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Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA ), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East . It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2150 000 km2 (830000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan , Iraq , and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf , Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel . Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert , lowland, steppe, and mountains . The capital and largest city is Riyadh ; the kingdom also hosts Islam's two holiest cities of Mecca and Medina . (Full article...
Bilateral relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia have been strained over several geopolitical issues, such as aspirations for regional leadership, oil export policy and relations with the United States and other Western countries. Diplomatic relations were suspended from 1987 to 1990, and in 2016 for seven years following certain issues like the intervention in Yemen, Iran embassy bombing in Yemen, incidents in 2015 Hajj, the execution of Nimr al-Nimr , the attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran . However, in March 2023, after discussions brokered by China and Iraq , Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to reestablish relations.
Saudi Arabia is an
absolute monarchy established in 1932, with a post-World War II tradition of close ties to the United States and the United Kingdom. Iran's government alternated between absolute monarchy and increasing parliamentarianism, until the
1953 Iranian coup d'état increased
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 's powers as monarch within a parliamentary system. The coup was supported by the army, the bazaar, the clerics, the United States and the United Kingdom. Both states were aligned with the
Western Bloc in the
Cold War against the
Soviet Union , until the end of formal
Iran-United States relations in 1980 following the
Iranian Revolution . Throughout both the Cold War and the
war on terror , the United States has continued to pursue a
strategic relationship with Saudi Arabia . (
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Medina in the background
The Prophet's Mosque Arabic : ٱلْمَسْجِد ٱلنَّبَوِي romanized : al-Masjid an-Nabawī lit. second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina , after that of Quba , as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam , after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca , in the Saudi region of the Hejaz . The mosque is located at the heart of Medina, and is a major site of pilgrimage that falls under the purview of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques .
Muhammad himself was involved in the construction of the mosque. At the time, the mosque's land belonged to two young orphans, Sahl and Suhayl, and when they learned that Muhammad wished to acquire their land to erect a mosque, they went to Muhammad and offered the land to him as a gift; Muhammad insisted on paying a price for the land because they were orphaned children. The price agreed upon was paid by
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari , who thus became the endower or donor (
Arabic :
وَاقِف ,
romanized : wāqif ) of the mosque, on behalf or in favor of Muhammad. al-Ansari also accommodated Muhammad upon
his arrival at Medina in 622. (
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Image 1 Nasseef House is a historical structure in
Al-Balad ,
Jeddah , Saudi Arabia. As of 2009 it is a museum and cultural center which has special exhibits and lectures given by historians.
Image 2 A view of
Jabal Sawda , a peak located in Saudi Arabia, with an elevation of around 3,000 metres (9,843 ft).
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Image 3 Sunset view from
Farasan Island , the largest island of the
Farasan Islands , in the
Red Sea . It is located some 50 km offshore from
Jizan , the far southwestern part of Saudi Arabia.
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The following are images from various Saudi Arabia-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Soldiers in the Arab Army during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918, carrying the
Flag of the Arab Revolt and pictured in the Arabian Desert. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 2 Pakistani workers at Al Masjid Nabawi (the
Prophet's Mosque ) in
Medina (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 3 A family fishing in
Jeddah (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 5 The Arabian Peninsula in 1914 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 6 Abdulaziz (left) and Roosevelt aboard USS
Quincy during their historic 1945 meeting (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 7 Bisht Being Sewn in
Al-Ahsa (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 8 Wall painted with Al-Qatt Al-Asiri (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 9 Abdulaziz Al Saud , founder of Saudi Arabia (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 11 Dammam No. 7 , the oil well where commercial volumes of oil were first discovered in Saudi Arabia on March 4, 1938. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 13 Saudi woman wearing a
niqāb in Riyadh. Many women commonly wear a niqab or a burqa in Saudi Arabia. (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 15 Faisal (left) and Nasser in Cairo, 1969 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 17 Red and white
keffiyeh commonly worn in the desert held with a black
agal (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 18 Saudi males dressed and prepared for
ardah , the national dance. It also includes swords, poetry, and singing. (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 19 Residential homes in
Yanbu (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 20 VOX Cinemas movie theater (center) at
Riyadh Front in 2023 (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 21 A Saudi woman
riding a horse at
Souk Okaz , a yearly cultural festival in the outskirts of
Taif (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 22 Abdulaziz (left) and Farouk checking an
Egyptian Army unit in 1946. Other people picture include princes
Fahd ,
Abdullah , and
Mishaal , as well as prince
Muhammad Abdel Moneim . (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 23 The
tribes of Arabia at the time of the
spread of Islam (expandable map) (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 24 Sections of Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries formed a part of the Roman Empire. (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 25 The Rashidun Caliphate reached its greatest extent under Caliph
Uthman ,
c. 654 (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
Image 26 Wedding in Saudi Arabia (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 27 King Abdullah practicing
falconry , a traditional pursuit in Saudi Arabia (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 28 Supplicating pilgrim at
Masjid Al Haram , Mecca (from
Culture of Saudi Arabia )
Image 29 The surviving insurgents of the
seizure of the Grand Mosque, 1979 under custody of Saudi authorities,
c. 1980 . (from
History of Saudi Arabia )
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