Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Deputy Commander of National Guard
In office1 February 1968 – 2010
SuccessorAbdul Muhsin bin Abdulaziz Al Tuwaijri
Monarch
Born1932
Died1 April 2013 (aged 80–81)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Burial2 April 2013
Al Oud Cemetery, Riyadh
SpouseHessa bint Abdullah Al Sudairi
IssueFahd
Names
Badr bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud
HouseAl Saud
FatherKing Abdulaziz
MotherHaya bint Saad Al Sudairi

Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: بدر بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, Badr bin 'Abd al 'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd; 1932 – 1 April 2013) was a long-term deputy commander of the Saudi National Guard and a senior member of the Saudi royal family.

Early life and education

Prince Badr was born in 1932.[1] He was the 20th son of King Abdulaziz.[2] His mother was Haya bint Saad Al Sudairi, who died in Riyadh on 18 April 2003 of unstated causes at the age of 90 and was also buried in the aforementioned city.[3][4] Prince Badr's full brothers were Prince Abdul Majeed and Prince Abdul Ilah.[5][6] Prince Badr was educated in Riyadh.[7]

Free Princes involvement

Badr bin Abdulaziz together with Prince Talal and Prince Fawwaz participated in the Free Princes Movement lasting from 1962 to 1964[8] and lived in exile, mostly in Beirut and Cairo. Prince Badr and two of his half-brothers, Prince Abdul Muhsin and Prince Fawwaz, and his cousin, Fahd bin Saad, who also defected to the United Arab Republic, returned to Saudi Arabia upon their rehabilitation by King Faisal on 22 January 1964.[9][10] Upon their return they published a statement acknowledging their mistake in criticizing the Saudi government.[10]

Career

King Saud appointed Prince Badr as minister of transport in 1960 and then minister of communications in 1961.[2][11][12] His tenure lasted just for one year until his participation to the Free Princes Movement.[13] After his rehabilitation by King Faisal, Prince Badr was appointed deputy commander of Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) on 1 February 1968.[14][15] In addition, he was part of the Saudi delegations in charge of different international missions.[7]

Prince Badr was one of the members of Al Saud Family Council established by Crown Prince Abdullah in June 2000 to discuss private issues such as business activities of princes and marriages of princess to individuals who were not member of House of Saud.[8]

He supervised the Janadriah, an annual cultural festival held in and around Riyadh.[16] Although King Abdullah supported him, Prince Badr tended to keep a low profile and did not take part in power struggles within the family.[16] As deputy commander of the SANG he was appointed as a member to the newly founded National Security Council in 2005.[17] In addition, he became a member of the allegiance council of Saudi Arabia, which is in charge of succession, when it was formed in 2007.[18]

Prince Badr, the long-serving deputy commander of the SANG, had asked to be relieved from that role due to health concerns in November 2010.[19][20] Minutes later, the agency announced that his request had been accepted.[21][22] Abdul Muhsin bin Abdulaziz Al Tuwaijri succeeded Prince Badr as deputy commander of the SANG.[23]

Prince Badr was referred to as an adviser to King Abdullah in United States diplomatic cables.[citation needed]

Personal life

Prince Badr married Hessa bint Abdullah Al Sudairi, daughter of his maternal uncle.[24] They had seven children, four daughters and three sons.[24] Eldest son Fahd is the former governor of Al Jawf Province.[25] Prince Fahd's spouse is Sara bint Abdullah, daughter of King Abdullah and Hessa bint Trad Al Shaalan.[24] One of Prince Badr's daughters, Jawahar, died in June 2014.[26]

Prince Badr is reported to never have had a high public profile. Furthermore, he never exerted a large amount of executive control over the Guard during his tenure, though his influence there cannot be denied.[27]

Death and funeral

Prince Badr died on 1 April 2013 at the age of 81.[11][28] Funeral prayers for him were held after Asr prayer at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh on 2 April.[29][30]

Honour

Foreign honour

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "The new Saudi order". Zawya. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Saudi Prince Bader Bin Abdul Aziz dies at age 81". Al Arabiya. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  3. ^ "One of the wives of King Abdulaziz dies". Al Bawaba. 3 May 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Saudi Princess Haya Dies at 90". Huron Daily Tribune. 2 May 2003. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Princess Haya, 90; Wife of a Founder of Modern Saudi Arabia". Los Angeles Times. 5 May 2003. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Princess Haya Bint Saad Al Sudairi, 90, Wife of Modern Saudi Arabia Founder". Sun Sentinel. 7 May 2003. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Prince Badr mourned". MENAFN. 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  8. ^ a b Simon Henderson (August 2009). "After King Abdullah" (PDF). Washington Institute. Archived from the original (Policy Paper) on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Appendix 6. The Sons of Abdulaziz" (PDF). Springer. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Chronology December 16, 1963 - March 15, 1964". The Middle East Journal. 18 (2): 218. 1964. JSTOR 4323704.
  11. ^ a b "Saudi Prince Bader bin Abdulaziz dies". Gulf News. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  12. ^ Yitzhak Oron, ed. (1961). Middle East Record. Vol. 2. Tel Aviv: The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 419. GGKEY:4Q1FXYK79X8.
  13. ^ Islam Yasin Qasem (16 February 2010). Neo-rentier theory: The case of Saudi Arabia (1950-2000) (PhD thesis). Leiden University. hdl:1887/14746.
  14. ^ "New Appointments". Arabian Gulf Digital Archive. 7 February 1968. Retrieved 6 February 2023. British intelligence document
  15. ^ Gary Samuel Samore (1984). Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982) (PhD thesis). Harvard University. p. 256. ProQuest 303295482.
  16. ^ a b Amir Taheri (2012). "Saudi Arabia: Change Begins within the Family". The Journal of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy. 34 (3): 138–143. doi:10.1080/10803920.2012.686725. S2CID 154850947.
  17. ^ "Saudi Arabia: Security Reforms and the House of Saud". Lebanonwire. Stratfor. 20 October 2005. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  18. ^ "King Abdullah Names Members of the Allegiance Commission". The Embassy of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  19. ^ "Saudi king transfers National Guard duties to son". SPA. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  20. ^ Caryle Murphy (19 November 2010). "King Abdullah puts son in charge of national guard". The National. Riyadh. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  21. ^ Simon Henderson (29 November 2010). "The Geriatric Politics of the Oil Kingdom". The Cutting Edge. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  22. ^ "Prince Badr steps down, Prince Mit'eb appointed new commander of the National Guard". Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Tokyo. 17 November 2010. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  23. ^ Salem Al Najdi (10 October 2015). "كيف أشرك عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز السعوديين في الحكم؟". Riyadh Post (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  24. ^ a b c "Death of Prince Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud". Artemisia's Royal Den. April 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  25. ^ Sabri Sharaf (2001). The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. New Delhi: I.S. Publications. p. 124. ISBN 978-81-901254-0-6.
  26. ^ "His Majesty received a cable of thanks from King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz". Times of Oman. 23 June 2014. ProQuest 1539566050. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  27. ^ Talal Kapoor (22 November 2010). "King Abdallah's Hospitalization - Succession Endgame?". Datarabia. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  28. ^ "Royal Court: Prince Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud dies". Al Riyadh. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  29. ^ "King Abdullah performs funeral prayer for Prince Bandar bin Abdulaziz". SPA. Riyadh. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  30. ^ "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Performs Funeral Prayer for Prince Badr bin Abdulaziz". States News Service. Riyadh. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  31. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".

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