Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: تركي الأول بن عبد العزيز آل سعود‎, Turkī l-ʾAwwal bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd) (1900–1919) was the eldest son of Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia. He accompanied his father during the conquest of the Arabian Peninsula at a young age, and witnessed battles in Kuwait and al-Hasa. He died in 1919 in the 1918-1920 flu pandemic, which also killed many others in the region.

Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Crown Prince of Nejd and Hasa
In office1902–1919
PredecessorPost established.
SuccessorSaud
MonarchAbdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman
Born1900
Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Died1919 (aged 18–19)
Riyadh, Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
SpouseNuwair bint Obaid Al Rasheed
Muneera bint Obaid Al Rasheed
Fatmah bint Abdulrahman Al Dakhil
Tarfa Al Muhanna
IssuePrince Faisal bin Turki
Hessa bint Turki
Full name
Turki bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherIbn Saud
MotherWadhah bint Muhammad bin 'Aqab

Early life

Turki was the eldest son of Ibn Saud.[1][2] His mother was Wadhah bint Muhammad bin 'Aqab, who belonged to the Bani Khalid tribe.[3] She was the daughter of the chief of the Bani Khalid tribe, who ruled Al Hasa[2] and was Ibn Saud's second wife.[4] They married in 1896.[5] Turki was born in Kuwait City in 1900 when his family was in exile there.[6][7]

Turki was full-brother of King Saud. His full sisters include Munira and Noura.[4][8]

Activities and succession

Turki was Crown Prince beginning by his father's conquest of Riyadh on 15 January 1902 up to his death in 1919. He was the deputy of his father as commander-in-chief of the army.[9] He fought against Al Rashid forces and attempted to eliminate the leakage of supplies from the tribes to them.[7] In 1918 on the orders of his father Turki initiated an attack against Al Rashid forces, known as the battle of Yatab, in which the Al Saud forces gained a victory.[10]

When British government invited Ibn Saud to visit London, he assigned Prince Turki as his envoy.[11] However, he could not attend the visit due to his death in 1919, and Prince Faisal was named the envoy of his father for this official visit.[11]

Personal life

Turki I's first wife gave birth to his son Faisal bin Turki. Years later, Faisal bin Turki became minister of interior in the government of King Saud from 1961 to 1962.[12] Turki also had a daughter with his other wife Tarfa Al Muhanna, Hessa bint Turki, who was the wife of Abdulaziz bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz, and they had two sons, Faisal and Turki.[13] Princess Hessa died in Riyadh at the age of 91 on 19 August 2007 and was buried in Al Oud cemetery.[14]

Two grandsons of Turki, the children of his son Faisal, served on the Allegiance Council: Turki bin Faisal,[15] (until his death on 28 February 2009)[16] and Abdullah bin Faisal (until his death in February 2019).[17]

Death

Turki died in Riyadh during the flu pandemic that killed his mother and many others in the region in 1919.[18][19][20] His father was said to be deeply saddened by his death.[21]

After the death of Turki, his wife, Noweir bint Obaid Al Rasheed, married his younger brother Saud, and they had a daughter, named Al Anoud bint Saud.[21]

Ancestry

References
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  2. George Kheirallah (1952). Arabia Reborn. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. 254. – via Questia (subscription required)
  3. "تحقيق سلسة نسب والدة الملك سعود بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود" [The achievements of the mother of King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud] (in Arabic). March 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
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  6. Bernard Reich (1990). Political leaders of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa: a biographical dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-313-26213-5.
  7. Khalid Abdullah Krairi (October 2016). "John Philby and his political roles in the Arabian Peninsula, 1917-1953" (PhD Thesis). University of Birmingham. p. 256. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  8. Mai Yamani (January–March 2009). "From fragility to stability: a survival strategy for the Saudi monarchy" (PDF). Contemporary Arab Affairs. 2 (1): 90–105. doi:10.1080/17550910802576114. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
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  10. Khalid Abdullah Krairi (October 2016). "John Philby and his political roles in the Arabian Peninsula, 1917-1953" (PhD Thesis). University of Birmingham. pp. 286–288. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  11. Hassan Abedin (2003). "Abdulaziz Al Saud and the great game in Arabia, 1896-1946" (PhD Thesis). King's College. p. 146. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
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  13. "تركي بن عبدالعزيز ) 1318-1337 هـ )- ( 1900-1919 م )". King Saud Official website. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  14. "Princess Hissah bint Turki dies". Sauress. 19 August 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  15. "King Abdullah names members of the Allegiance Commission". Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Washington D.C. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
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  19. Mark Weston (28 July 2008). Prophets and Princes: Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the Present. John Wiley & Sons. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-470-18257-4.
  20. Jennifer Reed (1 January 2009). The Saudi Royal Family. Infobase Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-4381-0476-8.
  21. "الملك سعود بن عبد العزيز". King Saud website. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
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