Khalid bin Saud Al Saud

Khalid bin Saud Al Saud (1925 – 7 July 2020) was a member of 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 Saudi royal family to command the Saudi National Guard.

Khalid bin Saud Al Saud
Commander of National Guard
In office1956 – 1959
PredecessorTribal sheiks
SuccessorSaad bin Saud
MonarchKing Saud
Born1925
Mecca
Died7 July 2020(2020-00-00) (aged 94–95)
Spouse
Issue1
Full name
Khalid bin Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherKing Saud
MotherJamila Asaad Ibrahim Merhi

Early life and education

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][4] Her father, Asaad Ibrahim, was charged with planning to assassinate Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic, in March 1958.[4]

Following the completion of high school education Prince Khalid received a bachelor's degree in 1948.[1]

Career

Khalid 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 under the administration of tribal sheikhs.[5][7] Following his appointment the Guard began to have independent and substantial funds for the first time to improve its quite limited capabilities.[5] His brother Saad bin Saud replaced Khalid 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]

Personal life and death

Prince Khalid married five times, and his first wife, Al Anoud, was a daughter of Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz.[8] Then he married Maha bint Mohsen Nashi Al Sharif.[8] Shams Al Baroudi, an Egyptian actress, was his next wife and their marriage lasted only three months.[8] Then he wed another Egyptian actress Suhair Ramzi, and the marriage lasted for a year.[8] His marriage to the Lebanese singer Sabah lasted for only one month.[8] Prince Khalid had a daughter who was born in 1974.[8]

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.[9] On 7 July 2020 Khalid bin Saud died at age 95.[10]

References
  1. "من هو الأمير الراحل خالد بن سعود بن عبد العزيز؟". Erem News (in Arabic). 7 July 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. "فنانين وفنانات مصريين وعرب تزوجوا أمراء وأميرات وسياسيين وأسرار تقال لأول مرة". fmisr (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. "وفاة الأمير خالد بن سعود بن عبدالعزيز عن عمر يناهز 95 عاماً". Layalina (in Arabic). 7 July 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. "Kin of Saud Indicted". The New York Times. Damascus. 29 March 1958. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. Bruce R. Nardulli (2002). "Dance of Swords: U.S. Military Assistance to Saudi Arabia, 1942-1964" (PhD Thesis). The Ohio State University. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  6. "Succession in Saudi Arabia" (PDF). Springer. p. 180. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  7. S. Hertog (23 February 2011). Princes Brokers and Bureaucrats. Cornell University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8014-5753-1.
  8. "أبرزهن شمس البارودي وسهير رمزي.. 5 زيجات للأمير خالد بن سعود". Al Wafd (in Arabic). 7 July 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  9. Joseph Mann (2013). "King without a Kingdom: Deposed King Saud and his intrigues". Studia Orientalia Electronica. 1.
  10. Rim Hana (7 July 2020). "Saudi Arabia-Prince Khalid bin Saud bin Abdulaziz dies, aged 95". Tunisie Numerique. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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