Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh explained

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Full Name:Tarfa bint Abdullah bin Abdullatif Al Sheikh
Father:Abdullah bin Abdullatif Al Sheikh
Mother:Haya bint Abdul Rahman Al Muqbel
Birth Date:1884
Death Date:October

Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh (Arabic: طرفة بنت عبد الله آل الشيخ|translit=Ṭarfā bint ʿAbd Allāh Al ash Sheikh; 1884–1906) was the third wife and one of the 22 consorts of Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman, Emir of Nejd (later King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia), and the mother of Princess Noura and King Faisal.[1] [2]

Background and early life

Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh was born in 1884.[3] Her mother was Haya bint Abdul Rahman Al Muqbel.[4] Her family were from a village near Riyadh.

Tarfa's father, Abdullah bin Abdullatif Al Sheikh, was a member of the Al Sheikh family and one of the principal religious teachers and advisers to the Emir of Nejd, Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman.[5] However, until Emir Abdulaziz captured Riyadh, Abdullah was a supporter of Emir Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Rashid.[5] Tarfa was one of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's eighth generation direct descendants.[6] [7]

Personal life and death

Tarfa bint Abdullah married Emir Abdulaziz in 1902 immediately after he captured Riyadh.[4] [8] She was his third wife.[9] Tarfa's sister Munira married Abdulaziz's half-brother Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman,[10] and her other sister, Sara, married Abdulaziz's full-brother Saad bin Abdul Rahman.[11] [6] These marriages were strategic moves to strengthen the links between the Al Sauds and the Al Sheikhs.[12] [13]

Abdulaziz and Tarfa's first child, Noura, was born in 1904. Their son, Faisal, was born in Riyadh in April 1906.[11] [14] [15] Tarfa died in October 1906 when Faisal was just six months old.[4] [15] Her daughter Noura married a cousin, Khalid bin Muhammad, son of Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman.[16] Tarfa's son Faisal would become king of Saudi Arabia in 1964.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Brian Lees. The Al Saud family and the future of Saudi Arabia. Asian Affairs. 2006. 37. 1. 45. 10.1080/03068370500457411. 162227738.
  2. Mai Yamani. From fragility to stability: a survival strategy for the Saudi monarchy. Contemporary Arab Affairs. 10.1080/17550910802576114. January–March 2009. 2. 1. 91. Mai Yamani.
  3. News: طرفة بنت عبد الله بن عبد اللطيف آل الشيخ. 20 September 2020. Kachaf. ar.
  4. News: في ذكري ميلاده.. تعرف على أهم أسرار حياة الملك فيصل آل سعود. 20 September 2020. Elzman News. 14 April 2020. ar.
  5. Alexander B. Bligh. 1985. The Saudi religious elite (Ulama) as participant in the political system of the kingdom. International Journal of Middle East Studies. 37–50. 17. 10.1017/S0020743800028750. 154565116.
  6. 1981. Alexander Blay Bligh. Succession to the throne in Saudi Arabia. Court Politics in the Twentieth Century. 42,48. PhD. Columbia University. .
  7. Web site: File 11/44 Leading Personalities in Iraq, Iran & Saudi Arabia. 13 January 1948. Qatar Digital Library. 18 August 2023. Citing from the British India Office Records and Private Papers.
  8. Book: Madawi Al Rasheed. A History of Saudi Arabia. Cambridge. 2002. 78. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-64412-9. Madawi al-Rasheed.
  9. Henri Lauzière. On the Origins of Arab Monarchy: Political Culture, Historiography, and the Emergence of the Modern Kingdoms in Morocco and Saudi Arabia. MA. Simon Fraser University. 34. 2000.
  10. Book: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Faisal Al Saud. Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman and Family Charitable Organization. 55. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120917105724/http://pmba-alfaisal.com/new.pdf. 17 September 2012.
  11. Book: Alexei Vassiliev. King Faisal: Personality, Faith and Times. 2013. Saqi. 978-0-86356-761-2. 7,12. London. Alexei Mikhailovich Vasiliev.
  12. Alejandra Galindo Marines. The relationship between the ulama and the government in the contemporary Saudi Arabian Kingdom: an interdependent relationship?. PhD. Durham University. 2001.
  13. Dhaifallah Alotaibi. Ibn Sa'ud and Britain: Early Changing Relationship and Pre-state Formation 1902-1914. PhD. 2017. 58. Bangor University. .
  14. Book: Bernard Reich. Political Leaders of the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa: A Biographical Dictionary. 978-0-313-26213-5. 1990. Greenwood Press. 180. New York.
  15. Web site: King Faisal and His Family. King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. 20 September 2020.
  16. Book: As'ad AbuKhalil. The Battle for Saudi Arabia. Royalty, fundamentalism and global power. 2004. Seven Stories Press. New York City. 1-58322-610-9. 9. As'ad AbuKhalil.

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