Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born1932
Saudi Arabia
Died23 May 2000(2000-00-00) (aged 67–68)
United States
Burial
Al Adl cemetery, Mecca
Issue
Names
Mishari bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud
HouseAl Saud
FatherKing Abdulaziz
MotherBushra

Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: مشاري بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; 1932 – 23 May 2000) was a Saudi Arabian businessman. He was a member of the House of Saud.

Early life and activities

Prince Mishari was born in 1932.[1] He was a son of King Abdulaziz and Bushra[2][3] who was one of the concubines of King Abdulaziz.[4]

Prince Mishari was a businessman and a poet.[5][6] He owned a company, Al Saada Trading and Contracting, in Jeddah.[7]

Personal life

One of his spouses was a Syrian-origin woman from Aleppo who was the mother of Princess Maha.[8]

His son, Prince Mohammed bin Mishari, is a member of the Allegiance Council.[9] His daughter, Maha bint Mishari, is an academic at Alfaisal University’s College of Medicine and a physician at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.[10]

Prince Mishari died in the United States at age 68 on 23 May 2000.[5][6] He was buried at Al Adl cemetery in Mecca.[11]

The murder of British diplomat

Cyril Ousman was a British citizen who had been in Arabia since 1929 and worked as an engineer.[5] Later he became the British vice-consul in Jeddah.[5] He held a party on 16 November 1951[12] where Prince Mishari, aged nineteen, was among the guests.[5] Ousman refused to pour Mishari another drink, since he had already reached his maximum limit. Mishari left, and came back shortly carrying a gun and fired into the Ousman's home. His wife, Dorothy Ousman, was shielded by her husband, and Ousman was shot dead by Prince Mishari.[13]

Ousman was buried the next day in Jeddah's non-Muslim cemetery.[13] In 1952, King Abdulaziz imposed a total ban on alcohol in his kingdom.[13] Ousman's wife left Jeddah quietly, accepting King Abdulaziz's compensation.[5][13] Mishari was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was spared the death penalty due to his royal status.[13] Mishari was released during the reign of King Saud.[13]

Raymond A. Hare, then US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said in a letter to US Foreign Service dated 25 November 1951 that the murder was very similar to a scene in an American movie that Prince Mishari, Cyril Ousman and his wife had watched together only a few days before the incident.[14]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ "Succession in Saudi Arabia. Chronology" (PDF). Springer. p. 178. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ Gary Samuel Samore (1984). Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982) (PhD thesis). Harvard University. p. 50. ProQuest 303295482.
  3. ^ Leslie McLoughlin (1993). Ibn Saud: Founder of A Kingdom. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-349-22578-1.
  4. ^ Elie Elhadj (2018). Oil and God: Sustainable Energy Will Defeat Wahhabi Terror. Irvine; Boca Raton: Universal-Publishers. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-58112-607-5.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Vivek Katju (28 October 2018). "Jamal Khashoggi: What Is the Lesson to Be Drawn From the Saudi Past?". The Wire. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Prince Mishari". The Sacramento Bee. 25 May 2000. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  7. ^ Giselle C. Bricault, ed. (1993). "Saudi Arabia". Major Companies of the Arab World 1993/94. Dordrecht: Springer. p. 486. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1458-5_13. ISBN 978-1-85333-894-6.
  8. ^ Abdullah Al Qatan (19 January 2020). "H.E. Princess Maha bint Mishari Al Saud". Leaders KSA Magazine. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  9. ^ Simon Henderson (August 2009). "After King Abdullah" (PDF). Washington Institute. Archived from the original (Policy Focus) on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  10. ^ Nausheen Noor (23 September 2019). "Princess Maha bint Mishari Abdulaziz Al Saud's Palace is Every Décor Enthusiast's Dream Come True". Vogue Arabia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  11. ^ "في تأبين الأمير .. الشاعر .. الاديب.. والرياضي عبدالله الفيصل". Elaph (in Arabic). 10 May 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Murder of British Vice-Consul, Mr Cyril Ousman, Jedda, 16 November 1951". The National Archives. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d e f Mark A. Caudill (2006). Twilight in the Kingdom: Understanding the Saudis. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-275-99252-1.
  14. ^ "Propaganda" (PDF). NS Archive. 25 November 1951. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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