Musaid bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud

Musaid bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (Arabic: مساعد بن عبد الرحمن بن فيصل آل سعود‎; 1922 – 1992) was a member of House of Saud. He was one of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal's sons and the younger brother of King Abdulaziz. Prince Musaid was the Saudi minister of finance.[1]

Musaid bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
Minister of Interior
Tenure1960
MonarchKing Saud
Minister of Finance
Tenure16 March 1962 – 14 October 1975
PredecessorNawwaf bin Abdulaziz
SuccessorMohammed bin Ali Aba Khail
MonarchKing Saud
King Faisal
King Khalid
Born1922
Riyadh, Sultanate of Nejd
Died1992(1992-00-00) (aged 69–70)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Full name
Musaid bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherAbdul Rahman bin Faisal
MotherAmsha bint Faraj Al Ajran Al Khalidi

Early life and education

Musaid bin Abdul Rahman was born in Qasr Al Hukm, Riyadh,[2] around 1922, and his father was Abdul Rahman bin Faisal.[3][4] His mother was Princess Amsha bint Faraj Al Ajran Al Khalidi.[5]

Prince Musaid attended the Mufirej school founded by Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Mufirej in 1879 which was based in the Sheikh Abdullah bin Abdul Latif mosque in the Dukhna neighborhood.[6] He received religious education by Sheikh Saad bin Ateeq, Hamad bin Faris, Muhammad bin Abd al Latif, Muhammad bin Ibrahim, Ibn Sahman and others.[4] Several sources indicate that he was only son of Abdul Rahman who received university education.[4][5][7]

Career

Prince Musaid held several governmental positions. He was among the advisors of King Abdulaziz and King Saud.[4][8] He was made the head of the bureau of grievances in 1954[3] when it was established.[9][10] His appointment was not announced in Saudi newspapers, but in a Bahraini newspaper, al Qafilah, dated 12 November 1954.[10] The bureau was responsible for dealing with all complaints submitted by the citizens against any administrative action, including the examination of each complaint and suggesting the necessary steps to be taken.[11] In 1955 the bureau became an independent unit, and its president, Prince Musaid, was promoted to the rank of minister.[9] It was based in Riyadh with a branch in Jeddah.[12]

Prince Musaid was also the chief of Royal Diwan during King Saud's reign and accompanied him during his state visit to the US in 1957.[13] In 1960 Prince Musaid briefly served as the minister of interior.[3] He was named the minister of finance on 16 March 1962 replacing Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz in the post.[3][14] On the request of Crown Prince Faisal Prince Musaid identified the eligible members within the royal family to receive a stipend in 1963.[15] At the beginning of King Faisal's reign Prince Musaid became a member of the council which had been established by the king to guide the succession issues.[16]

Prince Musaid's tenure as minister of finance ended on 14 October 1975[14] when he was dismissed from the office by King Khalid.[17] He was replaced in the post by Mohammed bin Ali Aba Khail.[14] However, during the reign of King Khalid Prince Musaid was one of the members of the inner family council which was led by King Khalid and included Prince Mohammed, Crown Prince Fahd, Prince Abdullah, Prince Sultan, Prince Abdul Muhsin and his half-brother, Prince Ahmed.[18]

Personal life and death

One of his spouses was Tahani bint Abdul Sattar Al Khatib who died in March 2018.[7][8] She was the mother of Hassan bin Musaid.[7] Prince Musaid's other sons are Khalid, Faisal and Muhammad.[19] Of them Khalid is a businessman.[20] His daughter, Noura bint Musaed, married to her cousin, Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman,[19] who 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.[21] Noura bint Musaid died in July 2016.[19]

Prince Musaid's private library with rare book collections in Riyadh was made by him as the first public library in the country.[4] Following his death his books were donated to the library of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh.[4]

Prince Musaid died in 1992 at age 70 in King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh.[4]

References
  1. Dana Adams Schmidt (12 May 1962). "Saudi Oil Money Put to New Uses: King and Faisal Build Public Welfare and Economy". New York Times. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ""قصر الحكم" يحتفظ بأجمل الذكريات لأفراد الأسرة ... - جريدة الرياض". Al Riyadh (in Arabic). 23 May 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. J. E. Peterson (2003). Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia (Second ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 100.
  4. "الأمير مساعد بن عبدالرحمن.. رجل العلم والإدارة". Al Jazirah (in Arabic). 24 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  5. Rashid Saad Al Qahtani. "مساعد بن عبدالرحمن أمير الفكر والسياسة والإدارة". Arabic Magazine (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. "من أعلام الراوي - خاص - مدارات ونقوش". Jamal bin Howaireb Studies Center (in Arabic). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. "وفاة الأميرة تهاني والدة الأمير حسان بن مساعد بن عبدالرحمن آل سعود الشأن العربي". Marsad News (in Arabic). 31 March 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  8. Sharaf Sabri (2001). The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. Sharaf Sabri. p. 198. ISBN 978-81-901254-0-6.
  9. Maren Hanson (August 1987). "The Influence of French Law on the Legal Development of Saudi Arabia" (PDF). Arab Law Quarterly. 2 (3).
  10. Charles W. Harrington (Winter 1958). "The Saudi Arabian Council of Ministers" (PDF). The Middle East Journal. 12 (1): 1–19.
  11. Hisham Mosely (June 1973). "The rule of the bureaucracy and the development of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia" (MA Thesis). California State University, Northridge. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  12. Samir Shamma (July 1965). "Law and lawyers in Saudi Arabia" (PDF). The International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 14 (3): 1034–1039.
  13. Helmut Mejcher (2004). "King Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud in the arena of world politics: a glimpse from Washington, 1950 to 1971". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 31 (1).
  14. "Previous Ministers". Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  15. Mordechai Abir (April 1987). "The Consolidation of the Ruling Class and the New Elites in Saudi Arabia" (PDF). Middle Eastern Studies. 23 (2): 150–171.
  16. David Rundell (17 September 2020). Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-83860-594-0.
  17. Joseph A. Kechichian (2014). 'Iffat Al Thunayan: an Arabian Queen. Sussex Academic Press. p. 81.
  18. Gulshan Dhahani (1980). "Political Institutions in Saudi Arabia". International Studies. 19 (1): 59–69.
  19. "بالصور.. أمير الرياض يؤدي صلاة الميت على الأميرة نورة بنت مساعد بن عبد الرحمن". Hasa News. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  20. Alan D. Gray (11 July 1974). "Closer ties predicted result of visit from Saudi Prince". The Gazette. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  21. Simon Henderson (August 2009). "After King Abdullah: Succession in Saudi Arabia". The Washington Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by
Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud		 Minister of Finance
1962–1975		 Succeeded by
Mohammed bin Ali Aba Khail
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