1 Qirsh - Abd al-Azīz Hejaz and Nejd

Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud had only just consolidated control over the Hejaz in January 1926 — the ink barely dry on the surrender of Sharif Ali — when this coinage was issued to assert administrative authority over the newly unified territory. The pairing of Hejaz and Nejd in the issuer name reflects a deliberately transitional political arrangement; within six years, both names would be absorbed into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by royal decree in 1932.

The copper-nickel composition was a practical departure from the silver that Hejaz coinage had traditionally favored for smaller denominations.