Territorial change of Second Saudi state (Emirate of Nejd)

“Second Saudi state”(Emirate of Nejd) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1824 to 1925. Its territory was largest in AD 1853 – 1855, at ≈ 1.12 million km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1824 – 1824≈ 5,522 km²
AD 1825 – 1827≈ 376 thousand km²
AD 1828 – 1829≈ 491 thousand km²
AD 1830 – 1845≈ 563 thousand km²
AD 1846 – 1852≈ 532 thousand km²
AD 1853 – 1855≈ 1.12 million km²
AD 1856 – 1865≈ 1.04 million km²
AD 1866 – 1872≈ 817 thousand km²
AD 1873 – 1876≈ 376 thousand km²
AD 1877 – 1879≈ 324 thousand km²
AD 1880 – 1884≈ 324 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1889≈ 268 thousand km²
AD 1890 – 1894≈ 114 thousand km²
AD 1895 – 1904≈ 53 km²
AD 1905 – 1912≈ 376 thousand km²
AD 1913 – 1915≈ 454 thousand km²
AD 1916 – 1916≈ 451 thousand km²
AD 1917 – 1919≈ 461 thousand km²
AD 1920 – 1921≈ 503 thousand km²
AD 1922 – 1923≈ 899 thousand km²
AD 1924 – 1925≈ 1.05 million km²
AD 1824AD 1925

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1853 – 1855 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1824≈ 5,522 km²114 of 148
AD 1825≈ 376 thousand km²33 of 150
AD 1828≈ 491 thousand km²28 of 144
AD 1830≈ 563 thousand km²24 of 143
AD 1834≈ 563 thousand km²25 of 143
AD 1836≈ 563 thousand km²25 of 145
AD 1840≈ 563 thousand km²27 of 155
AD 1842≈ 563 thousand km²27 of 156
AD 1846≈ 532 thousand km²27 of 152
AD 1848≈ 532 thousand km²26 of 147
AD 1849≈ 532 thousand km²25 of 144
AD 1853≈ 1.12 million km²15 of 144
AD 1856≈ 1.04 million km²15 of 149
AD 1857≈ 1.04 million km²15 of 150
AD 1859≈ 1.04 million km²15 of 146
AD 1860≈ 1.04 million km²15 of 142
AD 1861≈ 1.04 million km²16 of 140
AD 1862≈ 1.04 million km²16 of 138
AD 1863≈ 1.04 million km²16 of 139
AD 1864≈ 1.04 million km²16 of 139
AD 1865≈ 1.04 million km²16 of 139
AD 1866≈ 817 thousand km²18 of 133
AD 1868≈ 817 thousand km²18 of 134
AD 1870≈ 817 thousand km²18 of 132
AD 1871≈ 817 thousand km²18 of 113
AD 1873≈ 376 thousand km²32 of 108
AD 1877≈ 324 thousand km²33 of 104
AD 1880≈ 324 thousand km²34 of 104
AD 1884≈ 324 thousand km²34 of 105
AD 1885≈ 268 thousand km²39 of 101
AD 1890≈ 114 thousand km²59 of 99
AD 1895≈ 53 km²90 of 90
AD 1898≈ 53 km²87 of 87
AD 1900≈ 53 km²84 of 84
AD 1905≈ 376 thousand km²37 of 83
AD 1908≈ 376 thousand km²37 of 79
AD 1911≈ 376 thousand km²37 of 76
AD 1912≈ 376 thousand km²38 of 77
AD 1913≈ 454 thousand km²37 of 78
AD 1914≈ 454 thousand km²37 of 76
AD 1915≈ 454 thousand km²37 of 75
AD 1916≈ 451 thousand km²37 of 71
AD 1917≈ 461 thousand km²35 of 71
AD 1918≈ 461 thousand km²35 of 80
AD 1919≈ 461 thousand km²35 of 88
AD 1920≈ 503 thousand km²33 of 84
AD 1922≈ 899 thousand km²27 of 87
AD 1924≈ 1.05 million km²24 of 86

Its highest rank was in AD 1853: number 144 of 15.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 15 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1905gainedEmirate of Jabal Shammar≈ 377 thousand km²
AD 1825gainedOttoman Empire≈ 372 thousand km²
AD 1922gainedEmirate of Jabal Shammar≈ 242 thousand km²
AD 1890lostEmirate of Jabal Shammar≈ 154 thousand km²
AD 1895lostEmirate of Jabal Shammar≈ 115 thousand km²
AD 1924gainedAsir≈ 96 thousand km²
AD 1828gainedEmirate of Jabal Shammar≈ 84 thousand km²
AD 1873lostOttoman Empire≈ 84 thousand km²
AD 1913gainedOttoman Empire≈ 79 thousand km²
AD 1853gainedTrucial States≈ 73 thousand km²
AD 1830gainedBahrain≈ 73 thousand km²
AD 1885lostEmirate of Jabal Shammar≈ 57 thousand km²
AD 1924gainedKingdom of Hejaz≈ 56 thousand km²
AD 1877lostEmirate of Jabal Shammar≈ 52 thousand km²
AD 1920gainedKingdom of Hejaz≈ 42 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: First Saudi State · Second Bani Khalid Emirate · Egypt eyalet

Succeeded by: Third Saudi State

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The second Saudi state (Arabic: الدَّوْلَةُ السُّعُودِيَّةُ الثَّانِيَةُ, romanized: ad-Dawla as-Suʿūdiyya ath-Thāniyya), officially known as the Emirate of Najd, was a state that existed between 1824 and 1891 in the Najd region of what is now Saudi Arabia.

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