Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh
Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh | |||||
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Born | 1884 | ||||
Died | October 1906 (aged 21–22) | ||||
Spouse | Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman, Emir of Nejd | ||||
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House | Al Sheikh | ||||
Father | Abdullah bin Abdullatif Al Sheikh | ||||
Mother | Haya bint Abdul Rahman Al Muqbel |
Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh (Arabic: طرفة بنت عبد الله آل الشيخ Ṭarfā bint ʿAbd Allāh Al ash Sheikh; 1884–1906) was one of the spouses of Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman, Emir of Nejd (later King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia), and the mother of Princess Noura and King Faisal.[1][2]
Background and early life[]
Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh was born in 1884.[3] Her mother was Haya bint Abdul Rahman Al Muqbel.[4] She was a member of the Al Muqbel family from a village near Riyadh.[5]
Tarfa's father, Abdullah bin Abdullatif Al Sheikh, was a member of the Al Sheikh family and one of the principal religious teachers and advisers to the Emir of Nejd, Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman.[6][7] However, until Emir Abdulaziz captured Riyadh, Abdullah was a supporter of Emir Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Rashid.[6] Tarfa was one of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's eighth generation direct descendants.[8]
Personal life and death[]
Tarfa bint Abdullah married Emir Abdulaziz in 1902 immediately after he captured Riyadh.[4][9] She was the third wife of Abdulaziz.[10] Her two sisters married to two sons of Abdulaziz's father, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, Emir of Nejd (i.e. the brothers of Abdulaziz). Tarfa's sister Munira married Abdulaziz's half-brother Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman,[11] and her other sister, Sara, married Abdulaziz's full-brother Saad bin Abdul Rahman.[5][8] These marriages were strategic moves to strengthen the links between the Al Sauds and the Al Sheikhs.[12][13]
Abdulaziz and Tarfa's first child, Noura, was born in 1904. Their son, Faisal, was born in Riyadh in April 1906.[7][14][15] Tarfa died in October 1906 when Faisal was just six months old.[4][15][16] Her daughter Noura married a cousin, Khalid bin Muhammad, son of Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman.[17] Tarfa's son Faisal would become king of Saudi Arabia in 1964.[18]
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- ^ a b Alexander B. Bligh (1985). "The Saudi religious elite (Ulama) as participant in the political system of the kingdom". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 17: 37–50. doi:10.1017/S0020743800028750.
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- ^ a b "King Faisal and His Family". King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Mustafa Al Sedawi (24 May 2018). "نفحات من زوجات الملك عبد العزيز.. أمهات ملوك المملكة". Sayidaty (in Arabic). Riyadh. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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- ^ "King Faisal". LookLex Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017.
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