Principality of Najran
1633–1934
Flag
Najran (lime, down south) in Arabia in 1918.
Capital	Najran
Common languages	Arabic
Religion	Ismaili Shia Islam
Government	Principality
Da'i
• 1677–1717	Muhammad ibn Isma'il Al Makrami[1]
• 1912–1934	Ali bin Muhsin Al Shibami[2]
History
• Established	1633
• Disestablished	1934
Preceded by Succeeded by Yemeni Zaidi State Saudi Arabia
Today part of	Saudi Arabia

The Principality of Najran was a state that existed in the Arabian peninsula from 1633 to 1934. It originated as an Islamic ecclesiastic principality under Yemeni suzerainty in 1633, although it later came under Ottoman influence.^[3] Najran opposed a Yemeni rebellion against the Ottomans in the 1880s.^[4] In the Saudi-Idrisi treaty of 1920, the Emirate of Nejd and Hasa officially laid claim to the territories of Najran, and in 1921 the Ikhwan militia invaded Najran.^[5] The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen also had ambitions in Najran, and thus attempted its own conquest in 1924.^[1] In the winter of 1931/1932, Yemeni forces once again attempted to take Najran, but were expelled by the Saudis in 1932.^[6] In November 1933, Yemeni forces occupied Najran.^[7] In 1934, following the Saudi-Yemeni War, Najran's independence definitively ended when Yemen renounced its claims to Najran and the principality was annexed into Saudi Arabia.^[1]

References