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search Emirate of Nejd إمارة نجد    Capital Riyadh Languages
Gulf Arabic, Western Persian, Ottoman Turkish Religion Sunni
Islam Government Monarchy  -  Reconquest of Riyadh 1824  - 
Battle of Mulayda with the Al Rashid 24 January 1891 Today part
of  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates[2] Part of a series on
the History of Saudi Arabia Coat of arms of Saudi Arabia Saudi
Arabia portal  The Emirate of Nejd was the second Saudi state
that existed during the early to late 19th century.[5] Saudi
rule was restored to central and eastern Arabia after having
previously been brought down by an Ottoman-Egyptian invasion in
1818. Compared to the First Saudi State, the second Saudi period
was marked by less territorial expansion and less religious
zeal, although the Saudi leaders continued to go by the title of
Imam and still employed Wahhabist religious scholars.  It was
also marked by severe internal conflic