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11 unusual facts about Saudi Arabia


893 Dvin earthquake

The earthquake had ruined the city's defenses and Dvin was taken by Muhammad Ibn Abi'l-Saj, the Sajid emir of Azerbaijan, who turned it into a military base.

Asira

:For the village in Saudi Arabia, see Asira, Saudi Arabia.

Banu Thaqif

Akhnas ibn Shariq al-Thaqifi and the Banu Zuhrah where with the Meccan as part of the escort that preceded the battle of Badr but since he believed the caravan to be safe, he did not join Quraish on their way to a festival in Badr.

DF-3A

In 1987 China sold several dozen (reportedly between 36 and 60) outmoded DF-3 missiles to Saudi Arabia, with conventional warheads.

Dual containment

Troops were stationed in Saudi Arabia, an area that many in the region regard as "holy soil," which offended many locals and is cited by Osama bin Laden as one reason for his hatred against the United States policies and part of his motivation for the September 11 attacks.

According to Indyk, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia tried to show support for the policy by promising to buy dozens of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas civilian airliners in mid-1993, ensuring that American industries could count on financial support from the Kingdom even without the opportunities that would have been afforded them with a rapprochement with Iran.

Politics of Saudi Arabia

The Islamist candidates tended to be backed by public figures and the religious establishment and won most of the seats in the Saudi cities such as Riyadh, Jeddah, Medina, Tabuk and Taif.

Sayyid Ali Beheshti

Born in Bamyan province, Beheshti was educated in Saudi Arabia and Iraq where he became a modarres (religious teacher).

Tamkeen

Tamkeen Industrial and Trading Company, also called Tamkeen Group, is a business based in Saudi Arabia.

Thales Damocles

Saudi Arabia, which has a mixed fleet of British and American planes.

The Pizza Company

In 2004, The Pizza Company began to expand and franchise internationally and today the restaurant has franchises in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Laos, China and Bahrain.


1997 ABC Championship

The 1997 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abdulrahman Al-Shoaibi

Abdulrahman Al-Shoaibi (Arabic: عبدالرحمن الشعيبي) is a Saudi Arabian footballer for Hajer Club (Arabic: نادي هجر) .

Ahmadullah Affandi

He was the leader of Indian contingent, which was invited to Saudi Arabia by the then Saudi Arabian King, Shah Faesal in 1967.

Ayub Thakur

In 1981, Dr. Thakur joined the Nuclear Engineering Department of King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia as a lecturer.

Blues for Allah

The title track for the album is a eulogy to Saudi Arabia's King Faisal, a fan of the Grateful Dead who died the year the album was released.

Danya Alhamrani

Alhamrani, along with her partner Dania Nassief, are the first women in Saudi Arabia allowed to own and manage a company without a male business partner.

David C. Nichols

He served as Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA) and Combined Air Operations Center Director at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, from November 2001 through March 2002 during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Deversoir Air Base

The airfield received United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 12, 1945 as he flew from the Yalta Conference to rejoin the USS Quincy, which was anchored in the Great Bitter Lake and would host the President's meetings with King Farouk of Egypt, King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia before transporting him back to the United States.

Disinvestment

Myanmar (formerly Burma) has also been the target of disinvestment campaigns (most notably the Massachusetts Burma Law initiated by the state of Massachusetts.) Divestment campaigns have also been directed against Saudi Arabia due to allegations of "gender apartheid."

Edmond Rugova

Edmond Rugova's first international match as coach of the Kosovo national football team was the international friendly against Saudi Arabia to be played on 15 June 2007, in Ankara, Turkey.

Evkafçiftliği

During the Ottoman Empire era, the village was a vakıf which was dedicated for sustaining holy places in Mecca and Medina (now in Saudi Arabia).

Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand

In April 1988, FIANZ held its first ever South Island AGM at the Canterbury mosque and Christchurch resident Dr Saleh Al Samahy from Saudi Arabia was elected president.

Ford Crown Victoria

Despite their age, and more modern competition from General Motors, sales of the Ford Panther platform remained strong, especially in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Foreign relations of Afghanistan

By 2000, only Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

Fouzi Ayoub Sabri

Fouzi Ayoub Sabri is a Saudi Arabian Businessman, Engineer and Car designer who found and owns Al-Araba Company for Vehicle costumizing and Vehicle armouring.

Friedrich St. Florian

With Abraham he also won the first prize (ex equo) in the international architectural design competition for the "Cultural Center" in Leopoldville, Congo in 1959 and the third prize in the 1958 competition for the Pan Arabian University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Fuddruckers

As of 2011, Fuddruckers had 56 company-operated restaurants and 129 franchises across the United States with one in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, four in Puerto Rico and ten in Saudi Arabia.

Ghashamsham

A man named Rashid (Fahd Al-Hayyan) lived in a small town near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Gwyn Prosser

He was a port engineer for Aramco in Saudi Arabia from 1977-8, then chief engineer for Anscar from 1978-9, and Sealink Ferries from Dover from 1979-92.

Hermann Eilts

He served as an American ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, assisted Henry Kissinger's Mideast shuttle diplomacy effort, worked with Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat throughout the Camp David Accords, and dodged a Libyan hit team.

Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies

Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies (Arabic: كلية ابن سينا الأهلية للعلوم الطبية) is a private medical university in the Al mahjar road Ghulail area of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Iqbal Masood Nadvi

He holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Shariah (law), with specialization in jurisprudence (Fiqh) and taught Islamic Shariah and Jurisprudence at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, for six years and dealt with various subjects such as principles of jurisprudence (Usool Al-Fiqh), Islamic Culture, Islamic Political Thought, Islamic movements and the Fiqh of Organization.

Jabal al-Nour

Jabal al-Nour (also Jabal an-Nur or Jabal Nur),which can be translated from Arabic(جبل النور),"The Mountain of Light", or "Hill of Illumination",is a mountain near Mecca in Saudi Arabia's Hejaz region.

Karen Hughes

On her September 27 stop in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during a talk with female students, she expressed her wish that women could "fully participate in society" as they do in the United States.

Mahmoud Bodo Rasch

In 1975 Mahmoud Bodo Rasch and Sami Angawi founded the Hajj Research Center at the King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Mark Aizlewood

His debut came in a 2–1 friendly defeat to Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on 25 February 1986, his last appearance came on 14 December 1994 as Wales lost 3–0 to Bulgaria in a Euro 96 qualifier at Cardiff Arms Park.

Nesma Airlines

And to continue its success in the charter market, the airline started to operate scheduled flights to Saudi Arabia on the 24th of June 2011 to Tabuk and Taif.

Norah Al Faiz

However, Ali Alyami argued that her appointment was largely a move to make democratic reformers ineffective in and outside the country with the goal of reducing global criticism over the Saudi segregationist policies and oppression of women.

Omar 'The White Sudani' Ramzi

Since then he has been doing shows in all the major cities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt: Jeddah, Riyadh, Khobar, Cairo and Alexandria He has opened for several other world renowned stand-up comedians such as Ahmed Ahmed, Maz Jobrani, Angelo Tsarouchas, Dean Edwards, Jeff Mirza and Erik Griffin.

Postage stamps and postal history of Jordan

Jordan's only port is at its southern tip, at the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba, which it shares with Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.

Qu'aiti

;HH Princess Muzna bint Ghalib Al Qu'aiti: born 28 December 1980 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, holds a MA from the School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS and BA from the American University in Cairo; married Hisham Hafez of Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Riggs Bank

About two weeks after the assistance began, al-Bayoumi's wife began receiving monthly payments totaling tens of thousands of dollars from Princess Haifa bint Faisal, the wife of Saudi ambassador and Bush family confidant, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, through a Riggs bank account.

Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen

Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen (صالح ابن عبدالرحمن حسین) is a prominent Saudi government official who fell under suspicion following the Sept 11th attacks when it was discovered that three of the hijackers, Hani Hanjour, Khalid Almihdhar, and Nawaf Alhazmi had checked into the Marriott Residence Inn in Herndon, Virginia, the same hotel he was staying at, the night before the attacks.

Samar Alsaggaf

Doctorate of Philosophy in Anatomy and Embryology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1996 Thesis Title: “The Effect of Irradiation On The Development Of The Cerebellar Cortex Of Guinea Pig”.

Saudi King Abdullah International Award for Translation

The Chairman of the award is Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs), a son of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

Sheikh Hassan Enany

In December 2009, Sheikh Enany headed a delegation of 10 Middle East businessmen, which was invited by Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail for a meeting in his office at the Kuala Lumpur City Hall tower in Jalan Raja Laut to discuss possible ventures in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

South Arabia

South Arabia as a general refers to several regions as currently recognized, in chief the Republic of Yemen; yet it has historically also included Najran, Jizan, and 'Asir which are presently in Saudi Arabia, and Dhofar presently in Oman.

Tamale Airport

The Airport has already received some international flights from South Africa, Tunisia and Angola during the CAN 2008 African Cup of nations, and it is hoped that with the addition of more facilities it would now be in the position to fly pilgrims from the north straight to Mecca, Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj.

Telecommunications in Saudi Arabia

There are huge public complaints about the poor Internet services in Saudi Arabia all of which falls on deaf ears since there is no reason or force pressuring the monopoly.

TPz Fuchs

Most vehicles are in service with the German Army (1,003 - 144 upgraded), the rest are in the armed forces of Saudi Arabia (36), The Netherlands (23), USA (123, as M93 Fox) and Venezuela (10).

Trans-Arabian Pipeline

The Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline), was an oil pipeline from Qaisumah in Saudi Arabia to Sidon in Lebanon.

Wafah Dufour

Her father, Yeslam bin Ladin (half brother of Osama bin Laden), is Saudi Arabian (father of Yemeni origin and mother of Iranian origin) and her mother, Carmen bin Ladin, is of Swiss father and Iranian mother from a noble family (mothers name: Mirdoth/Sheybani).

Wail al-Shehri

Jamal Khashoggi, of Al-Watan and ArabNews in Saudi Arabia, spoke with Muhammad Ali al-Shehri in Khamis Mushait, who said his sons Wail and Waleed had been missing for months.

Warsame Ali

Ali graduated from the Somali National University, and in 1986, earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) degree at the King Saud University in Saudi Arabia.

Young Imam

The prize for the competition's winner included a scholarship to study at Al-Madinah International University in Saudi Arabia, a pilgrimage to Mecca, a posting as imam of a mosque, 20,000 Malaysian ringgit and a new car.

Yousef Masrahi

Yousef Ahmed Masrahi (Arabic:يوسف مسرحي) (born 31 December 1987 in Najran) is a Saudi Arabian track and field athlete, who specialises in the 400 metres sprint.

Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan

Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan was adopted by Abu Sufyan and was born in Ta'if (in what is now Saudi Arabia) to a member of the Banu Fuqaim, of unknown parentage, due to the promiscuity of his mother.