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Official U.S. and Saudi records do not match this description.

• The U.S. State Department’s presidential travel history lists George W. Bush’s January 14–16, 2008 trip to Saudi Arabia as a visit where he “Met with King Abdullah.”
• A White House archival photo from that visit identifies Salman as “Prince Salman bin Abdul Al-Aziz” during Bush’s stop in Riyadh, not as king.
• A contemporaneous Saudi report about the same visit says Prince Salman gave Bush a commemorative gift consisting of a sword, a dagger, a farwa/overcoat, and traditional clothing.
• The U.S. Federal Register’s 2008 foreign-gifts report likewise records Bush receiving items from Saudi officials such as a robe/overcoat, dagger, sabre, medal, and book. It does not record a Kaaba kiswah as a gift from Salman.

So the post conflates the identities of the Saudi hosts and misstates the gift: Bush’s visit was with King Abdullah, while Prince Salman appeared in Riyadh ceremonies, and the documented gifts were traditional garments and weapons, not the Kaaba’s kiswah.

The available official travel records for George W. Bush’s 2008 visits to Saudi Arabia do not show him visiting the Hijaz.

• The U.S. State Department’s presidential travel history lists Bush’s Saudi destinations in both January and May 2008 as “Riyadh, Al-Janadriyah.”
• Al-Janadriyah is a site on the outskirts of Riyadh, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
• Those locations are in/around Riyadh, not the Hijaz cities such as Jeddah, Mecca, or Medina.

So the claim that Bush went to both the Najd and Hijaz regions is not supported by the official itinerary; the documented stops were in the Riyadh/Al-Janadriyah area.