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First Saudi state
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<p>The first Saudi state , officially the Emirate of Diriyah (<a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: إمارة الدرعية, <a href="/facts/Romanization_of_Arabic/A760zaoa">romanized</a>: <i>Imāratul Dir'iyyah</i>), was established in 1727 under <a href="/facts/Muhammad_bin_Saud_Al_Muqrin/TBIGUsde">Muhammad I</a>. In 1744, Muhammad and the religious leader <a href="/facts/Muhammad_ibn_Abd_al-Wahhab/IfmQ5gfu">Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab</a> signed a <a href="/facts/Diriyah_Pact/jsoR9Ieb">pact</a> to found a socio-religious reform movement to propagate the <a href="/facts/Wahhabism/FGAPQ20M">Wahhabi</a> religious doctrine under the political leadership of the <a href="/facts/House_of_Saud/9egk15WK">House of Saud</a>. </p>