Shalaga cemetery (Arabic: مقبرة شلقا),[1] is a public cemetery and a historic burial ground in the ad-Dirah neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2][3][4][5] It was one of the two main graveyards used by the inhabitants of the old walled town, the other being al-Mughaibrah[6] and was situated outside of the city fortifications in the northeast. The cemetery is the resting place of Turki bin Abdullah al-Saud, leader of the Second Saudi State from 1824 to 1834.[7]

Shalaga cemetery
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Established19th century
Location
CountrySaudi Arabia
Coordinates24°38′1″N 46°42′48″E / 24.63361°N 46.71333°E / 24.63361; 46.71333
TypeMuslim
Owned byRiyadh Municipality

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  2. ^ المجلة العربية (in Arabic). al-Mamlakah al-ʻArabīyah al-Saʻūdīyah. 2002.
  3. ^ الدعوة :مجلة إسلامية اسبوعية جامعة (in Arabic). مؤسسة الدعوة الإسلامية الصحفية،. 1994.
  4. ^ الجبل, بدر (2019-09-22). "اقرأ.. قصة دخول الملك عبد العزيز الرياض بلهجة من رواها". صحيفة سبق الالكترونية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  5. ^ "مشروع الظهيرة هل يهدد الرياض القديمة؟!". www.alriyadh.com. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  6. ^ سالم, دوسري، شعيب بن عبد الحميد بن (1998). امتاع السامر بتكملة متعة الناظر (in Arabic). دارة الملك عبد العزيز. ISBN 978-9960-693-28-6.
  7. ^ "العود." archive.aawsat.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-02-12.