Principality of Najran

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Principality of Najran
1633–1934
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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
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Blank.png Yemeni Zaidi State
Saudi Arabia Flag of Saudi Arabia (1932-1934).svg
Today part of Saudi Arabia

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]

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