Descendants of Ibn Saud

Ibn Saud (1875–1953), the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, was very young when he first married. However his wife died shortly after their marriage. Ibn Saud remarried at eighteen and his firstborn child was Turki.[1] He had 45 sons of whom 36 survived to adulthood and had children of their own.[2] He also had many daughters. He is thought to have had 22 wives.[3]

Descendants of Ibn Saud
The founder of Saudi Arabia
Current regionSaudi Arabia

Wives and their children

This is a list of the first generation of offspring of Ibn Saud, sorted by his numerous wives. Many of the sons of Ibn Saud served in prominent leadership positions in Saudi Arabia including all of the nation's monarchs since his death. Those who served as King are in bold.

Sharifa bint Saqr Al Fajri

Ibn Sauds' first wife. She was from Bani Khalid and married Ibn Saud in 1894, but died six months after.[4]

Wadhah bint Muhammad Al Hussein Al Orair

The daughter of Muhammed and Abta Sardah,[5][6] Wadhah belong to Bani Khalid.[7][8][9] Some reports state she is from the Qahtan tribe.[7][10][11][12][13] Ibn Saud and Wadhah have at least four children.[14]

Name Lifespan Notes
Turki (I) 1900–1919 Nominal heir in Riyadh and Najd
Saud 12 January 1902 – 23 February 1969 Crown Prince from 1932; King (1953–1964), Deposed and exiled.
Khalid 1902–1909
Munira She married her full first cousin Fahd, the son of her paternal full uncle Sa'ad Al Abd al-Rahman[15] and daughter of her step mother. She also married Khalid bin Muhammad bin Abd al Rahman Al Abd al Rahman the son of her uncle and her step mother's sister Sara bint Abdullah Al Sheikh. He died in 1972.
Nura[10]
Abdullah

Sarah bint Abdullah bin Faisal

Sarah married Ibn Saud about in 1900, but she bore him no sons.[4] She later married Turki bin Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud and then, Abdulaziz bin Musaid bin Jiluwi. Her mother was the aunt of Ibn Saud's first wife.[16]

Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh

Tarfa was a member of the Al Sheikh clan.[17][18] Her father was Abdullah bin Abdullatif. She married Ibn Saud in 1902[19] and had at least five children with him.[13]

Name Lifespan Notes
Khalid (I) (born 1903, died in 1904)
Faisal (April 1906 – 25 March 1975) Prime Minister and Regent prior to deposing his brother; King (1964–1975); murdered.
Saad (I) (1914–1919) Robert Lacey in his book The Kingdom states that Princess Hassa mothered Saad.(p. 174 and p. 526) Also reported by other sources.[4]
Anud (born 1917, date of death unknown)
Noura (1904–1938) She married her half first cousin Khalid, the son of her paternal half uncle Muhammad Al Abd al-Rahman[20][21]

Lulua bint Salih Al Dakhil

Ibn Saud and Lulua had one child.[22]

Name Lifespan Notes
Fahd (I) (1906–1919)

Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi

Ibn Saud and Al Jawhara bint Musaed Al Jiluwi had three children.

Name Lifespan Notes
Muhammad (1910–1988) nicknamed Abu Al-Sharayn ("Father of the two evils"); held many ministries under his father and older brother Saud. Led revolt against Saud and was briefly de jure Crown Prince before ceding the job to his full brother Khalid.
Khalid (II) (13 February 1913 – 13 June 1982) Crown Prince 1965—75; King 1975–1982
Al Anoud

Lajah bint Khalid bin Hithlayn

Ibn Saud and Lajah had one child.

Name Lifespan Notes
Sara (1916 – June 2002)

Bazza (I)

Bazza (I) was a Moroccan woman.[13][23][24] Ibn Saud and Bazza had at least one child.

Name Lifespan Notes
Nasser[25] (1911–1984) His half-brother Mansour died from alcohol poisoning at a party Nasser hosted, while he was governor of Riyadh. He was later excluded from all positions and disgraced.[25]

Jawhara bint Saad bin Abdul Muhsin Al Sudairi

Jawhara bint Saad Al Sudairi was the sister of Haya bint Saad who was also spouse of King Abdulaziz and the mother of Prince Badr, late Prince Abdul Majid and Prince Abdul Illah.[26]

Name Lifespan Notes
Sa'ad (II) (1915–1993) Bypassed for throne, given chairmanship of royal family council of Al Saud (precursor of Allegiance Council) as consolation prize.
Musa'id (1923–2013)[27] Disgraced when son murdered King Faisal. Bypassed from succession.
Abdul Mohsin (1925–1985)
Al Bandari (1928–2008)[28]

Hassa Al Sudairi
Main articles: Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi and Sudairi Seven

Ibn Saud and Hassa had 7 sons of which 2 were kings and 4 daughters.

  1. Fahd (II) (1921 – 1 August 2005); King (1982–2005)
  2. Sultan (1928–2011); Crown Prince (2005–2011)
  3. Luluwah (ca. 1928–2008)[29]
  4. Abdul Rahman (1931–2017); Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation (1978–2011), removed from Succession.
  5. Nayef (1933–2012); Crown Prince (27 October 2011 – 16 June 2012)
  6. Turki (II) (1934–2016); Deputy Defense Minister (1969–78), removed from Succession.
  7. Salman (born 31 December 1935); King (2015–present)
  8. Ahmed (born 1942); Deputy Minister of the Interior (1975–2012) and briefly as Minister of the Interior in 2012, removed from Succession.
  9. Jawahir
  10. Latifa
  11. Al Jawhara
  12. Moudhi (died young)
  13. Felwa (died young)

Shahida

Shahida (died 1938) was an Armenian woman who was reportedly the favourite wife of King Abdulaziz.[30][31] Ibn Saud and Shahida had four children.

  1. Mansour (1921 – 2 May 1951); Minister of Defense, died from alcohol intoxication while partying.
  2. Misha'al (1926 – 3 May 2017); Minister of Defense, removed from Succession
  3. Qumash (1927 – September 2011)[32]
  4. Mutaib (1931—2019); Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs (1980 to 2009), removed from Succession.

Fahda bint Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari
Main article: Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim
  1. Abdullah (1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015); King (2005–2015)
  2. Nouf
  3. Seeta (c. 1930 – 13 April 2011); initiated the Princesses' Council

Bazza (II)

Bazza died in 1940 and was Syrian or Moroccan.[33][13][34]

  1. Bandar (1923–2019)
  2. Fawwaz (1934–2008)
  3. Mishari

Haya bint Sa'ad Al Sudairi

Haya bint Sa'ad (1913 – 18 April 2003) was Ibn Saud's second wife from that clan.[35]

  1. Badr (I) (1931–1932)
  2. Badr (II) (1933 – 1 April 2013)
  3. Huzza (1951 – July 2000)
  4. Abdul Ilah (born 1939)
  5. Abdul Majeed (1943–2007)
  6. Nura (born 1930)
  7. Mishail
  8. Zubri

Bushra
Name Lifespan Notes
Mishari (1932 – 23 May 2000)[36]

Munaiyir

Munaiyir (c. 1909 – December 1991) was an Armenian woman

  1. Talal (I) (1924–1927)
  2. Talal (II) (15 August 1931 – 22 December 2018)
  3. Nawwaf (16 August 1932 – 29 September 2015)
  4. Madawi (1939 – November 2017)

Mudhi
  1. Sultana (c. 1928 – 7 July 2008)[37]
  2. Haya (c. 1929 – 2 November 2009)[38]
  3. Majid (II) (9 October 1938 – 12 April 2003)
  4. Sattam (21 January 1941 – 12 February 2013)

Nouf bint Al Shalan

Nouf was the daughter of Nawaaf. They married in November 1935.[39]

  1. Thamir (1937 – 27 June 1958)
  2. Mamdouh (born 1941)
  3. Mashhur (born 1942)

Saida al Yamaniyah

Saida was a Yemeni woman, hence her title al Yamaniyah.

  1. Hathloul (1942 – 29 September 2012)

Baraka Al Yamaniyah
Main article: Baraka Al Yamaniyah
  1. Muqrin (born 15 September 1945); Crown Prince (23 January 2015— 29 April 2015)

Futayma
  1. Hamoud (1947 – February 1994)[36]

Mudhi bint Abdullah Almandeel Al Khalidi

Mudhi was from Bani Khalid

  1. Shaikha (born 1922)

Aliyah Fakeer
  1. Majid (I) (1939–1940)
  2. Abdul Saleem (1941–1942)
  3. Jiluwi (I) (1942–1944)
  4. Jiluwi (II) (1952–1952); the youngest son of Ibn Saud but died as an infant.

Khadra

No known offspring.[40]

Grandchildren

Due to the Islamic traditions of polygyny and easy divorce (on the male side), King Abdul Aziz has approximately a thousand grandchildren.[41] The following is a select list of notable grandsons in the male line. They will be in the line of Succession to the Saudi Arabian throne.

Patrilineal grandsons

Deceased

Granddaughters

Great-grandchildren

Patrilineal great-grandsons of Ibn Saud

Great-granddaughters

Great-great-grandchildren

Non-patrilineal descendants of Ibn Saud

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