Saudi Arabia's and Hejaz's first World Heritage Site that was recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is that of Al-Hijr. The name Al-Ḥijr ("The Land of Stones" or "The Rocky Place") occurs in the Qur'an , [22] and the site is known for having structures carved into rocks, similar to Petra .

Buraimi Dispute (1949–1955) Saudi Arabia: British Empire Trucial States Sultanate of Muscat and Oman: Defeat. Saudi Arabia withdraws and Oman regains control of Na'im and Al Bu Shamis, Buraimi and Hamasah; Emirate of Abu Dhabi consolidates control of Al Ain; Start of Saudi Arabia – United Arab Emirates border dispute, resolved by the Treaty of Jeddah signed …

The legal system of Saudi Arabia is based on Sharia, Islamic law derived from the Qur'an and the Sunnah (the traditions) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.The sources of Sharia also include Islamic scholarly consensus developed after Muhammad's death. Its interpretation by judges in Saudi Arabia is influenced by the medieval texts of the literalist Hanbali school of Islamic …

Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam, and most of its natives are adherents of the majority Sunni branch. In modern times, the Wahhābī interpretation of Sunni Islam has been especially influential, and Muslim scholars espousing that sect’s views have been a major social and political force. Wahhābism, as it is called in the West (members refer to themselves as muwaḥḥidūn ...

Saudi Arabia directs all international Internet traffic through a proxy farm located in King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology.A content filter is implemented there, based on software by Secure Computing. Since October 2006, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has been handling the DNS structure and filtering in Saudi Arabia in the …

Saudi Arabia has no criminal code.The primary source of law in Saudi Arabia is the Islamic Sharia.This is derived from the Quran and the traditions of Lut & Muhammad contained in the Sunnah; ijma, or scholarly consensus on the meaning of the Quran and the Sunnah developed after Muhammad's death; and Qiyas, or analogical reasoning applied to the principles of the …

The Vilayet of the Hejaz (Arabic: ولاية الحجاز Wilayat al-Ḥijāz; Ottoman Turkish: ولايت حجاز Vilâyet-i Hijaz) refers to the Hejaz region of Arabia when it was administered as a first-level province of the Ottoman Empire.At the beginning of the 20th century, it reportedly had an area of 96,500 square miles (250,000 km 2). The Hejaz included all land from the southern ...

Faisal bin Abdulaziz was born in Riyadh on 14 April 1906. He was the third son of Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman, then Emir of Nejd; Faisal was the first of his father's sons who was born in Riyadh. His mother was Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh, whom Abdulaziz had married in 1902 after capturing Riyadh. Tarfa was a descendant of the religious leader Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab.

Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, although, according to the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia's de facto constitution, adopted by royal decree in 1992, the king must comply with Sharia (that is, Islamic law) and the Qur'an.The Qur'an and the Sunnah are declared to be the de jure country's constitution. There is no legally binding written constitution and the Qur'an and …

History. After the unification of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom was divided into seven administrative-territorial entities: the 'Asir Province, Al Hasa' Province, the Hejaz Province, the Najd Province, the Rub' al-Khali Province and the Shammar Province.. King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud issued Royal Order A/92 on March 2, 1992, known as the Regions' System, which provided for the …