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National Museum of Saudi Arabia

Index National Museum of Saudi Arabia

The National Museum of Saudi Arabia is a national museum located in the al-Murabba neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [1]

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  1. 53 relations: Al Murabba, Arabian Peninsula, Aramco World, Caliphate, Calligraphy, Dilmun, Diriyah, Dumat al-Jandal, Edom, Emirate of Diriyah, Emirate of Nejd, ʿĀd, Hajj, Ibn Saud, Ichthyosauria, Islam, Khaybar, King Abdulaziz Historical Center, Laila Alfaddagh, Lihyan, List of museums in Saudi Arabia, List of national museums, Mamluk, Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Mecca Province, Medina, Midian, Minaeans, Ministry of Tourism (Saudi Arabia), Muhammad, Murabba Palace, Museums in Riyadh, Najran, National history museum, National Museum Park, Ottoman Empire, Platybelodon, Prophet's Mosque, Prophets and messengers in Islam, Qedarites, Raymond Moriyama, Riyadh, Rub' al Khali, Saudi Arabia, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Tarout Island, Tayma, Thamud, Ubaid period, ... Expand index (3 more) »

  2. 1999 establishments in Saudi Arabia
  3. History museums in Saudi Arabia
  4. Islamic museums
  5. Museums in Riyadh
  6. Raymond Moriyama buildings
  7. Religious museums

Al Murabba

Al-Murabba is a historic neighborhood in central Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located west of al-Wazarat and north of al-Futah in the sub-municipality of al-Malaz.

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Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة,, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب,, "Island of the Arabs"), or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.

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Aramco World

Aramco World (formerly Saudi Aramco World) is a bi-monthly magazine published by Aramco Services Company, a US-based subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Caliphate

A caliphate or khilāfah (خِلَافَةْ) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) that originated in the 7th century Arabia, whose political identity is based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad and the identification of a monarch called caliph (خَلِيفَةْ) as his heir and successor.

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Calligraphy

Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing.

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Dilmun

Dilmun, or Telmun, (Sumerian:,Transliteration: Similar text: later 𒉌𒌇(𒆠), NI.TUKki.

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Diriyah

Diriyah (الدِرْعِيّة, ad-Dir‘īyah, approximate meaning ‘place of armor’), formerly romanized as Dereyeh and Dariyya, is a town and governorate in Saudi Arabia located on the northwestern outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

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Dumat al-Jandal

Dumat al-Jandal (Dumah of the Stone), also known as Al-Jawf or Al-Jouf, which refers to Wadi Sirhan, is an ancient city of ruins and the historical capital of the Al Jawf Province, today in northwestern Saudi Arabia.

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Edom

Edom (Edomite: 𐤀𐤃𐤌; אֱדוֹם, lit.: "red"; Akkadian: 𒌑𒁺𒈪, 𒌑𒁺𒈬; Ancient Egyptian) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east.

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Emirate of Diriyah

The Emirate of Diriyah, also known as the First Saudi State, was established in February 1727 (1139 AH).

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Emirate of Nejd

The Emirate of Nejd or Imamate of Nejd was the Second Saudi State, existing between 1824 and 1891 in Nejd, the regions of Riyadh and Ha'il of what is now Saudi Arabia.

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ʿĀd

ʿĀd (عاد) was an ancient tribe in pre-Islamic Arabia mentioned frequently in the Qurʾān.

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Hajj

Hajj (translit; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims.

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Ibn Saud

Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (translit; 15 January 1876Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted as 1876, although a few sources give it as 1880. According to British author Robert Lacey's book The Kingdom, a leading Saudi historian found records that show Ibn Saud in 1891 greeting an important tribal delegation.

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Ichthyosauria

Ichthyosauria (Ancient Greek for "fish lizard" – and) is an order of large extinct marine reptiles sometimes referred to as "ichthyosaurs", although the term is also used for wider clades in which the order resides.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Khaybar

KhaybarOther standardized Arabic transliterations: /. Anglicized pronunciation:,. (خَيْبَر) is an oasis in Medina Province, Saudi Arabia, situated some north of the city of Medina.

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King Abdulaziz Historical Center

King Abdulaziz Historical Center (KAHC) is a cross-district heritage complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, covering south of al-Murabba and north of al-Futah. National Museum of Saudi Arabia and King Abdulaziz Historical Center are 1999 establishments in Saudi Arabia.

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Laila Alfaddagh

Laila Alfaddagh (Arabic: ليلى الفداغ) is a Saudi Arabian museum curator, who is Director of the National Museum of Saudi Arabia.

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Lihyan

Lihyan (لحيان, Liḥyān; Greek: Lechienoi), also called Dadān or Dedan, was a powerful and highly organized ancient Arab kingdom that played a vital cultural and economic role in the north-western region of the Arabian Peninsula and used Dadanitic language.

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List of museums in Saudi Arabia

This is a list of museums in Saudi Arabia.

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List of national museums

A national museum can be a museum maintained and funded by a national government. National Museum of Saudi Arabia and List of national museums are national museums.

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Mamluk

Mamluk or Mamaluk (mamlūk (singular), مماليك, mamālīk (plural); translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave") were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Eastern and Southeastern European) enslaved mercenaries, slave-soldiers, and freed slaves who were assigned high-ranking military and administrative duties, serving the ruling Arab and Ottoman dynasties in the Muslim world.

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Masjid al-Haram

Masjid al-Haram (ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام|translit.

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Mecca

Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam.

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Mecca Province

The Mecca Province (translit), officially Makkah Province, is one of the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia.

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Medina

Medina, officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah, is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.

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Midian

Midian (מִדְיָן Mīḏyān; Madyan; Μαδιάμ, Madiam; Taymanitic: 𐪃𐪕𐪚𐪌 MDYN) is a geographical region in West Asia mentioned in the Tanakh and Quran.

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Minaeans

The Minaean people were the inhabitants of the kingdom of Ma'in (Minaean: 𐩣𐩲𐩬 Maʿīn; modern Arabic معين Maʿīn) in modern-day Yemen, dating back to the 6th century BCE.

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Ministry of Tourism (Saudi Arabia)

The Ministry of Tourism (MoT; translit), before 2020 as the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH), till 2015 as the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) and prior to 2008 as the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT), is a government ministry in Saudi Arabia that is concerned with the tourism sector of the country.

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Muhammad

Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.

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Murabba Palace

Murabba Palace (Arabic: قصر المربّع Qaṣr al Murabbaʿ; literally the 'Square Palace') is a historic palace in the al-Murabba neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in the King Abdulaziz Historical Center. National Museum of Saudi Arabia and Murabba Palace are history museums in Saudi Arabia.

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Museums in Riyadh

Below are Museums in Riyadh.

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Najran

Najran (نجران), is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia.

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National history museum

A national history museum or national historical museum is a history museum dedicated to presenting artifacts and exhibits reflecting the history of a particular nation, usually its home country. National Museum of Saudi Arabia and national history museum are national museums.

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National Museum Park

The National Museum Park is an umbrella term used for the agglomeration of 5 out of 8 municipal parks and gardens in the al-Murabba neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, namely al-Haras, al-Soor, al-Wadi, al-Jisr and al-Madi that adjoin the Murabba Palace compound and the premises of National Museum as well as the King Abdulaziz Foundation for Research and Archives in northern section of the King Abdulaziz Historical Center. National Museum of Saudi Arabia and National Museum Park are 1999 establishments in Saudi Arabia.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Platybelodon

Platybelodon ("flat-spear tusk") is an extinct genus of large herbivorous proboscidean mammals related to modern-day elephants, placed in the "shovel tusker" family Amebelodontidae.

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Prophet's Mosque

The Prophet's Mosque (ٱلْمَسْجِد ٱلنَّبَوِي|translit.

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Prophets and messengers in Islam

Prophets in Islam (translit) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour.

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Qedarites

The Qedarites (qdr) were an ancient tribal confederation of Arabia centred in their capital Dumat al-jandal in the Al-Jawf Province.

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Raymond Moriyama

Raymond Junichi Moriyama (October 11, 1929 – September 1, 2023) was a Canadian architect. National Museum of Saudi Arabia and Raymond Moriyama are Raymond Moriyama buildings.

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Riyadh

Riyadh (ar-Riyāḍ) is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia.

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Rub' al Khali

The Rub' al KhaliOther standardized transliterations include: /. The is the assimilated Arabic definite article,, which can also be transliterated as.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.

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Sultan bin Salman Al Saud

Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (سلطان بن سلمان آل سعود; Sulṭān bin Salmān Āl Suʿūd; born 27 June 1956) is a Saudi prince and former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist.

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Tarout Island

Tarout or Tārūt Island (جزيرة تاروت) is an island in the Persian Gulf belonging to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, connected by three causeways to Qatif.

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Tayma

Tayma (Taymanitic: 𐪉𐪃𐪒,, vocalized as:; translit) is a large oasis with a long history of settlement, located in northwestern Saudi Arabia at the point where the trade route between Medina and Dumah (Sakakah) begins to cross the Nafud desert.

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Thamud

The Thamud (translit) were an ancient tribe or tribal confederation in pre-Islamic Arabia that occupied the northwestern Arabian peninsula between the late-eighth century BCE, when they are attested in Assyrian sources, and the fifth century CE, when they served as Roman auxiliaries.

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Ubaid period

The Ubaid period (c. 5500–3700 BC) is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia.

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Wabar craters

The Wabar craters are impact craters located in Saudi Arabia first brought to the attention of Western scholars by British Arabist, explorer, writer and Colonial Office intelligence officer St John Philby, who discovered them while searching for the legendary city of Ubar in Arabia's Rub' al Khali ("Empty Quarter") in 1932.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Writing system

A writing system comprises a particular set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language.

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See also

1999 establishments in Saudi Arabia

History museums in Saudi Arabia

Islamic museums

Museums in Riyadh

Raymond Moriyama buildings

Religious museums

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Saudi_Arabia

, Wabar craters, World War I, Writing system.