Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1932 – 23 May 2000) was a senior member of the House of Saud.

Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born1932
Saudi Arabia
Died23 May 2000 (aged 67-68)
United States
Burial
Al Adl cemetery, Makkah
IssueMuhammad bin Mishari
Full name
Mishari bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherIbn Saud
MotherBushra

Biography

Prince Mishari was a son of Ibn Saud and Bushra.[1] She was one of the concubines of Ibn Saud.[2]

Prince Mishari was a businessman and a poet.[3][4] He died in the United States at age 68 on 23 May 2000.[3][4] He was buried at Al Adl cemetery in Makkah.[5]

His son, Prince Mohammed bin Mishari, is a member of the Allegiance Council.[6] His daughter, Maha bint Mishari, is the wife of Prince Khaled bin Saad Al Saud.[7] She is an academic at Alfaisal University’s College of Medicine and a physician at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.[7]

The murder of British diplomat

Cyril Ousman was a British citizen who had been in Arabia since 1929 and worked as an engineer.[3] Later he became the British vice-consul in Jeddah.[3] He held a party on 16 November 1951[8] in which Prince Mishari, aged nineteen, was among the guests.[3] Ousman refused to pour Mishari another drink, since he had already reached his maximum limit. Mishari left, and came back shortly carrying a gun and fired into the Ousman's home. His wife, Dorothy Ousman, was shielded by her husband, and Ousman was shot dead.[9]

Ousman was buried next day in Jeddah's non-Muslim cemetery.[9] In 1952, Abdul Aziz ibn Saud imposed a total ban on alcohol in his kingdom.[9] His wife left Jeddah quietly, accepting Ibn Saud compensation.[3][9] Mishari was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was spared the death penalty due to his royal status.[9] Mishari was released during the later reign of King Saud bin Abdul Aziz.[9]

Raymond A. Hare, then US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, argued in a letter to US Foreign Service dated 25 November 1951 that the murder was very similar to a scene in an American movie that Prince Mishari, Cyril Ousman and his wife had watched together only a few days before the incident.[10]

Ancestry

References
  1. Leslie McLoughlin (21 January 1993). Ibn Saud: Founder of A Kingdom. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-349-22578-1.
  2. Elie Elhadj (15 August 2018). Oil and God: Sustainable Energy Will Defeat Wahhabi Terror. Universal-Publishers. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-58112-607-5.
  3. Vivek Katju (28 October 2018). "Jamal Khashoggi: What Is the Lesson to Be Drawn From the Saudi Past?". The Wire. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. "Prince Mishari". The Sacramento Bee. 25 May 2000. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  5. "في تأبين الأمير .. الشاعر .. الاديب.. والرياضي عبدالله الفيصل". Elaph (in Arabic). 10 May 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. Simon Henderson (August 2009). "After King Abdullah" (Policy Focus). Washington Institute. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  7. Nausheen Noor (23 September 2019). "Princess Maha bint Mishari Abdulaziz Al Saud's Palace is Every Décor Enthusiast's Dream Come True". Vogue Arabic. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. "Murder of British Vice-Consul, Mr Cyril Ousman, Jedda, 16 November 1951". The National Archives. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  9. Mark A. Caudill (2006). Twilight in the Kingdom: Understanding the Saudis. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-275-99252-1.
  10. "Propaganda" (PDF). NS Archive. 25 November 1951. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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