Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer
Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer (Arabic: محمد ابن سعود أل كبير, romanized: Muḥammad ibn Suʿūd Āl Kabīr; 1908 – November 1998) was a Saudi royal and businessman. He was a nephew of King Abdulaziz. He was the patriarch of the Al Kabeer clan and a senior prince due to his in-depth tribal knowledge and connections.[1][2] His nickname was Shaqran.[3][4]
| Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer | |||||
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| Born | 1908 Riyadh | ||||
| Died | November 1998 (aged 89–90) | ||||
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| House | Al Saud | ||||
| Father | Saud Al Kabeer bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | ||||
| Mother | Noura bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud | ||||
Early life edit
Prince Mohammed was born in Riyadh in 1908.[5] He was the youngest of Noura bint Abdul Rahman and Saud Al Kabeer's three children.[1][6] Prince Mohammed's full-sisters were Hessa and Al Jawhara.[7][6] The latter was one of the wives of King Faisal.[7][6][8]
Prince Mohammed's mother, Noura, was the eldest daughter of the former Emir of Nejd, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki. At the time of Prince Mohammed's birth his mother's younger brother Abdulaziz was ruling as Emir.[6][9] His father, Saud, was the grandson of Emir Saud bin Faisal, who was the brother of Mohammed's maternal grandfather Emir Abdul Rahman bin Faisal.[10]
Activities, personal life and death edit
Prince Mohammed joined some of the wars during the formation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.[5] He was one of the closest allies of Crown Prince Saud, later King Saud.[11] Following the establishment of the state he mostly dealt with horse and camel breeding[5][12] and business.[13] In 1961 he founded the Yamama Cement company in Riyadh which became one of the best performing construction firms in the region.[13] Although two of his sons, Salman and Abdulaziz, signed the document that demanded the abdication of King Saud in 1964, Prince Mohammed did not sign it; he was on a hunting trip during the incident.[11] Throughout the reign of King Khalid, Prince Mohammed was ranked second in royal protocol just after the king.[14]
Prince Mohammed had some eleven sons, most of who are involved in business activities.[2] His progeny include:
- Abdullah, eldest son, married to Seeta bint Abdulaziz, daughter of King Abdulaziz and full sister of King Abdullah.[15]
- Sultan is a businessman and runs the famous Almarai food products company.[16]
- Turki was an assistant undersecretary at the Foreign Ministry for political affairs in 2000.[17]
- Fahd bin Mohammed is married to Sara bint Sultan, daughter of former Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz.[18]
- Mohammed's daughter, Noura bint Mohammed, is married to her father's maternal cousin Mashour bin Abdulaziz, son of Ibn Saud and brother to all subsequent kings of Saudi Arabia. Noura and Mashour's daughter, Sara bint Mashour, is married to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.[19]
In January 2018, eleven of Prince Mohammed's grandsons were arrested in Riyadh following their protest in front of the Qasr Palace or the Palace of Government, demanding the repeal of the royal order that stipulated stopping the payment of their bills for electricity and water.[20] All of these princes were released one week later.[20] However, Mohammad's grandson Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Mohammed and the latter's son, Salman bin Abdulaziz, have been in detention since early 2018.[20]
Legacy edit
In Arar there is a health-care institution named after Prince Mohammed, Prince Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer disease and dialysis center.[22] In Riyadh an annual horse race named the cup of Prince Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer is organized.[23]
References edit
- ^ a b Louisa Dris-Aït-Hamadouche; Yahia H. Zoubir (Spring 2007). "The US-Saudi Relationship and the Iraq War: The Dialectics of a Dependent Alliance". Journal of Third World Studies. 24 (2): 124. ProQuest 233188283.
- ^ a b "Al Kabir Clan". Global Security. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ Kholoud Al Abdullah (23 September 2014). . Rouge Magazine (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ His nickname "Shaqran" means "blonde" in Arabic, while "Al Kabeer" means "the Great", referring to his father's tall stature.
- ^ a b c d "الأمير محمد بن سعود الكبير.. عاشق الخيل ومرجع مهم في أصولها". Al Riyadh (in Arabic). 7 December 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d "نورة بنت عبد الرحمن.. السيدة السعودية الأولى". Al Bayan (in Arabic). 24 May 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b "الأميرة نورة بنت عبدالرحمن و أسرار في تأسيس دولة السعودية". Echo Arabi (in Arabic). 2 November 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. p. 57. Archived from the original (Country Readers Series) on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ . Saudi 24 News. 17 May 2020. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ Joseph A. Kechichian (2001). Succession in Saudi Arabia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780312238803.
- ^ a b Gary Samuel Samore (1984). Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982) (PhD thesis). Harvard University. pp. 80, 191. ProQuest 3303295482.
- ^ Youssef M. Ibrahim (10 April 1989). "Desert Sun Sets on the Camel's Glory Days". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ a b "100 best - performing construction stocks". Construction Week. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ William B. Quandt (2010). Saudi Arabia in the 1980s: Foreign Policy, Security, and Oil. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-8157-2051-5.
- ^ Haifa Al Dosari (9 April 2019). . Women 2030. Archived from the original on 23 April 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Top 100 most powerful Arabs 2019". Gulf Business. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia signs treaty to eliminate discrimination against women". Middle East News Online. September 2000. ProQuest 202991561. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "ابناء الامير سلطان بالترتيب" (in Arabic). Almrsal. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Hugh Miles; Alastair Newton (2017). . Arab Digest and Global Policy. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "هكذا يعبر مئات الأمراء من آل سعود عن رفضهم لابن سلمان". Arabi 21 (in Arabic). 25 August 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ Sharaf Sabri (2001). The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. New Delhi: I.S. Publications. p. 214. ISBN 978-81-901254-0-6.
- ^ "Places / Health / Prince Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer disease and dialysis center". Wafy. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Saudi Crown Prince to patronize annual horse race". Al Bawaba. 31 October 2002. ProQuest 194791520. Retrieved 7 September 2020.