Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Magana ta farko game da birnin da sunan "Riyadh" ya kasance a cikin 1590, ta wani marubucin tarihin Larabawa na farko. A shekara ta 1737, Deham Ibn Dawwas, wanda ya fito daga makwabta Manfuha, ya zauna kuma ya karɓi iko da garin. Deham ya gina bango a kewayen birni, kuma sanannen sanannen sunan "Riyadh" daga wannan lokacin ne, wanda ake tunanin yana nufin garuruwan da ke gabashin da suka gabata wanda Ibn Dawwas ya gina bango. A shekara ta 1744, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab ya kulla kawance da Sarkin Dir'iyah, Muhammad bin Saud, kuma a shekara ta 1774, sun kwace Riyadh daga Deham. Duk da haka jihar su, yanzu da aka sani da "Jihar Saudiyya ta Farko", ta rushe a 1818. Turki ibn Abdullah ya kafa "Jihar Saudiyya ta biyu" a farkon karni na 19 kuma ya sanya Riyadh babban birninta a 1825. Duk da haka, mulkinsa a kan birnin ya rushe ta hanyar haɗin gwiwar Ottoman-Rashidi. Daga karshe, a farkon karni na 20, 'Abdulaziz ibn Saud, wanda aka fi sani da Ibn Saud a yamma, ya dawo da masarautar kakanninsa na Najd a 1902 kuma ya karfafa mulkinsa a 1926 tare da cin nasarar karshe na Saudiyya na Hejaz
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan wannan ya sanya sunan masarautarsa Saudi Arabiya a watan Satumbar 1932 tare da Riyadh a matsayin babban birni.