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Hejaz riyal information


A Spanish Real used in Hejaz with a countermark

The riyal (Arabic: ريال riyāl) was the currency of the Kingdom of Hejaz between 1916 and 1925. It was subdivided into 20 qirsh (Arabic: قرش). The riyal was a silver coin the same weight as the Ottoman 20 kuruş coin but was minted in .917 fineness rather than .830 fineness. The Hejaz riyal was replaced by the Saudi riyal in 1925 at par.

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Hejaz riyal

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riyal (Arabic: ريال riyāl) was the currency of the Kingdom of Hejaz between 1916 and 1925. It was subdivided into 20 qirsh (Arabic: قرش). The riyal was...

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Saudi riyal

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the Ottoman coin. Thus, because the first Saudi riyal had the same specifications as the Hejaz riyal and circulated alongside Ottoman coins, it came to...

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Rial

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Morocco Tunisian rial, a former currency of Tunisia The Hejaz riyal The Qatari riyal The Saudi riyal A popular nickname for the 20-piastre Egyptian coin A...

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Kingdom of Hejaz

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Hashemite Kingdom of Hejaz (Arabic: المملكة الحجازية الهاشمية, Al-Mamlakah al-Ḥijāziyyah Al-Hāshimiyyah) was a state in the Hejaz region of Western Asia...

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Sharifian Caliphate

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ʾal-Ššarīfiyya') was a caliphate proclaimed by the Sharifian leaders of the Hejaz in 1924, replacing the Ottoman Caliphate, which was abolished by Mustafa...

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List of currencies

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Rixdollar – Ceylon Riyal – Iran Riyal (ريال) Hejaz riyalHejaz Qatari riyal – Qatar Saudi riyal – Saudi Arabia Zanzibari riyal – Zanzibar Roepiah –...

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Hejaz

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The Hejaz (/hiːˈdʒæz, hɪˈ-/, also US: /hɛˈ-/; Arabic: ٱلْحِجَاز‎, romanized: al-Ḥijāz, lit. 'the Barrier', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [alħɪˈdʒaːz])...

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Slavery in Saudi Arabia

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Legal chattel Slavery existed in Saudi Arabia until the 1960s. Hejaz (the western region of modern day Saudi Arabia), which encompasses approximately...

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Jeddah

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in Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia, located along the Red Sea coast in the Hejaz region. Jeddah is the commercial center of the country. It is not known...

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Ibn Saud

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1902, having previously been Emir, Sultan, and King of Nejd, and King of Hejaz. Ibn Saud was the son of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, Emir of Nejd, and Sara...

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Najd

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is the home of the House of Saud, from which it pursued unification with Hejaz since the time of the Emirate of Diriyah. Historic Najd was divided into...

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Geography of Saudi Arabia

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coastal plain, the Tihamah, rises gradually from the sea to the mountains. Hejaz extends southward to the borders of mountainous Yemen. The central plateau...

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Mecca Province

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foreign nationals and 4,516,577 were Saudis. It is located in the historic Hejaz region, and has an extended coastline on the Red Sea. Its capital is Mecca...

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Haramain High Speed Railway

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417 per train. Construction was divided into two phases. The 6.79 billion riyal (US$1.81 billion) contract for Package 1 of Phase I was awarded to Al Rajhi...

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Emirate of Diriyah

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Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad bin Saud, sent out forces to bring the region of Hejaz under his rule. Ta'if was the first city to be captured, and later the two...

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Mecca

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commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city in Islam. It is 70 km...

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Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia formerly consisted of mainly four distinct historical regions: Hejaz, Najd, and parts of Eastern Arabia (Al-Ahsa) and South Arabia ('Asir). The...

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History of Saudi Arabia

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originated within the Hejaz region of northwestern Saudi Arabia, which suggests that the biblical Midianites originally came from the Hejaz region of the peninsula...

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Unification of Saudi Arabia

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He went on to subdue the rest of Nejd, al-Hasa, Jebel Shammar, Asir, and Hejaz (the location of the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina) between 1913...

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Mahd adh Dhahab

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area in the Arabian Peninsula. It is located in the Medina Province in the Hejaz in Saudi Arabia. Gold was first mined in Arabia c. 30th century BC. A second...

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Flag of Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia were Nejd and Hejaz. The state flag of Nejd followed today's Saudi flag pattern very closely. The state of Hejaz followed the patterns seen...

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Racism in Saudi Arabia

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urban areas of Hejaz region, colloquially called Hadar (city-dwellers). These include multi-ethnic citizens from Medina and Taif in the Hejaz area, and from...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

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including the Ayyubids, the Mamluks, the Ottomans and the Sharifain rulers of Hejaz. The title was sometimes regarded to denote the de facto Caliph of Islam...

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Rail transport in Saudi Arabia

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(now Saudi Arabia Railways) in 2021. The first railway in Arabia was the Hejaz Railway, constructed by the Ottoman Empire from the Damascus to Medina....

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Emirate of Nejd

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Emirate of Nejd and Hasa Kingdom of Hejaz Idrisid Emirate of Asir Sheikdom of Upper Asir Sultanate of Nejd Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...

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Emblem of Saudi Arabia

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space above and between the blades. The two swords represent the Kingdom of Hejaz and the Sultanate of Nejd and its dependencies, which were united under...

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List of Saudi cities by GDP per capita

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Jeddah, Khobar, Dhahran and Dammam. The currency is sorted by the Saudi Riyal, which can also be worked out in the US Dollar. Currently Dhahran is within...

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Provinces of Saudi Arabia

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divided into seven provinces: the 'Asir Province, Al Hasa' Province, the Hejaz Province, the Najd Province, the Rub' al-Khali Province and the Shammar...

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