Talk:Nejd
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I added Abu Bakr as born in Najd. I was misstaken. --Striver 16:36, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
The map is absurdly wrong. Article needs a lot of work. IQAG1060 15:45, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Is the map a joke?
I'm going to go ahead and remove it for now...--12.47.123.121 15:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Well, I'm just getting started with this revamped article on Najd. It still needs some fixing up, especially the broken links. I'd appreciate any help I can get with that. I'd also love to get a copy of the most recent Saudi census if anyone here knows where to find it online. I plan on adding a long "History" section and two sections on "Perceptions of Najd" and "Prominent Najdis" in the coming days. I want this article to be a catalyst for similar articles on Al-Hejaz, 'Asir, Qatif, and all the other regions of our country.
ok, i would really like some references or citations regarding the Banu Hanifa. from my limited knowledge of the subject I believe this may be trying to tie their Nejdi ancestors to the practice of monotheism during the Jāhiliyya. To me that sounds like a 1500 year stretch. ƒaustX 16:54, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, what exactly are you referring to? The first written reference to Al-Saud's clan being from Bani Hanifa comes from a 17th century manuscript written by Jabr Ibn Sayyar Al-Khaldi, the emir of Al-Gessab, if that's what you're wondering about. It's also the view of Hamad Al-Jassir who was the most credible scholar in this field. This does nothing to tie Al Saud further to monotheism because Bani Hanifa are not reported to have been monotheists before Islam. In fact many anti-Wahhabi polemics emphasized the "Bani Hanifa connection" in order to tie Al Saud with "Musaylima the Liar". Slackerlawstudent 17:17, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
