The Alyahya dynasty, along with the

Al-Sulaim The Royal Family of Al-Sulaim is the dynasty that has sat on the throne of Unaizah in Saudi Arabia since 1817. They became the rulers after prince Yahia bin Sulaiman Al Zamil Al-Sulaim (1817–1836) killed the governor appointed by the Ottoma ...

dynasty have been the historic rulers of

Unaizah Unaizah ( ar, عنيزة ) or officially The Governorate of Unaizah (also spelled Onaizah, Onizah, or Unayzah; ar, محافظة عنيزة ) is a Saudi Arabian city in the Al Qassim Province. It lies south of the province capital Buraydah and n ...

, a major city in the Qasim region and in the

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

n Najd plateau in general. They are genealogically related to the Al-Sulaim Dynasty, falling under the Bani Thor section of the Subaea tribe. Prince Saleh bin Yahya bin Saleh Alyahya was the major ruler from this

dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...

in Oneizah, he was removed from his position by Abdulaziz bin Mitieb Al-Rasheed.

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