Sultanate of Nejd

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Was a monarchy led by the House of Saud, and a legal predecessor of modern-day Saudi Arabia. It was created when Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, Emir of Riyadh, declared himself sultan over Nejd and its dependencies.

Establishment

January 1922: The Sultanate of Nejd was the second iteration of the third Saudi state, from 1921.

December 1922: The Uqair Protocol or Uqair Convention was an agreement at Uqair on 2 December 1922 which defined the boundaries between Iraq and the Sultanate of Nejd and between Kuwait and Nejd. It was imposed by Percy Cox, the British High Commissioner to Iraq, in response to Bedouin raiders from Nejd under Ibn Saud.

Chronology

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1. Unification of Saudi Arabia

Were a series of wars and events that resulted in the establishment of modern-day Saudi Arabia.

January 1924: The Sheikdom of Upper Asir was occupied and annexed by the Sultanate of Nejd in 1923.

December 1925: In December 1925 the Kingdom of Hejaz surrendered to the forces of Abdul Aziz, who was thereafter proclaimed king of Hejaz in January 1926 and merged his dominions into the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd.

1.1.Kuwait-Najd War

Was a war between the Saudi state of Nejd and Kuwait caused by the Saudis goal to annex Kuwait.

1.2.Second Saudi-Hashemite War

Was a military campaign of the Saudi Sultanate of Nejd that resulted in the annexion of the Kingdom of Hejaz.

August 1924: Ibn-Saud began his military campaign against Hejaz by advancing towards Taif, which surrendered without a major struggle.

October 1924: In 1924, the city of Mecca fell without struggle to the forces of Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, the founder of the Sultanate of Nejd.

December 1925: The city of Medina surrendered to Saudi forces.