Kingdom marks its glorious National Day

Saudi Arabia celebrated its National Day on Monday. On Sept 23, 1902, the King of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz bin Abdurrahman al Saud declared the establishment of the kingdom and proceeded to modernize the country.

In January 1902, King Abdulaziz and his father Imam Abdurrahman bin Faisal re-entered Riyadh City. He took over political and religious powers from his father and began to unite the country.

Beginning with southern Riyadh, the new king started to unite Najd by defeating his opponents in an area called Dalam near Kharj and took over all towns of southern Riyadh, including Kharj, Al Hareeq, Al Aflaj and Wadi Al Dawasir.