Nouf bint Abdulaziz Al Saud
| Nouf bint Abdulaziz Al Saud | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Died | August 2015 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||||
| Spouse | Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud | ||||
| Issue | Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud | ||||
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| House | Al Saud | ||||
| Father | King Abdulaziz | ||||
| Mother | Fahda bint Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari | ||||
Nouf bint Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: نوف بنت عبد العزيز آل سعود Nūf bint ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd; died August 2015) was a Saudi royal. She was known for her patronage of several exhibitions in Saudi Arabia.
Biography
Nouf bint Abdulaziz was one of three children of King Abdulaziz and Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim.[1] Her mother, Fahda, belonged to the Abde section of the Shammar tribe.[2] She was the daughter of Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari, who was the sheikh of the southern part of the tribe.[1] After her husband, Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid, the last emir of the Rashidi dynasty, was killed by his cousin in 1920, Fahda married Abdulaziz.[3] Nouf had two full-siblings: King Abdullah and Princess Seeta.[4][5]
Nouf bint Abdulaziz married Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud, a descendants of Saud bin Faisal, an uncle of King Abdulaziz. One of her children was Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud, Saudi education minister from 2009 to 2013.[6] Nouf bint Abdulaziz funded several exhibitions one of which was the Khalid Exhibition at the King Abdulaziz Historical Center in Riyadh in May 2010.[7] The exhibition covered the publications, photographs, books, films and some private belongings of King Khalid.[7] She died in August 2015.[8]
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- ^ Madawi Al Rasheed (1991). Politics in an Arabian Oasis. The Rashidis of Saudi Arabia. New York: I. B. Tauirs & Co. Ltd. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-8504-3320-0.
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- ^ Mustafa Al Sadawi (24 May 2018). "نفحات من زوجات الملك عبد العزيز.. أمهات ملوك ال مملكة". Sayidaty (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ Stig Stenslie (21 August 2012). Regime Stability in Saudi Arabia: The Challenge of Succession. London; New York: Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-136-51157-8.
- ^ a b "Princess Nouf bint Abdulaziz opens "Khalid" exhibition". SPA. Riyadh. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Saudi Royal Court mourns death of Princess Nouf bint Abdulaziz". Khaleej Times. Jeddah. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2021.