Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud

Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود‎) 1893 – 4 December 1976)[1] was a senior member of House of Saud. He was a prominent advisor and member of the inner council of his elder brother, King Abdulaziz, who ruled Saudi Arabia until 1953. He continued to be involved in state affairs until his death.

Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
Born1893
Died4 December 1976 (aged 82–83)
Issue
  • Faisal
  • Yazid
  • Abdul Rahman
  • Muhammad
  • Khalid
  • Fahd
  • Sa'd
  • Saud
  • Bandar
  • Turki
  • Bader
  • Ahmad
  • Sultan
  • Mansour
  • Musab
  • Abdul Aziz
  • Salman
  • Fawwaz
  • Abdul Muhsin
  • Thirteen daughters
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherAbdul Rahman bin Faisal

Early life

Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman was born in 1893.[1]:179 He was the seventh son of the Emir of the Second Saudi State, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal.[2]

Career

Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman was prominent in the military campaigns of his elder brother King Abdulaziz as he laid the foundations of the future state of Saudi Arabia.[3] He led the Saudi forced in the capture of Hijaz in 1924.[3] He was responsible for the capture and destruction of the Ikhwan centre of Ghat Ghat during the Ikhwan Revolt of 1929.[3] He became a frequent participant in the political committee formed by the King in 1932 following the establishment of Saudi Arabia.[2] He was the key counsellor of the King, the member of the privy council, and one of the king's official advisors until the King's death in 1953.[2] He was a participant at the meeting with the British prime minister Winston Churchill in 1945,[4] and was given a left-hand side Rolls-Royce.[5] He also accompanied King Abdulaziz to the meeting with Franklin D. Roosevelt on 14 February 1945.[6][7]

Later, he enjoyed the role of elder statesman to his nephews, King Saud, King Faisal, and King Khalid.[1] During the rivalry between King Saud and Crown Prince Faisal, Abdullah first supported the former in 1960.[8] However, from 1961 he endorsed the actions of the latter, facilitating Faisal's attempts to be successful.[8][9][10] Upon Prince Abdullah's endorsement of Crown Prince Faisal King Saud reduced his allowance in April 1961.[8]

On 6 January 1965 Prince Abdullah accompanied Saud in the latter's declaration of allegiance to King Faisal.[11] At the beginning of King Faisal's reign Prince Abdullah became a member of the council which had been established by him to guide the succession issues.[12]

Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman was among five senior princes who met immediately after the assassination of King Faisal and proclaimed then Crown Prince Khalid the king of Saudi Arabia.[13]

Views, personal life and death

Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman was conservative, and opposed some new policies of King Faisal, including reduction of financial support to tribal leaders, religious figures and older members of the royal family as well as educational reforms.[11]

His son, Abdul Rahman, was one of the members of Al Saud Family Council which was established in June 2000 by then Crown Prince Abdullah to discuss private issues, including business activities of princes and marriages of princesses to nonroyals.[14] Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah married to the daughter of his uncle, Noura bint Musaid, who died in July 2016.[15]

Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman's son, Khalid bin Abdullah, married to Al Jawhara bint Abdulaziz, full sister of the Sudairi Seven.[1] One of his daughters, Jawhara bint Abdullah, married Saud bin Faisal, former foreign affairs minister of Saudi Arabia.[16]

Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman died on 4 December 1976.[1]

References
  1. Sharaf Sabri (2001). The House of Saud in commerce: A study of royal entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. New Delhi: I.S. Publications. ISBN 81-901254-0-0.
  2. Mohammad Zaid Al Kahtani (December 2004). "The Foreign Policy of King Abdulaziz" (PDF). University of Leeds. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  3. Christopher Keesee Mellon (May 2015). "Resiliency of the Saudi Monarchy: 1745-1975" (Master's Project). The American University of Beirut. Beirut. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. "Riyadh. The capital of monotheism" (PDF). Business and Finance Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2009.
  5. Morgan Lighter (25 July 2008). "Sa'udi Arabia: Chapter Two – Riches". History and Histories. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  6. William A. Eddy (2005). FDR meets Ibn Saud (PDF). Vista: Selwa Press.
  7. Thomas W. Lippman (April–May 2005). "The Day FDR Met Saudi Arabia's Ibn Saud" (PDF). The Link. 38 (2).
  8. Yitzhak Oron (1961). Middle East Record. 2. The Moshe Dayan Center. p. 420. GGKEY:4Q1FXYK79X8.
  9. John Galvani; Peter Johnson; Chris Paine; Joe Stork; Rene Theberge; Fred Vallongo (March 1976). "Saudi Arabia: Bullish on America". MERIP Reports. 26 (26): 3–22+27. JSTOR 3012412.
  10. Simon Henderson (1994). "After King Fahd" (Policy Paper). Washington Institute. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  11. Joseph Mann (2013). "King without a Kingdom: Deposed King Saud and his intrigues". Studia Orientalia Electronica. 1.
  12. David Rundell (17 September 2020). Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-83860-594-0.
  13. "King Faisal shot to death by 'deranged' nephew". The Miami News. AP. 25 March 1975. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  14. Simon Henderson (August 2009). "After King Abdullah: Succession in Saudi Arabia". The Washington Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  15. "بالصور.. أمير الرياض يؤدي صلاة الميت على الأميرة نورة بنت مساعد بن عبد الرحمن". Hasa News. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  16. "Briefing" (PDF). The Guardian. 25 September 1985. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
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