Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud explained

Spouse:	Noura bint Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer Al Saud Haya bint Faraj Shabeeb (divorced)
Issue:	Abdulaziz bin Mashour Sara bint Mashour Luluwah bint Mashour
Full Name:	Mashour bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
Mother:	Nuf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Shaalan
House:	Al Saud

Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: مشهور بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; born 1942) is a member of the House of Saud and a member of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Allegiance Council.^[1] He is the half-brother of King Salman and the father-in-law of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman.

Biography

Prince Mashour was born in 1942.^[2] His father is King Abdulaziz, and his mother is Nouf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Shaalan.^[3] They married in November 1935.^[4] Nouf was a member of the Ruwala tribe based in the northwestern Saudi Arabia, Transjordan and Syria and was the granddaughter of Nuri Al Shalaan, Emir of the tribe.^{[3] [5]} Prince Mashour has two full brothers; Prince Thamir and Prince Mamdouh.

Prince Mashour is a businessman.^[6] In August 2009, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy identified him as a potential successor to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.^[7]

His wife is Noura bint Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabir, daughter of Mohammed bin Saud and granddaughter of Noura bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud and Saud Al Kabir.^[8] His daughter Sara is married to Saudi Arabia's crown prince and defense minister Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud.^[8] Prince Mashour has also a son, Abdulaziz.^[9]

Notes and References

1. News: King Abdullah names members of the Allegiance Council. Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C.. 10 December 2007. 7 June 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120601061618/http://saudiembassy.net/latest_news/news12100801.aspx. 1 June 2012.
2. Web site: Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud . Dhownet. 12 November 2020.
3. Alexander Blay Bligh. Succession to the throne in Saudi Arabia. Court Politics in the Twentieth Century. 93. PhD. Columbia University. 1981. .
4. Web site: Nouf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Sha'lan. Datarabia. 10 August 2012.
5. Gary Samuel Samore. Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982). Harvard University. . 1984. 93. PhD.
6. Ayman Al Yassini. The Relationship between Religion and State in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 896879684. McGill University. PhD. August 1982.
7. News: After King Abdullah. Simon Henderson. August 2009. Washington Institute for Near East Policy. 7 June 2012. 21 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021015030/http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus96.pdf. dead.
8. Web site: Hugh Miles. Alastair Newton. The Future of the Middle East. 2017. Arab Digest and Global Policy. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130082403/https://arabdigest.org/visitors/sample-newsletters/the-future-of-the-middle-east/. 30 January 2018. 21 October 2018.
9. Book: Jonathan Rugman. The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi. 2019. Simon & Schuster UK. 978-1-4711-8476-5. 34.