Arabia really emerged after Islamism was founded by the pioneers of Muhammad, a native Arabian from Makkah. He received a vision from God, who is Allah in Arabic, through the angel Gabriel. The angel’s message was to proclaim the oneness of God universally.





Around 15000 BC, the inhabitants of Arabian Peninsula were experiencing a drought due to climate change. Quickly, they adapted agriculture and pottery in order to survive in the extreme climate and futile soil. Ironic as it may sound; they produced world’s finest almonds, dates, aromatics, myrrh, and spices despite the fact that they have limited farming space. Animal products were also produced in quantities.
Muhammad converted many followers known as Muslim Scholars. They moved to the City of Prophets now known as Madinah after learning about the plot against Muhammad. That move was known as the Hijrah which marks as the beginning of Islamic Calendar. These prophets spread their teachings to Spain, parts of India, and China.

This is Makkah, the Holiest City of Islam. It is located in Hijahz region where annually, pilgrims gather to observe the Hajj

             In the 18^th century, a Muslim scholar Shaikh Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab encouraged his co-believers to revive a true Islam after seeing his religion broken up into smaller groups all over the globe. He and Muhammad bin Saud dedicated themselves to teaching their communities about pure Islamic teaching.
           Eventually, Muhammad bin Saud founded the First Saudi State. It was named after him, Saudi Arabia. It was through the strong support of his partner Shaikh that he achieved success.

          News about the flourishing Saudi State reached the Ottoman Empire, a powerful Middle Eastern and African empire during that time. A couple years after the establishment of Saudi State, the Ottoman took over the cities in the peninsula, getting rid of everything that was built and planted on there. Later, the Al-Saud family rebuilt a kingdom in central Arabia making Riyadh its capital. For 11 years, there was peace and prosperity under the rule of Turki bin Abdulah.

National symbols of Saudi Arabia

              Officially, on September 23, 1932, the country was proclaimed as Saudi Arabia with Arabic as its official language and Qur’an its constitution. From then on, there were no more attempts of invasion and several kings and princes followed as leaders of the continually growing, thriving, and popular Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.