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Wives of Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman, King of Saudi Arabia, known in the Western world as Ibn Saud Pages in category "Wives of Ibn Saud" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (1875–1953), the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, also called Ibn Saud, was very young when he first got married. However, his wife died shortly after their marriage.
Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود; 15 January 1875 [note 2] – 9 November 1953), known in the Western world mononymously as Ibn Saud (Arabic: ابن سعود; Ibn Suʿūd), [note 3] was an Arab tribal chief, religious leader, and politician [note 4] who founded Saudi Arabia ...
Al Jawhara was born in 1891. [11] She was the daughter of Musaed, a nephew of Faisal bin Turki Al Saud. [11] Her mother was Hussa bint Abdullah bin Turki Al Turki. [11] Al Jawhara's paternal grandparents were Prince Jiluwi bin Turki who was the son of Turki bin Abdullah and Noura bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, a sister of King Abdulaziz's mother, Sara bint Ahmed Al Sudairi.
[18] [19] Hussa bint Ahmed became the most valued spouse of King Abdulaziz due to being mother of seven sons. [20] In Arab culture, the most prominent wife is the one who gives birth to the largest number of sons. Therefore, Hussa had the advantage of being a "mother of boys." [20] Her sons with King Abdulaziz are known as the Sudairi Seven. [21]
She is the daughter of one of the sheikhs of the Al-Fayez clan from Bani Sakher, Sheikh Daham bin Dardah Al-Bakhit Al-Fayez and his wife Gutnah bint Mithqal Pasha Al-Fayez, daughter of the paramount Sheikh of the Bani Sakher. She married King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in 1972 when she was 15 years old and he was about 50 years old. [1]
In 1921 Munaiyir, aged 12, was presented by the emir of Unayzah to 45-year-old Abdulaziz. [5] She remained illiterate all her life and converted to Islam. [5] Munaiyir was regarded by British diplomats in Saudi Arabia as one of King Abdulaziz’s favourite wives and was known for her intelligence and beauty. [6] She died in December 1991. [4]
Tarfa's sister Munira married Abdulaziz's half-brother Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman, [12] and her other sister, Sara, married Abdulaziz's full-brother Saad bin Abdul Rahman. [5] [8] These marriages were strategic moves to strengthen the links between the Al Sauds and the Al Sheikhs. [13] [14] Abdulaziz and Tarfa's first child, Noura, was born in 1904.