Emirate of Riyadh

{{Short description|First iteration of the Third Saudi State (1902–1913)}}

{{Infobox country

| native_name = {{native_name|ar|إمارة الرياض}}
Imārat ar-Riyāḍ

| conventional_long_name = Emirate of Riyadh

| common_name = Nejd

| year_start = 13 January 1902

| date_start =

| year_end = April 1913

| event_start = Battle of Riyadh

| event_end = Conquest of al-Hasa

| p1 = Emirate of Jabal Shammar

| flag_p1 = Flag of the Emirate of Ha'il.svg

| s1 = Emirate of Nejd and Hasa

| flag_s1 =

| image_map = File:Emirate of Riyadh 1902.svg

| map_width = 250px

| flag_type = Flag

| capital = Riyadh

| common_languages = Arabic

| government_type = Islamic absolute monarchy

| title_leader = Emir

| leader1 = Ibn Saud

| year_leader1 = 1902 – 1913|

| religion = Sunni Islam

| today = {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia

}}

The Emirate of RiyadhMadawi Al-Rasheed. A History of Saudi Arabia. Cambridge, England, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp. 40. was the first iteration of the Third Saudi State from 1902 to 1913.J. A. Hammerton. Peoples Of All Nations: Their Life Today And Story Of Their Past (in 14 Volumes). Concept Publishing Company, 2007. Pp. 193. It was a monarchy led by the House of Saud. The state was formed after Saudi forces seized Riyadh from the control of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar, led by the House of Rashid, during the Battle of Riyadh. It was the direct antecedent of the Emirate of Nejd and Hasa, and the earliest legal predecessor of present-day Saudi Arabia. Al-Hasa was conquered in 1913.