Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: مشهور بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 1942) is a member of the House of Saud and a member of Saudi Arabia's Allegiance Council.[1] He is a half-brother of King Salman and the father-in-law of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | |||||
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Born | 1942 (age 81–82) | ||||
Spouse | Noura bint Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer Al Saud Haya bint Faraj Shabeeb (divorced) | ||||
Issue | Abdulaziz bin Mashour Sara bint Mashour Luluwah bint Mashour | ||||
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House | Al Saud | ||||
Father | King Abdulaziz | ||||
Mother | Nuf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Shaalan |
Biography
editPrince Mashour was born in 1942[2][3] to King Abdulaziz and Nouf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Shaalan.[2] They married in November 1935.[4] Nouf was a member of the Ruwala tribe based in northwestern Saudi Arabia, Transjordan and Syria and was the granddaughter of Nuri Al Shalaan, the Emir of the tribe.[2][5] Prince Mashour has two full brothers; Prince Thamir and Prince Mamdouh.[6]
Prince Mashour is a businessman.[7] In August 2009, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy had identified him as a potential successor to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.[6]
His wife is Noura bint Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabir, daughter of Mohammed bin Saud and granddaughter of Noura bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud and Saud Al Kabir.[8] His daughter Sara is married to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud.[8] Prince Mashour has also a son, Abdulaziz.[9]
Ancestry
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References
edit- ^ "King Abdullah names members of the Allegiance Council". Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C. 10 December 2007. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ a b c Alexander Blay Bligh (1981). Succession to the throne in Saudi Arabia. Court Politics in the Twentieth Century (PhD thesis). Columbia University. p. 93. ProQuest 303101806.
- ^ "Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud". Dhownet. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Nouf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Sha'lan". Datarabia. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ Gary Samuel Samore (1984). Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982) (PhD thesis). Harvard University. p. 93. ProQuest 303295482.
- ^ a b Simon Henderson (August 2009). "After King Abdullah" (PDF). Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ Ayman Al Yassini (August 1982). The Relationship between Religion and State in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PhD thesis). McGill University. OCLC 896879684.
- ^ a b Hugh Miles; Alastair Newton (2017). "The Future of the Middle East". Arab Digest and Global Policy. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ Jonathan Rugman (2019). The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi. Simon & Schuster UK. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-4711-8476-5.