Muhammad bin Talal Al Rashid
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House of Rashid |
Muhammad bin Talal Al Rashid (
Ha'il
. He ruled from early 1920 to 2 November 1921.
Reign
Muhammad began his rule in early 1921, after the reign of Emir Abdullah bin Mutaib ended, which signaled the end of the
Bani Tamim
tribes fought several battles against the Al Saud forces, but Emir Abdulaziz reigned triumphant, and the Emirate of Ha'il (Jabal Shammar) joined the Saudi State. Ha'il fell to Abdulaziz on 2 November 1921. Afterwards, Muhammad bin Talal moved to Riyadh.
Personal life and death
One of Muhammad's wives was Noura bint Sibhan.[2] Abdulaziz Al Saud forced Muhammad to divorce Noura so that he could marry her himself.[2] However, Abdulaziz soon divorced Noura.[2] Next, he married Muhammad's daughter Jawaher (born to some other wife, not Noura).[2]
Again, at Abdulaziz'z behest (or insistence), Muhammad's other daughter, Princess Watfa, was married to
Faisal bin Musaid, assassinated Musaid's half-brother King Faisal on 25 March 1975.[3]
Muhammad bin Talāl's granddaughter is Madawi al-Rasheed.
Muhammad bin Talāl died in Riyadh in 1954, one year after the death of Abdulaziz al-Saud.
References
- ISBN 978-1-85065-647-0.
- ^ a b c d Henri Lauzière (2000). On the Origins of Arab Monarchy: Political Culture, Historiography, and the Emergence of the Modern Kingdoms in Morocco and Saudi Arabia (PDF) (MA thesis). Simon Fraser University. p. 67. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia: The Death of A Desert Monarch". Time Magazine. 7 April 1975. Archived from the original on 10 January 2010.