Badr bin Saud Al Saud
Governor of Riyadh
In officeJanuary–February 1963
PredecessorFawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
SuccessorSalman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
MonarchKing Saud
Commander of National Guard
In office1956–1961
PredecessorMusaid bin Saud
SuccessorMansour bin Saud
MonarchKing Saud
Born1934
Died21 July 2004(2004-07-21) (aged 69–70)
Burial
Al Oud cemetery, Riyadh
Spouse
List
  • Sameera Al Muhanna
    Buniah Al Meshaal Al Rasheed
    Noura bint Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Shuhail
    Nora bint Fahd Al Qahtani
Issue8
Names
Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman
HouseAl Saud
FatherKing Saud
MotherHaleema

Badr bin Saud Al Saud (Arabic: بدر بن سعود آل سعود Badr bin Su'ūd Āl Su'ūd; 1934 – 21 July 2004) was a son of King Saud of Saudi Arabia. He was the governor of the Riyadh province for a short time[1] and also served as the commander of the National Guard.

Early life and education

King Saud, father of Prince Badr

Badr bin Saud was born in 1934. He was educated at the palace. He finished his secondary education at the Institute of Al Anjal.[citation needed]

Career

Prince Badr was made the commander of the National Guard in 1956 succeeding his brother Musaid.[2][3] Badr's term ended in 1961 when he was replaced by his half-brother Mansour bin Saud in the post.[2] At the end of 1962 King Saud and his half-brother Crown Prince Faisal were in a feud for political power. In January 1963 King Saud fired most of the provincial governors, who may have been loyal to Crown Prince Faisal. Prince Badr replaced Prince Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz as the governor of the Riyadh region on 20 January 1963. However, he was fired by Crown Prince Faisal within a mere two weeks on 4 February. He then went into private business, never serving in government again.[2]

Exile and later years

In 1964, King Saud was forced into exile in Geneva, Switzerland, and then on to other European cities. In 1966, Saud was invited by Gamal Abdel Nasser to live in Egypt. Another report claims that King Saud went to Egypt under refuge granted by Nasser and stayed there from 1965 to 1967.[4] King Saud was also allowed to broadcast propaganda on Radio Cairo.[4] Prince Badr and some of his brothers, including Princes Khalid, Sultan and Mansour, did not declare their allegiance to Faisal, successor of King Saud.[3] Instead, they joined their father and supported his attempt to regain the throne.[4]

Prince Badr later returned to Saudi Arabia and in 1980 he established a company in Riyadh with a Swiss firm which dealt with the soap business.[3]

Personal life and death

Prince Badr married four times. His spouses were Sameera Al Muhanna, Buniah Al Meshaal Al Rasheed, Noura bint Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Shuhail and Nora bint Fahd Al Qahtani. He had eight sons, including Mishaal who was the acting undersecretary of the National Guard for the Eastern province in 2011.[5]

Prince Badr died in 2004 at the age of 70 and was buried in Al Oud cemetery.

References

  1. ^ "Princes". www.riyadh.gov.sa. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Leading grandsons of Abdulaziz" (PDF). Springer. p. 180. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Gary Samuel Samore (1984). Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982) (PhD thesis). Harvard University. pp. 121, 236, 240. ProQuest 303295482.
  4. ^ a b c Joseph A. Kéchichian (2001). Succession in Saudi Arabia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 9. ISBN 9780312238803.
  5. ^ "Prince Mishaal bin Badr bin Saud Opens 2nd International Conference For Obesity Surgery". SPA. Al Khobar. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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