Shalaga cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 19th century |
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Country | Saudi Arabia |
Coordinates | 24°38′1″N 46°42′48″E / 24.63361°N 46.71333°E |
Type | Muslim |
Owned by | Riyadh Municipality |
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]