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==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Prince Abdullah was born in [[Riyadh]] in 1921<ref name=Chai2005>{{cite book|author=Winberg Chai|title=Saudi Arabia: A Modern Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lh4bENPP_HEC&pg=PA193|accessdate=26 February 2013|date=22 September 2005|publisher=University Press|isbn=978-0-88093-859-4|pages=193}}</ref> or 1922.<ref name=rulers>{{cite web|title=Abdullah Al Faisal|url=http://rulers.org/indexa1.html|publisher=Rulers|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref> He was the eldest son of [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal]].<ref name=ssabri/><ref name=nlud5apr>{{cite news|last=Luddington|first=Nick|title=King Faisal's eight sons|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j58gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m2gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1190,870999&dq=kamal+adham&hl=en|accessdate=26 February 2013|newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal|date=5 April 1975|agency=AP|location=Jeddah}}</ref> His mother was Sultana Al Sudairi, daughter of Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Sudairi.<ref name=succ/> Abdullah bin Faisal's mother and the mother of [[Sudairi Seven|Sudairi brothers]], [[Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi|Hassa Al Sudairi]] were sisters. It is believed that Prince Abdullah was the second grandson of [[King Abdulaziz]] after [[Faisal bin Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Faisal bin Turki I]], who was born in 1918.<ref name=ssabri>{{cite book|last=Sharif|first=Sabri|title=The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia|year=2001|publisher=I. S. Publication|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-901254-0-0|url=https://books.google.com/?id=51Bb8Ix7xw8C&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq=hala+bint+ahmad+al-sudairi#v=onepage&q=hala%20bint%20ahmad%20al-sudairi&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Sudairi|url=http://www.amirmohammedalsudairi.com/sdr_en/index.php?fuseaction=main.news&secserno=0000000020&parent=1&imgser=0000000001&orgsec=0000000001|accessdate=14 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=dasultana>{{cite web|title=Sultana bint Ahmad bin Muhammad Al Sudairi|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/viewBio.do?id=176248|publisher=Datarabia|accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref> The marriage of Prince Faisal and Sultana bint Ahmed was prearranged while Prince Faisal was travelling abroad. They never saw each other until the marriage. She also bore him three daughters. They later divorced.<ref name=dasultana/>
Prince Abdullah was born in [[Riyadh]] in 1921<ref name=Chai2005>{{cite book|author=Winberg Chai|title=Saudi Arabia: A Modern Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lh4bENPP_HEC&pg=PA193|accessdate=26 February 2013|date=22 September 2005|publisher=University Press|isbn=978-0-88093-859-4|pages=193}}</ref> or 1922.<ref name=rulers>{{cite web|title=Abdullah Al Faisal|url=http://rulers.org/indexa1.html|publisher=Rulers|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref> He was the eldest son of [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal]].<ref name=ssabri/><ref name=nlud5apr>{{cite news|last=Luddington|first=Nick|title=King Faisal's eight sons|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j58gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m2gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1190,870999&dq=kamal+adham&hl=en|accessdate=26 February 2013|newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal|date=5 April 1975|agency=AP|location=Jeddah}}</ref> His mother was Sultana Al Sudairi, daughter of Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Sudairi.<ref name=succ/> Abdullah bin Faisal's mother and the mother of [[Sudairi Seven|Sudairi brothers]], [[Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi|Hassa Al Sudairi]] were sisters. It is believed that Prince Abdullah was the second grandson of [[King Abdulaziz]] after [[Faisal bin Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Faisal bin Turki I]], who was born in 1918.<ref name=ssabri>{{cite book|last=Sharif|first=Sabri|title=The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia|year=2001|publisher=I. S. Publication|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-901254-0-0|url=https://books.google.com/?id=51Bb8Ix7xw8C&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq=hala+bint+ahmad+al-sudairi#v=onepage&q=hala%20bint%20ahmad%20al-sudairi&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Sudairi |url=http://www.amirmohammedalsudairi.com/sdr_en/index.php?fuseaction=main.news&secserno=0000000020&parent=1&imgser=0000000001&orgsec=0000000001 |accessdate=14 April 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=dasultana>{{cite web|title=Sultana bint Ahmad bin Muhammad Al Sudairi|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/viewBio.do?id=176248|publisher=Datarabia|accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref> The marriage of Prince Faisal and Sultana bint Ahmed was prearranged while Prince Faisal was travelling abroad. They never saw each other until the marriage. She also bore him three daughters. They later divorced.<ref name=dasultana/>


Abdullah bin Faisal completed his education in [[Mecca]] in 1939.<ref name=ssabri/> He was older than the majority of [[King Abdulaziz]]'s children i.e. his uncles and aunts.<ref name=succ/>
Abdullah bin Faisal completed his education in [[Mecca]] in 1939.<ref name=ssabri/> He was older than the majority of [[King Abdulaziz]]'s children i.e. his uncles and aunts.<ref name=succ/>
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He served as the minister of health from 1949 to 1950.<ref name=anews2007/> Then, he was appointed minister of interior in 1951, being the first interior minister of the Kingdom.<ref name=ssabri/><ref name=Time1953>{{cite book|title=Advisers, heirs and heir apparent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_D8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66|accessdate=21 April 2013|date=21 December 1953|publisher=Time|pages=72|issn=0024-3019}}</ref> He served in this post during the reign of King Abdulaziz and also, of [[King Saud]].<ref name="Inc1953">{{cite book|title=House of Saud|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_D8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66|accessdate=10 February 2013|date=21 December 1953|publisher=Time|pages=66|issn=0024-3019}}</ref> His term lasted until 1959 when he resigned.<ref name=anews2007>{{cite news|last=Ahmad|first=Mahmoud|title=Abdullah Al-Faisal Passes Away|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/298147|accessdate=25 March 2012|newspaper=Arab News|date=9 May 2007}}</ref> His appointment as minister of health and of interior was a move to make him equal in status to then-minister of defense [[Mishaal bin Abdul-Aziz|Prince Mishaal]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hertog|first=Steffen|title=Shaping the Saudi State: Human agency's shifting role in rentier-state formation|journal=International Journal Middle East Studies|year=2007|volume=39|url=http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/29872/1/Shaping_the_Saudi_state_(publisher).pdf|pages=539–563|doi=10.1017/S0020743807071073|accessdate=17 April 2012}}</ref>
He served as the minister of health from 1949 to 1950.<ref name=anews2007/> Then, he was appointed minister of interior in 1951, being the first interior minister of the Kingdom.<ref name=ssabri/><ref name=Time1953>{{cite book|title=Advisers, heirs and heir apparent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_D8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66|accessdate=21 April 2013|date=21 December 1953|publisher=Time|pages=72|issn=0024-3019}}</ref> He served in this post during the reign of King Abdulaziz and also, of [[King Saud]].<ref name="Inc1953">{{cite book|title=House of Saud|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_D8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66|accessdate=10 February 2013|date=21 December 1953|publisher=Time|pages=66|issn=0024-3019}}</ref> His term lasted until 1959 when he resigned.<ref name=anews2007>{{cite news|last=Ahmad|first=Mahmoud|title=Abdullah Al-Faisal Passes Away|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/298147|accessdate=25 March 2012|newspaper=Arab News|date=9 May 2007}}</ref> His appointment as minister of health and of interior was a move to make him equal in status to then-minister of defense [[Mishaal bin Abdul-Aziz|Prince Mishaal]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hertog|first=Steffen|title=Shaping the Saudi State: Human agency's shifting role in rentier-state formation|journal=International Journal Middle East Studies|year=2007|volume=39|url=http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/29872/1/Shaping_the_Saudi_state_(publisher).pdf|pages=539–563|doi=10.1017/S0020743807071073|accessdate=17 April 2012}}</ref>


Abdullah bin Faisal later left his government job to devote his time to business and cultural activities. He was the founder of [[Al Faisaliah Group]], which was established in Jeddah in 1970.<ref name=alfaisallah>{{cite web|title=Past|url=http://www.fast.com.sa/alfaisaliah.asp?intimage=alfaisaliah|publisher=Al Faisaliah Group|accessdate=21 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=Shoult2006>{{cite book|author=Anthony Shoult|title=Doing Business with Saudi Arabia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=or08gGGX_toC&pg=PA481|accessdate=4 March 2013|date=1 May 2006|publisher=GMB Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-905050-67-3|pages=481}}</ref> He also founded the SIGMA (Saudi Investment Group and Marketing) company in 1979. The chairman and CEO of the company is his son, Prince Saud.<ref name=sigma>{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.sigmaksa.com/about.htm|publisher=SIGMA Company|accessdate=21 May 2012}}</ref>
Abdullah bin Faisal later left his government job to devote his time to business and cultural activities. He was the founder of [[Al Faisaliah Group]], which was established in Jeddah in 1970.<ref name=alfaisallah>{{cite web|title=Past |url=http://www.fast.com.sa/alfaisaliah.asp?intimage=alfaisaliah |publisher=Al Faisaliah Group |accessdate=21 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325225441/http://www.fast.com.sa/alfaisaliah.asp?intimage=alfaisaliah |archivedate=25 March 2011 }}</ref><ref name=Shoult2006>{{cite book|author=Anthony Shoult|title=Doing Business with Saudi Arabia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=or08gGGX_toC&pg=PA481|accessdate=4 March 2013|date=1 May 2006|publisher=GMB Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-905050-67-3|pages=481}}</ref> He also founded the SIGMA (Saudi Investment Group and Marketing) company in 1979. The chairman and CEO of the company is his son, Prince Saud.<ref name=sigma>{{cite web|title=About us |url=http://www.sigmaksa.com/about.htm |publisher=SIGMA Company |accessdate=21 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604052426/http://www.sigmaksa.com/about.htm |archivedate=4 June 2012 }}</ref>


Abdullah bin Faisal received a number of international honors including an honorary doctorate degree in humanities.<ref name=anews2007/> He was rewarded with the State Acknowledgement Award for Literature in 1984. A composer of both classical and colloquial poetry, his works include the collection The Inspiration of Deprivation (Min Wahye al Hirman), 1980. A number of singers have sung his poems, including the famous Egyptian singer, Um Kulthoum.
Abdullah bin Faisal received a number of international honors including an honorary doctorate degree in humanities.<ref name=anews2007/> He was rewarded with the State Acknowledgement Award for Literature in 1984. A composer of both classical and colloquial poetry, his works include the collection The Inspiration of Deprivation (Min Wahye al Hirman), 1980. A number of singers have sung his poems, including the famous Egyptian singer, Um Kulthoum.
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==Death==
==Death==
Prince Abdullah died on 8 May 2007.<ref name=dailystar>{{cite news|title=Saudi royal family mourns another senior prince|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/May/10/Saudi-royal-family-mourns-another-senior-prince.ashx#axzz23pWQSBXO|accessdate=17 August 2012|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=10 May 2007}}</ref> Funeral prayers were performed at the [[Masjid al Haram]] in Mecca and attended by late [[Sultan bin Abdulaziz|Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz]], his younger brothers late [[Saud bin Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz|Prince Saud]] and [[Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud|Prince Khaled]] as well as other members of the royal family.<ref name=dailystar/> Prince Abdullah was buried in [[Al Adl cemetery|the Al Adl cemetery]] in Mecca.<ref name=sgaz22aug>{{cite news|title=Prince Muhammad Al Faisal dead|url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20110822107795|accessdate=3 April 2013|newspaper=Saudi Gazette|date=22 August 2011|location=Jeddah}}</ref>
Prince Abdullah died on 8 May 2007.<ref name=dailystar>{{cite news|title=Saudi royal family mourns another senior prince|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/May/10/Saudi-royal-family-mourns-another-senior-prince.ashx#axzz23pWQSBXO|accessdate=17 August 2012|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=10 May 2007}}</ref> Funeral prayers were performed at the [[Masjid al Haram]] in Mecca and attended by late [[Sultan bin Abdulaziz|Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz]], his younger brothers late [[Saud bin Faisal bin Abdul-Aziz|Prince Saud]] and [[Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud|Prince Khaled]] as well as other members of the royal family.<ref name=dailystar/> Prince Abdullah was buried in [[Al Adl cemetery|the Al Adl cemetery]] in Mecca.<ref name=sgaz22aug>{{cite news|title=Prince Muhammad Al Faisal dead |url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20110822107795 |accessdate=3 April 2013 |newspaper=Saudi Gazette |date=22 August 2011 |location=Jeddah |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925134035/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20110822107795 |archivedate=25 September 2015 }}</ref>


==Ancestry==
==Ancestry==

Revision as of 06:24, 25 June 2017

Abdullah bin Faisal
Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1966)
Born1921
Riyadh, Kingdom of Nejd
Died8 May 2007 (aged 85–86)
Burial
Al Adl cemetery, Mecca
Names
Abdullah bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherKing Faisal
MotherSultana bint Ahmed Al Sudairi
ReligionIslam

Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1921 – 8 May 2007) was a senior member of House of Saud. He held several cabinet posts in the government of Saudi Arabia in the 1950s.

Early life and education

Prince Abdullah was born in Riyadh in 1921[1] or 1922.[2] He was the eldest son of King Faisal.[3][4] His mother was Sultana Al Sudairi, daughter of Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Sudairi.[5] Abdullah bin Faisal's mother and the mother of Sudairi brothers, Hassa Al Sudairi were sisters. It is believed that Prince Abdullah was the second grandson of King Abdulaziz after Faisal bin Turki I, who was born in 1918.[3][6][7] The marriage of Prince Faisal and Sultana bint Ahmed was prearranged while Prince Faisal was travelling abroad. They never saw each other until the marriage. She also bore him three daughters. They later divorced.[7]

Abdullah bin Faisal completed his education in Mecca in 1939.[3] He was older than the majority of King Abdulaziz's children i.e. his uncles and aunts.[5]

Career

Abdullah bin Faisal assumed a number of government positions. He started his political career in 1945 when he disputed his half-uncle Mansour's appointment as acting viceroy of Hijaz and actually assumed the office one year later.[5]

He served as the minister of health from 1949 to 1950.[8] Then, he was appointed minister of interior in 1951, being the first interior minister of the Kingdom.[3][9] He served in this post during the reign of King Abdulaziz and also, of King Saud.[10] His term lasted until 1959 when he resigned.[8] His appointment as minister of health and of interior was a move to make him equal in status to then-minister of defense Prince Mishaal.[11]

Abdullah bin Faisal later left his government job to devote his time to business and cultural activities. He was the founder of Al Faisaliah Group, which was established in Jeddah in 1970.[12][13] He also founded the SIGMA (Saudi Investment Group and Marketing) company in 1979. The chairman and CEO of the company is his son, Prince Saud.[14]

Abdullah bin Faisal received a number of international honors including an honorary doctorate degree in humanities.[8] He was rewarded with the State Acknowledgement Award for Literature in 1984. A composer of both classical and colloquial poetry, his works include the collection The Inspiration of Deprivation (Min Wahye al Hirman), 1980. A number of singers have sung his poems, including the famous Egyptian singer, Um Kulthoum.

He was formerly chairman of Al-Ahli Club.[8]

Works

His publications include:

  • Mahrum: Min Wahye al Hirman

Prince Abdullah's poems were put into music and sung by the Egyptian singer Umm Khalthoum.[4]

Death

Prince Abdullah died on 8 May 2007.[15] Funeral prayers were performed at the Masjid al Haram in Mecca and attended by late Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, his younger brothers late Prince Saud and Prince Khaled as well as other members of the royal family.[15] Prince Abdullah was buried in the Al Adl cemetery in Mecca.[16]

Ancestry

Family of Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1923–2007)
16. Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
8. Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
17. Sarah bint Mishari bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Saud
4. Abdulaziz ibn Saud
18. Ahmed Al Kabir bin Mohammed bin Turki Al Sudairi
9. Sarah bint Ahmed Al Kabir bin Mohammed Al Sudairi
2. Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
20. Abdulateef Al Sheikh
10. Abdullah bin Abdulateef Al Sheikh
5. Tarfa bint Abdullah bin Abdulateef Al Sheikh
1. Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud
24. See 18
12. Muhammed bin Ahmed Al Kabir Al Sudairi
6. Ahmed bin Muhammed Al Sudairi
3. Sultana bint Ahmed Al Sudairi
28. Mohammed Al Suwaidi
14. Ali bin Mohammed Al Suwaidi
7. Sharifa bint Ali bin Mohammed Al Suwaidi

References

  1. ^ Winberg Chai (22 September 2005). Saudi Arabia: A Modern Reader. University Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-88093-859-4. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Abdullah Al Faisal". Rulers. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d Sharif, Sabri (2001). The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. New Delhi: I. S. Publication. ISBN 81-901254-0-0.
  4. ^ a b Luddington, Nick (5 April 1975). "King Faisal's eight sons". Lewiston Evening Journal. Jeddah. AP. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  5. ^ a b c Kechichian, Joseph A. (2001). Succession in Saudi Arabia. New York: Palgrave. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Sudairi". Retrieved 14 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ a b "Sultana bint Ahmad bin Muhammad Al Sudairi". Datarabia. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d Ahmad, Mahmoud (9 May 2007). "Abdullah Al-Faisal Passes Away". Arab News. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  9. ^ Advisers, heirs and heir apparent. Time. 21 December 1953. p. 72. ISSN 0024-3019. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  10. ^ House of Saud. Time. 21 December 1953. p. 66. ISSN 0024-3019. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  11. ^ Hertog, Steffen (2007). "Shaping the Saudi State: Human agency's shifting role in rentier-state formation" (PDF). International Journal Middle East Studies. 39: 539–563. doi:10.1017/S0020743807071073. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  12. ^ "Past". Al Faisaliah Group. Archived from the original on 25 March 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Anthony Shoult (1 May 2006). Doing Business with Saudi Arabia. GMB Publishing Ltd. p. 481. ISBN 978-1-905050-67-3. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  14. ^ "About us". SIGMA Company. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ a b "Saudi royal family mourns another senior prince". The Daily Star. 10 May 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  16. ^ "Prince Muhammad Al Faisal dead". Saudi Gazette. Jeddah. 22 August 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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