Wadha bint Muhammad Al Orair
Died4 May 1969
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Burial
Al Oud Cemetery, Riyadh
SpouseAbdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
Issue
List
House
FatherMuhammad Al Orair

Wadha bint Muhammad Al Orair (Arabic: وضحى بنت محمد آل عريعر; died 4 May 1969) was one of the spouses of Abdulaziz, the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She was from the Bani Khalid tribe[1][2] which ruled the Eastern Arabia for a long time[3][4] and was the most powerful tribe in this region during the late 18th century.[5]

Wahda married Abdulaziz in Kuwait in 1896, and they had five children:[6][7] Prince Turki, King Saud, Prince Khalid, Prince Abdullah and Princess Mounira.[1][8] Of them Prince Khalid and Prince Abdullah died young.[1]

Wadha's sister, Hussa, first married the Kuwaiti ruler Mubarak Al Sabah and then, following her divorce from Mubarak, she married Abdulaziz.[9] In her lifetime Wadha witnessed the death of her five children.[1] She died in Riyadh on 4 May 1969, shortly after the death of King Saud in Athens.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Princess Wadha Al Ureier King Saud's Mother". King Saud Library. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ Joseph A. Kéchichian (2001). Succession in Saudi Arabia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 26. ISBN 9780312238803.
  3. ^ "تحقيق سلسة نسب والدة الملك سعود (Lineage of King Saud's mother)" (in Arabic). King Saud Library. 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ Abdul Wahap Saleh Babeair (1985). Ottoman Penetration of the Eastern Region of the Arabian Peninsula, 1814-1841 (PhD thesis). Indiana University. p. 24. ProQuest 303386071.
  5. ^ Mohammed Ameen (1981). A study of Egyptian rule in eastern Arabia (1814–1841) (PhD thesis). McGill University. p. 4. ProQuest 89133255.
  6. ^ "Appendix A Chronology of the Life of Ibn Saud" (PDF). Springer: 197. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Mustafa Al Sadawi (24 May 2018). "نفحات من زوجات الملك عبد العزيز.. أمهات ملوك المملكة". Sayidaty (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  8. ^ Madawi Al Rasheed (2010). A History of Saudi Arabia (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 75. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511993510. ISBN 978-0-5217-4754-7.
  9. ^ "King Saud's Maternal ancestry". Information Source. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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