Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1923–2007)

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Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki
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Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud
Al Adl cemetery, Mecca
SpouseAl Jawhara bint Khalid bin Mohammed
Issue10
Names
Abdullah bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
HouseAl Saud
FatherKing Faisal
MotherSultana bint Ahmed Al Sudairi

Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (

King Saud
. These positions made him one of the most powerful Saudi Arabian royals of his time.

Early life and education

King Faisal, father of Prince Abdullah

Prince Abdullah was born in Riyadh in 1923.[1] However, some sources list his birth year as 1921[2] or 1922. He was the eldest son of King Faisal.[3][4] His mother was Sultana bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, sister of Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi.[3]

It is believed that Prince Abdullah was the second grandson of

King Abdulaziz after Faisal bin Turki who was born in 1918.[3][5] 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 and later divorced.[5]

Abdullah bin Faisal completed his education in Mecca in 1939.[3]

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 Hejaz and actually assumed the office one year later.[6]

Prince Abdullah was the first minister of health of Saudi Arabia and appointed to the post in 1950.

Prince Mishaal.[10] His term lasted until March 1959 when he resigned,[11][12] and he was replaced by his father, Crown Prince Faisal, in the post of interior minister.[13]

Business activities

Following his retirement from government jobs Abdullah bin Faisal devoted his time to business and cultural activities. First he dealt with real estate business in Jeddah.[14] He established Saudi Arabian Agricultural and Dairy Company which was a joint venture with Lebanese businessmen.[15]

Abdullah bin Faisal was the founder of Al Faisaliah Group, which was established in Jeddah in 1971.[16] He also owned the largest dairy farm in Saudi Arabia.[17] In addition, he founded Abdullah Establishment for Trading and Industry in Jeddah in 1978[18] and the SIGMA (Saudi Investment Group and Marketing) company in 1979. The chairman and CEO of the latter was his son, Prince Saud.[19]

Prince Abdullah's business partners included the sons of

Dar Al Maal Al Islami Trust which was initiated by his half-brother Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud in 1981.[20]

Other positions

Abdullah bin Faisal was the founder of the King Faisal International Charity Foundation.

Al Ahli football club.[11][23]

Works and awards

A composer of both classical and colloquial poetry, his works include the collection The Inspiration of Deprivation (Min Wahye al Hirman), 1980.[21]

Prince Abdullah's poems were put into music and sung by the Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum and many others.[4][24] Some of them were translated into English, French and Russian.[23]

Abdullah bin Faisal received a number of international honors including an honorary doctorate degree in humanities.[11] He was rewarded with French State Acknowledgement Award for Literature in 1984.[25] In May 1989 he was given honorary doctorate degree, doctorate of humane letters, from Shaw University.[26]

Personal life

Prince Abdullah married three times.

Saad bin Abdul Rahman, another of King Faisal's uncles.[27] His third spouse was the daughter of a Bedouin tribe leader.[27]

Prince Abdullah had ten children:[23][29]

Death

Prince Abdullah died on 8 May 2007.

Al Adl cemetery in Mecca[35] next to his first wife, Al Jawhara.[23]

Legacy

In November 2018 the International Prize Prince Abdullah Al Faisal for Arabic Poetry was launched.[36]

Ancestry

References

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  29. ^ "Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Faisal's burial ceremony (video)". Saudi 24 News. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
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  32. ^ "حفيد الملك المؤسس سفيراً لخادم الحرمين بالأردن الأمير خالد بن فيصل آل سعود يستعد لاستلام مهام عمله الجديد المزيد على دنيا الوطن". Al Watan (in Arabic). 21 October 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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  34. ^ الأمير عبدالله الفيصل بن عبدالعزيز أل سعود. Royal KSA (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  35. ^ "Prince Muhammad Al Faisal dead". Saudi Gazette. Jeddah. 22 August 2011. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  36. ^ "Today, the newspaper launches the International Prize Prince Abdullah Al Faisal for Arabic Poetry". Praams. 11 November 2018. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

External links

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