Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

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Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born1942 (age 79–80)
SpouseNoura bint Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer Al Saud
Haya bint Faraj Shabeeb (divorced)
IssueAbdulaziz bin Mashour
Sara bint Mashour
Luluwah bint Mashour
Names
Mashour bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherKing Abdulaziz
MotherNuf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Shaalan

Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 1942) is a member of the House of Saud and a member of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Allegiance Council.[1] He is the half-brother of King Salman and the father-in-law of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman.

Biography[]

Prince Mashour was born in 1942.[2][3] His father is King Abdulaziz, and his mother is Nouf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Shaalan.[2] They married in November 1935.[4] Nouf was a member of the Ruwala tribe based in the northwestern Saudi Arabia, Transjordan and Syria.[2] Prince Mashour has two full brothers; Prince Thamir and Prince Mamdouh.[5]

Prince Mashour is a businessman.[6] In August 2009, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy identified him as a potential successor to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.[5]

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.[7] His daughter Sara is married to Saudi Arabia's crown prince and defense minister Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud.[7] Prince Mashour has also a son, Abdulaziz.[8]

Ancestry[]

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud". Dhownet. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Nouf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Sha'lan". Datarabia. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  5. ^ a b Simon Henderson (August 2009). "After King Abdullah" (PDF). Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  6. ^ Ayman Al Yassini (August 1982). The Relationship between Religion and State in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PhD thesis). McGill University. OCLC 896879684.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Jonathan Rugman (2 October 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.
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