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Royal Seating Day
عيد الجلوس الملكي
Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz

Royal Seating Day (

Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz from 1930 to 1931, and later in Saudi Arabia from 1934 to 1963, commemorating the pledge of allegiance and anniversary of the succession to the country's throne by the hereditary sovereign.[1][2][3]
It was observed on 8 January and 12 November throughout the rule of King Abdulalziz ibn Saud and his successor King Saud bin Abdulalziz respectively.[4] The celebrations were officially abrogated in 1965 when King Faisal bin Abdulaziz replaced it with the Saudi National Day.[5][6]

Overview

In December 1925, with the successful

Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz
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In December 1926, the Consultative Assembly sent a petition before King Abdulaziz, requesting to designate the day of his crowning as Hejaz's ruler in January 1926 as a national day. However, it was rejected by Abdulaziz and almost two years later, in February 1929, the Consultative Assembly again resubmitted the petition with more backing and was finally granted royal assent in September 1929.[7]

In 1931, some conservative

establishment of Saudi Arabia and lasted until the death of Abdulaziz in 1953.[8]

In 1953, Saud bin Abdulaziz was crowned as the new monarch of Saudi Arabia upon the death of Abdulaziz. Three days later, he visited Mecca on 12 November 1953 and received the pledge of allegiance from local tribal leaders in the Grand Mosque compound. Saud designated November 12 to be the new ascension day from 1954.

In November 1964, Saud bin Abdulaziz stepped down from the position of king, paving the way for his brother Faisal bin Abdulaziz to become the new ruler. In August 1965, three months before his accession anniversary, King Faisal issued a royal decree that made 23 September the new national day in order to commemorate the day on which the official unification of Saudi Arabia took place in 1932.

References

  1. ^ mar_mada@, مدى الرحيلي (جدة) (2020-09-23). "الاحتفال باليوم الوطني السعودي من ذاكرة "عكاظ"". Okaz (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-10-02.
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  3. ^ هاني, هندي، (2001). حركة القوميين العرب: نشأتها وتطورها عبر وثائقها، ١٩٥١-١٩٦٨ (in Arabic). مؤسسة الأبحاث العربية،.
  4. ^ "إقرار تاريخ اليوم الوطني السعودي.. بعد تلاحم أجزاء الوطن وإعلان ميلاد المملكة". www.alriyadh.com. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. ^ "King Faisal began official celebrations of National Day in 1965". Saudigazette. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  6. ^ "A peep into diverse manifestations of National Day festivities during 56 years". Saudigazette. 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  7. ^ "السعودية... نموذج فريد بين توارث العرش وولاية العهد". aawsat.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  8. ^ "أيامنا الوطنية .. سيرة وأحداث وتحولات". صحيفة الاقتصادية (in Arabic). 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
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