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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Saudi Arabia, formerly known as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd until 22 September 1932. The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd had been separate countries until the mid-1920s. Saudi Arabia is the largest Arab country of the Middle East. It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq on the north and ...
The Saudi National ID Card (Arabic: Biṭāgat Al-hawiyya Al-waṭaniyya بطاقة الهوية الوطنية), commonly known by its old colloquial name Biṭāgat Al-ʼaḥwāl ( Arabic: بطاقة الأحوال [bɪˈtˤaːgat alʔaħˈwaːl] ), is a Saudi Arabian identity card and proof of citizenship. The card is used for identification ...
Founded. 1926 [ 1] Headquarters. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Key people. H.E Anef Bin Ahmed Abanomi, President of Saudi Post Corporation. Website. https://splonline.com.sa. Saudi Post ( Arabic: البريد السعودي "سُبل") is a government operated postal system in Saudi Arabia; it is generally referred to within the kingdom as "al-Bareed".
A Abeer Abiha Adela (name) Afaf Afreen Aisha Aliya Alya (name) Amalia (given name) Amina (disambiguation) Amira (name) Arwa Ashraqat Ashfa Asma (given name) Atikah Aya (given name) Azhar (name) Azra (name) Aziza (name) B Boutheina Bushra Besma C Chaima D Dalal (name) Dalia (given name) Danielle Dana (given name) Dareen Dina E Eliana Esma Eva (name) F Fadwa Farah (name) Farida (given name ...
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has issued several Eid postage stamps, across several years—starting in 2001—honoring "two of the most important festivals in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha." Eid stamps were released in 2001–2002, 2006–2009, 2011, and 2013. They are also being issued as Forever Stamps.
Islamic calendar stamp issued at King Khalid International Airport on 10 Rajab 1428 AH (24 July 2007 CE). The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), or Arabic calendar also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.
According to official statistics, in 2022 90% of Saudi Arabian citizens were Sunni Muslims, 10-12% are Shia. [ 19] More than 30% of the population was made up of foreign workers [ 19] who are predominantly but not entirely Muslim. [ 20] The two holiest cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina, are in Saudi Arabia.
The history of Saudi Arabia as a nation state began with the emergence of the Al Saud dynasty in central Arabia in 1727 [ 1][ 2] and the subsequent establishment of the Emirate of Diriyah. Pre-Islamic Arabia, the territory that constitutes modern Saudi Arabia, was the site of several ancient cultures and civilizations; the prehistory of Saudi ...