King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud named the kingdom of Hejaz and Najd as Saudi Arabia in:
King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud named the kingdom of Hejaz and Najd as Saudi Arabia in:
(A) 1932
(B) 1934
(C) 1924
(D) 1936
King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud renamed the combined territory, consisting of Hejaz and Najd, as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on September 23, 1932. After the conquest of Hejaz in 1925, King Ibn Saud ruled Hejaz and Najd as two entities from 1926 to 1932. Later, a royal decree issued on September 19, 1932, merged the two territories, which is annually celebrated as Saudi National Day.