Najd __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text NAJD نجد "High." The highlands of Arabia. The name of the central province of Arabia. One of its cities, Riyaz, is celebrated as the seat of the Wahhabis. (See Central and Eastern Arabia, by W.G. Palgrave, London, 1865; Journey to the Wahabee Capitol, by Colonel Lewis Pelly, Bombay, 1860.) Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail