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==Bazza (II)==
==Bazza (II)==
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# [[Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Bandar]] (1923)
# [[Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Bandar]] (1923)
# [[Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Fawwaz]] (1934–2008)
# [[Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Fawwaz]] (1934–2008)

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Ibn Saud (1875–1953), the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, was fifteen years old when he was first married. However, his wife died soon thereafter. He remarried at the age of eighteen and his first son Turki was born.[1] He had 45 sons of whom 36 survived to adulthood and had children of their own.[2] He also had many daughters. His number of wives is put at 22.[3] Below is a list of his children, many of whom served in prominent leadership positions in Saudi Arabia including as all of the nation's monarchs since Ibn Saud's death. Those who served as King are in bold.

Sharifa bint Saqr Al Fajri

The first wife of Ibn Saud. She was from Bani Khalid and married Ibn Saud in 1894, but died six months after.[4]

Wadhah bint Muhammad bin 'Aqab

Wadhah belong to Bani Khalid.[5][6] Some reports state she is from the Qahtan tribe.[7][8]Ibn Saud and Wadhah has at least four children.[9]

  1. Turki (I) (1900–1919) nominal heir in Riyadh and Najd.
  2. Saud (12 January 1902 – 23 February 1969); Crown Prince from 1932; 2nd King (1953–1964), Deposed and exiled.
  3. Nura
  4. Munira (~1900-????) She married her full first cousin Fahd, the son of her paternal full uncle Sa'ad Al Abd al-Rahman[10]

Sarah bint Abdullah bin Faisal

In ~1900 Sarah married Ibn Saud, but she bore him no sons.[4]

Tarfah bint Abdullah Al Sheikh

Tarfah belongs to the Al Sheikh clan.[11][12] Her father was Abdullah bin Abdullatif. She married Ibn Saud in 1902[13] and Tarfah had at least five children.[14]

  1. Khalid (I) (born 1903, died in 1904)
  2. Faisal (April 1906 – 25 March 1975); was Prime Minister and Regent prior to deposing his brother; 3rd King (1964–1975); murdered.
  3. Saad (I) (1914–1919) Robert Lacey in his book The Kingdom states that Princess Hassa actually mothered Saad.
  4. Anud (born 1917, date of death unknown)
  5. Nura (1903–1938); She married her half first cousin Khalid, the son of her paternal half uncle Muhammad Al Abd al-Rahman[15]

Lulua bint Salih Al Dakhil

Ibn Saud and Lulua had at least one child [16]

  1. Fahd (I) (1906–1919)

Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi

Ibn Saud and Al Jawhara had at least three children

  1. Muhammad (1910–1988) nicknamed Al-Sharayn ("Father of the two evils"); Held many ministries under his father and older brother Saud. Led revolt against Saud and was briefly de jure Crown Prince before ceding the job to his full brother Khalid.
  2. Khalid (II) (13 February 1913 – 13 June 1982); Crown Prince 1965—75; 4th King 1975–1982
  3. Al Anoud

Lajah bint Khalid bin Hithlayn

Ibn Saud and Lajah had at least one child. [citation needed]

  1. Sara (1916 – June 2000)

Bazza (I)

Bazza (I) was a Moroccan woman.[14][17][18] Ibn Saud and Bazza had at least one child.

  1. Nasser (1911–1984);[19] His brother died from alcohol poisoning, while at a party Nasser hosted, while he was governor of Riyadh. He was later excluded from all positions and disgraced.

Jawhara bint Saad bin Abdul Muhsin al Sudairi

Jawhara bint Saad Al Sudairi[20] Jawhara bint Saad was the sister of Haya bint Saad who was also spouse of King Abdulaziz and the mother of Prince Badr, late Prince Abdul Majid and Prince Abdul Illah.[20] Ibn Saud and Jawhara had at least four children.

  1. Sa'ad (II) (1915–1993), bypassed for throne, given chairmanship of royal family council of Al Saud (precursor of Allegiance Council) as consolation prize.
  2. Musa'id (1923–2013)[21] Disgraced when son murdered King Faisal. Bypassed from succession.
  3. Abdul Mohsin (1925–1985)
  4. Al Bandari (1928–2008)[22]

Hassa Al Sudairi (1900–1969)

  1. Fahd (II) (1921 – 1 August 2005); 5th King (1982–2005)
  2. Sultan (1928–2011); Crown Prince (2005–2011)
  3. Luluwah (ca. 1928–2008)[23]
  4. Abdul Rahman (born 1931); Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation (1978–2011), removed from Succession.
  5. Nayef (1933–2012); Crown Prince (27 October 2011 – 16 June 2012)
  6. Turki (II) (born 1934); Deputy Defense Minister (1969-78), removed from Succession.
  7. Salman (born 31 December 1935); 7th King (2015–)
  8. Ahmed (born 1942); Deputy Minister of the Interior (1975–2012) and briefly as Minister of the Interior in 2012, removed from Succession.
  9. Jawahir
  10. Latifa
  11. Al Jawhara
  12. Moudhi (died young)
  13. Felwa (died young)

Shahida

Shahida (died 1938) was an Armenian woman who was reportedly the favourite wife of King Abdulaziz.[24][25] Ibn Saud and Shahida had at least three children.

  1. Mansour (1921 – 2 May 1951); Minister of Defense, died from alcohol intoxication while partying.
  2. Misha'al (born 1926 – died 29 February 2016); Minister of Defense, removed from Succession
  3. Qumash (1927 – September 2011)[26]
  4. Mutaib (born 1931); Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs (1980 to 2009), removed from Succession.

Fahda bint Asi al-Shuraim

  1. Abdullah (1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015); 6th King (2005–2015)
  2. Nuf
  3. Seeta (c. 1930 – 13 April 2011); initiated the Princesses’ Council

Bazza (II)

Bazza died in 1940 and was Syrian or Moroccan. [27][14][28]

  1. Bandar (1923)
  2. Fawwaz (1934–2008)

Haya bint Sa'ad Al Sudairi (1913 – 18 April 2003)

Second wife from that clan.[29]

  1. Badr (I) (1931–1932)
  2. Badr (II) (1933 – 1 April 2013)
  3. Huzza (1951 – July 2000)
  4. Abdul Ilah (born 1939)
  5. Abdul Majeed (1943–2007)
  6. Nura (born 1930)
  7. Mishail

Bushra

  1. Mishari (1932 – 23 May 2000)[30]

Munaiyir (c. 1909 – December 1991)

Munaiyir was an Aremian woman.

  1. Talal (I) (1924–1927)
  2. Talal (II) (born 1931)
  3. Nawwaf (16 August 1932 - 29 September 2015)
  4. Madawi[30]

Mudhi

  1. Sultana (c. 1928 – 7 July 2008)[31]
  2. Haya (c. 1929 – 2 November 2009)[32]
  3. Majid (II) (9 October 1938 – 12 April 2003)
  4. Sattam (21 January 1941 – 12 February 2013)

Nouf bint Al Shalan

Nouf was the daughter of Nawaaf. She married in November 1935.

  1. Thamir (1937 – 27 June 1959)
  2. Mamdouh (born 1941)
  3. Mashhur (born 1942)

Saida al Yamaniyah

Saida was a Yemeni woman, hence her title al Yamaniyah.

  1. Hathloul (1942 – 29 September 2012)

Baraka Al Yamaniyah

  1. Muqrin (born 15 September 1945); Crown Prince (23 January 2015— 29 April 2015)

Futayma

  1. Hamoud (1947 – February 1994)[30]

Mudhi bint Abdullah Almandeel Al Khalidi

Mudhi was from Bani Khalid

  1. Shaikha (born 1922)

Aliyah Fakeer

  1. Majid (I) (1939–1940)
  2. Abdul Saleem (1941–1942)
  3. Jiluwi (I) (1942–1944)
  4. Jiluwi (II) (1952–1952); the youngest son of Ibn Saud but died as an infant.

See also

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