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Princess Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain (Arabic: فهدة بنت فلاح آل حثلين) is the third spouse of Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the king of Saudi Arabia. [2] She is a member of the Ajman tribe. [1] Her mother is Munira bint Abdullah [3] and her ancestors include Ajman tribe leaders, Rakan and Dhaydan bin Hithlain.
In 2004 Al Jawhara Al Ibrahim argued that Saudi women should strictly follow the Islamic values and traditions in her speech at the graduation ceremony for female students at King Abdulaziz University. [11] She also added that satellite TV channels were organizing "campaigns against Muslim women in general, and Saudi women in particular." [11]
Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan [1] (Arabic: عفت بنت محمد الثنيان ʿIffat bint Moḥammad Āl Ṯunayān, Turkish: Muhammed Es-Süneyyan kızı İffet or Turkish: Emire İffet; 1916 – 17 February 2000) was a Turkish-born education activist and Saudi princess who was the most prominent wife of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed bin Salman was born on 31 August 1985 [12] [13] [14] to Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz (later King of Saudi Arabia) and his third wife, [15] Fahda bint Falah Al Hithlain. He is the eldest of his mother's six children and the eighth child and seventh son of his father. [15] His full siblings include Prince Turki and Defense Minister Prince ...
Salman's major initiatives as king include the Saudi intervention in the Yemeni Civil War, Saudi Vision 2030, and a 2017 decree allowing Saudi women to drive. His seventh son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , is considered the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia due to the King's poor health and Mohammed's own political maneuvering. [ 2 ]
The King reportedly soured on her because of their inability to produce a son. [1] She is the mother of four daughters: Jawaher, Hala, Maha, and Sahar Al-Saud. [2] [1] [3] Her daughters were held captive by the Saudi regime, prompting Sheikha Al Anoud to call on the international community to help them. [1] [3] In 2021, her daughter Hala died. [1]
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. Ibn Saud remarried at eighteen and his firstborn child was Prince Turki I. [1]
Harb left Saudi Arabia and first went to Beirut and to the US. [3] In 1974 she married a Lebanese lawyer with whom she has two daughters. [6] To the embarrassment to the Saudi royal family, she launched a £400m maintenance claim against King Fahd in 2004, a year before Fahd's death. [2] In 2016 she lost the case. [6]