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Dir'aiyah
Riyadh , Saudi Arabia Phone: Not AvailableAbout
Dir'iyyah first achieved prominence after the religious reformer Mohammed ibn Abdul Wahhab settled in the town in 1744 as advisor to the Al Sa'ud family. Wahhab, who had been outcast from his home in Qassim, was trying to promote a return to the original principles of Islam. His religious reforms are felt even to this day in modern Sa'udi Arabia and just outside the entrance to the ruined city is a newly rebuilt mosque complex dedicated to Wahhab, which stands on the site of his old house and mosque.
