Khalid bin Saud Al Saud (Arabic: خالد بن سعود آل سعود; 1925 – 7 July 2020) was a member of the House of Saud. He was one of the sons of King Saud and held various administrative positions during the reign of his father. He was the first member of the Saudi royal family to command the Saudi National Guard.
| Khalid bin Saud Al Saud | |||||
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| Commander of National Guard | |||||
| In office | 1956 – 1959 | ||||
| Predecessor | Tribal sheiks | ||||
| Successor | Saad bin Saud Al Saud | ||||
| Monarch | Saud | ||||
| Born | 1925 Mecca | ||||
| Died | 7 July 2020 (aged 94–95) | ||||
| Spouse | List
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| Issue | 1 | ||||
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| House | Al Saud | ||||
| Father | King Saud | ||||
| Mother | Jamila Asaad Ibrahim Merhi | ||||
Early life and education
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Khalid was born in Mecca in 1925[1] and was the ninth son of King Saud.[2] His mother was Jamila Asaad Ibrahim Merhi who was of Syrian origin.[3] Jamila and her father, Asaad Ibrahim, were charged with planning to assassinate Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic, in March 1958,[3] and they were both tried in absentia in Damascus.[4]
Following the completion of high school education Prince Khalid received a university degree in 1948.[1]
Career
editKhalid bin Saud was first made an assistant to his father, King Saud, and remained in the post until 1955.[1] In June 1957 he was appointed the commander of the Saudi National Guard.[5][6] Prince Khalid became the first Saudi royal to lead the Guard which had been headed by tribal sheikhs.[5][7] Robert Lacey reports that King Saud asked Prince Khalid to reorganize the Guard to protect the royal family.[8] In addition, following Khalid's appointment the Guard began to have independent and substantial funds for the first time to improve its quite limited capabilities.[5] His half-brother Prince Saad replaced him in the post in 1959.[1] Khalid's next position was the director of King Saud University to which he was appointed in 1959.[1] On 7 March 1962 he was made the head of the royal court.[9]
Personal life and death
editPrince Khalid married five times, and his first wife, Al Anoud, was a daughter of Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz.[10] Then he married Maha bint Mohsen Nashi Al Sharif.[10] Shams Al Baroudi, an Egyptian actress, was his next wife, and their marriage lasted only three months.[10] Then he wed another Egyptian actress, Suhair Ramzi, and the marriage lasted for a year.[10] His marriage to the Lebanese singer Sabah lasted for only one month.[10] Prince Khalid had a daughter who was born in 1974.[10]
Following the removal of King Saud in 1964 Khalid accompanied his father in exile, and was his only son who did not return to Saudi Arabia even for the funeral of his father in 1969.[11] On 7 July 2020 Khalid bin Saud died at age 95 in an undisclosed foreign country.[12][13]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "من هو الأمير الراحل خالد بن سعود بن عبد العزيز؟". Erem News (in Arabic). 7 July 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "فنانين وفنانات مصريين وعرب تزوجوا أمراء وأميرات وسياسيين وأسرار تقال لأول مرة". fmisr (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Kin of Saud Indicted". The New York Times. Damascus. 29 March 1958. ProQuest 114435792. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Gary Samuel Samore (1984). Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982) (PhD thesis). Harvard University. p. 113. ProQuest 303295482.
- ^ a b c Bruce R. Nardulli (2002). Dance of Swords: U.S. Military Assistance to Saudi Arabia, 1942-1964 (PhD thesis). Ohio State University.
- ^ "Succession in Saudi Arabia" (PDF). Springer. p. 180. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Steffen Hertog (2011). Princes Brokers and Bureaucrats. Ithaca, NY; London: Cornell University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8014-5753-1.
- ^ Talal Sha'yfan Muslat Al-Azma' (July 1999). The Role of the Ikhwan under 'Abdul-Aziz Al Sa'ud 1916-1934 (PhD thesis). University of Durham. p. 248.
- ^ Alexander Blay Bligh (1981). Succession to the throne in Saudi Arabia. Court Politics in the Twentieth Century (PhD thesis). Columbia University. p. 188. ProQuest 303101806.
- ^ a b c d e f "أبرزهن شمس البارودي وسهير رمزي.. 5 زيجات للأمير خالد بن سعود". Al Wafd (in Arabic). 7 July 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Joseph Mann (2013). "King without a Kingdom: Deposed King Saud and his intrigues". Studia Orientalia Electronica. 1. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020.
- ^ Rim Hana (7 July 2020). "Saudi Arabia-Prince Khalid bin Saud bin Abdulaziz dies, aged 95". Tunisie Numerique. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Khitam Al Amir (7 July 2020). "Saudi Royal Court announces death of prince Khalid bin Saud bin Abdulaziz". Gulf News. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021.