Badr bin Saud Al Saud

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Badr bin Saud Al Saud
Governor of Riyadh
In officeJanuary–February 1963
PredecessorFawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
SuccessorSalman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
MonarchKing Saud
Commander of National Guard
In office1956–1961
PredecessorMusaid bin Saud
SuccessorMansour bin Saud
MonarchKing Saud
Born1934
Died21 July 2004(2004-07-21) (aged 69–70)
Burial
Al Oud cemetery, Riyadh
SpousePrincess Sameera
Princess Buniah
Princess Noura
Princess Nora
Issue8
Names
Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherKing Saud
MotherHaleema

Badr bin Saud Al Saud (Arabic: بدر بن سعود آل سعود‎ Badr bin Su'ūd Āl Su'ūd; 1934 – 21 July 2004) was a son of King Saud of Saudi Arabia. Prince Badr was the governor of the Riyadh province for a short time.[1]

Early life and education[]

King Saud, father of Prince Badr

Badr bin Saud was born in 1934. He was educated at the palace. He finished his secondary education at the Institute of Al Anjal.[citation needed]

Career[]

Prince Badr was made the commander of the National Guard in 1956 succeeding his brother Musaid.[2][3] Badr's term ended in 1961 and was replaced by his brother Mansour bin Saud in the post.[2] At the end of 1962 King Saud and his brother Crown Prince Faisal were in a feud for political power. In January 1963 King Saud fired most of the provincial governors, who may have been loyal to Crown Prince Faisal. Prince Badr replaced Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz as the governor of the Riyadh region on 20 January 1963. However, he was fired by Crown Prince Faisal within a mere two weeks on 4 February. He then went into private business, never serving in government again.[2]

Exile and later years[]

In 1964, King Saud was forced into exile in Geneva, Switzerland, and then on to other European cities. In 1966, Saud was invited by Nasser to live in Egypt; another report claims that King Saud went to Egypt under refuge granted by Nasser and stayed there from 1965 to 1967.[4] King Saud was also allowed to broadcast propaganda on Radio Cairo.[4] Prince Badr and some of his brothers, including Prince Khalid, Prince Sultan and Prince Mansour, did not declare their allegiance to Faisal, successor of King Saud.[3] They joined their father and supported his attempt to regain the throne.[4]

Prince Badr later returned to Saudi Arabia and in 1980 he established a company in Riyadh with a Swiss firm which dealt with the soap business.[3]

Personal life and death[]

Prince Badr married four times: Sameera Al Muhanna, Buniah Al Meshaal Al Rasheed, Noura bint Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Shuhail and Nora bint Fahd Al Qahtani. He had eight sons, including Mishaal who was the acting undersecretary of the National Guard for the Eastern province in 2011.[5]

He died in 2004 at the age of 70 and was buried in Al Oud cemetery.

References[]

  1. ^ "Princes". www.riyadh.gov.sa.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Leading grandsons of Abdulaziz" (PDF). Springer. p. 180. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Gary Samuel Samore (1984). Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982) (PhD thesis). Harvard University. p. 121,236,240. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Joseph A. Kechichian (2001). Succession in Saudi Arabia. New York: Palgrave. p. 9.
  5. ^ "Prince Mishaal bin Badr bin Saud Opens 2nd International Conference For Obesity Surgery". SPA. Al Khobar. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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