The Principality of Najran was a state that existed in the Arabian peninsula from 1633 to 1934. It originated as an Islamic ecclesiastic principality under Yemeni suzerainty in 1633, although it later came under Ottoman influence.[3] Najran opposed a Yemeni rebellion against the Ottomans in the 1880s.[4] In the Saudi-Idrisi treaty of 1920, the Emirate of Nejd and Hasa officially laid claim to the territories of Najran, and in 1921 the Ikhwan militia invaded Najran.[5] The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen also had ambitions in Najran, and thus attempted its own conquest in 1924.[1] In the winter of 1931/1932, Yemeni forces once again attempted to take Najran, but were expelled by the Saudis in 1932.[6] In November 1933, Yemeni forces occupied Najran.[7] In 1934, following the Saudi-Yemeni War, Najran's independence definitively ended when Yemen renounced its claims to Najran and the principality was annexed into Saudi Arabia.[1]
Principality of Najran | |||||||||
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| 1633–1934 | |||||||||
 Flag | |||||||||
 Najran (lime, down south) in Arabia in 1918. | |||||||||
| Capital | Najran | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Ismaili Shia Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Da'i | |||||||||
• 1677–1717 | Muhammad ibn Isma'il Al Makrami[1] | ||||||||
• 1912–1934 | Ali bin Muhsin Al Shibami[2] | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1633 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1934 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Saudi Arabia | ||||||||
References
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- ^ 'Who's Who in Aden and Western Arabia'. British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. 1916. p. 41. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Other Arabian Polities". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ Farah, Caesar E. (2002-04-26). The Sultan's Yemen: 19th-Century Challenges to Ottoman Rule. I.B.Tauris. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-86064-767-3.
- ^ Al-Maghafi, Fadhl (2012). "MORE THAN JUST A BOUNDARY DISPUTE: THE REGIONAL GEOPOLITICS OF SAUDI-YEMENI RELATIONS" (PDF). eprints.soas.ac.uk. p. 110.
- ^ Gibler, Dougla; Miller, Steven; Little, Erin (2017). "Report on MIDs that could not be found" (PDF). dmgibler.people.ua.edu. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "WAR TALK IN ARABIA - Britain Watching Developments CAIRO, November 15. - Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954) - 16 Nov 1933". Trove. Retrieved 2019-12-11.