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Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born1942 (age 81–82)
SpouseNoura bint Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer Al Saud
Haya bint Faraj Shabeeb (divorced)
IssueAbdulaziz bin Mashour
Sara bint Mashour
Luluwah bint Mashour
Names
Mashour bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
HouseAl Saud
FatherKing Abdulaziz
MotherNuf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Shaalan

Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: مشهور بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 1942) is a member of the House of Saud and a member of Saudi Arabia's Allegiance Council.[1] He is a half-brother of King Salman and the father-in-law of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Biography

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Prince Mashour was born in 1942[2][3] to King Abdulaziz and Nouf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Shaalan.[2] They married in November 1935.[4] Nouf was a member of the Ruwala tribe based in northwestern Saudi Arabia, Transjordan and Syria and was the granddaughter of Nuri Al Shalaan, the Emir of the tribe.[2][5] Prince Mashour has two full brothers; Prince Thamir and Prince Mamdouh.[6]

Prince Mashour is a businessman.[7] In August 2009, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy had identified him as a potential successor to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.[6]

His wife is Noura bint Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabir, daughter of Mohammed bin Saud and granddaughter of Noura bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud and Saud Al Kabir.[8] His daughter Sara is married to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud.[8] Prince Mashour has also a son, Abdulaziz.[9]

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ "King Abdullah names members of the Allegiance Council". Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C. 10 December 2007. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Alexander Blay Bligh (1981). Succession to the throne in Saudi Arabia. Court Politics in the Twentieth Century (PhD thesis). Columbia University. p. 93. ProQuest 303101806.
  3. ^ "Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud". Dhownet. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Nouf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Sha'lan". Datarabia. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  5. ^ Gary Samuel Samore (1984). Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982) (PhD thesis). Harvard University. p. 93. ProQuest 303295482.
  6. ^ a b Simon Henderson (August 2009). "After King Abdullah" (PDF). Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  7. ^ Ayman Al Yassini (August 1982). The Relationship between Religion and State in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PhD thesis). McGill University. OCLC 896879684.
  8. ^ a b Hugh Miles; Alastair Newton (2017). "The Future of the Middle East". Arab Digest and Global Policy. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  9. ^ Jonathan Rugman (2019). The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi. Simon & Schuster UK. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-4711-8476-5.