Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud
{{Short description|Saudi royal and politician (1934–2012)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|Al Saud}}
{{Infobox royalty
| image = Muhammed bin saud al saud.jpg
| spouse = Sara bint Faisal Al Saud
| issue = {{Collapsible list|state=collapsed| Faisal
Khalid
Mishaal
Noura}}
| full name = Muhammed bin Saud bin Abdulaziz
| succession = Governor of Al Bahah Province
| reign = 1987 – 2010
| regent = {{ubl|Fahd|Abdullah}}
| reg-type = Monarch
| predecessor =
| successor = Mishari bin Saud
| succession1 = Minister of Defense
| reign1 = December 1960 – 31 October 1962
| regent1 = Saud
| reg-type1 = Monarch
| predecessor1 = Fahd bin Saud
| successor1 = Sultan bin Abdulaziz
| house = Al Saud
| father = Saud of Saudi Arabia
| mother = Baraka Al Raziqi Al Alma'i
| birth_date = 21 March 1934
| birth_place = Riyadh
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|7|8|1934|3|21}}
| death_place = Riyadh
| burial_date = 10 July 2012
| burial_place = Al Oud cemetery, Riyadh
}}
Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud ({{langx|ar|محمد بن سعود آل سعود|Muḥammed bin Suʿūd Āl Suʿūd}}; 21 March 1934 – 8 July 2012) was a Saudi royal and politician. He was a son of King Saud and one of the grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz. He served as the Saudi Arabian minister of defense from 1960 to 1962, during his father's reign. Later, Prince Muhammed was the governor of Al Bahah Province from 1987 to 2010.
Early life
Prince Muhammed was born in Riyadh on 21 March 1934.{{cite book|title=Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008|date=2007|publisher=Publitec Publications|isbn=9783598077357|page=718|doi=10.1515/9783110930047|edition=18th|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110930047/html|location=Beirut|editor-last1=Publitec Publications }}{{cite book|year=2001|author=Sharaf Sabri|title=The House of Saud in commerce: A study of royal entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia|publisher=I.S. Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-901254-0-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51Bb8Ix7xw8C&pg=PA40|page=40}}{{cite web|title=Leading grandsons of Abdulaziz|publisher=Springer|access-date=9 March 2021|page=180|url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-0-312-29962-0%2F1.pdf}} He was the son of King Saud{{cite news|author=Dana Adams Schmidt|title=Saudi Oil Money Put to New Uses: King and Faisal Build Public Welfare and Economy|work=The New York Times|date=12 May 1962
|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/116058604|access-date=30 August 2020|id={{ProQuest|116058604}}}} and Baraka Al Raziqi Al Alma'i,{{cite web|title=Family. Muhammed bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|url=http://www.kingsaud.org/family/mohammed-bin-saud-bin-abdulaziz-al-saud/143|access-date=14 December 2016|work=King Saud website}}{{cite web|title=Saad bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
|url=http://www.owlapps.net/owlapps_apps/articles?id=415088&lang=ar|publisher=Owl apps|access-date=9 March 2021|language=ar}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} a woman from Asir in southwest Saudi Arabia. Prince Muhammed had a full brother, Saad bin Saud.
Career
During the reign of his father, King Saud, Prince Muhammed held many governmental positions. He began his service as the chief of the Royal Court. Then he was appointed to the Saudi Royal Guard Regiment in 1953. Later, he was appointed as the minister of national defense and aviation and inspector general in December 1960, succeeding his brother Fahd bin Saud in the post. Prince Muhammed was named the minister of finance on 11 September 1961 when King Saud fired Talal bin Abdulaziz from the post.{{cite news|title=Saud Fires 2nd Brother|work=Dayton Daily News|agency=AP|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/404399275/?terms=prince%20mohammed%20bin%20faisal%20al%20saud&match=1|access-date=27 September 2020|date=12 September 1961|location=Damascus}} However, he held the post for only six days.{{Cite web|title=About Ministry of Finance|publisher=Ministry of Finance|url=https://www.mof.gov.sa:443/en/about/Pages/previousministers.aspx}} His term as finance minister was extended on 15 March 1962.{{cite journal|title=Chronology December 16, 1961-March 15, 1962|journal=The Middle East Journal|date=Spring 1962|volume=16|issue=2|page=207|jstor=4323471}} His tenure ended on 31 October 1962.{{cite web|title=Land Forces History|access-date=12 May 2012|url=http://rslf.gov.sa/English/aboutus/pages/overview.aspx|work=Royal Saudi Land Forces|archive-date=31 July 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731025220/http://rslf.gov.sa/English/aboutus/pages/overview.aspx}}
Prince Muhammed served as the deputy governor of the Al Bahah province until 1987.{{cite journal|author=Brian Lees|title=The Al Saud family and the future of Saudi Arabia|journal=Asian Affairs|date=March 2006|volume=XXXVII|issue=1|pages=36–49|doi=10.1080/03068370500457411|s2cid=162227738}} Next, he served as the governor of this province from September 1987{{cite web|title=09RIYADH393
|url=http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=09RIYADH393|work=Wikileaks|access-date=6 April 2012|archive-date=5 June 2012|df=dmy-all|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605000511/http://cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=09RIYADH393}} to 2010.{{cite web|title=Emirs of Al Baaha|work=Ministry of Interior|access-date=26 May 2012
|url=http://www.moi.gov.sa/wps/portal/baaha/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3h3v7BgY3cPY0N3f3M3A8_A0BBHY0dTAwMTU_3g1Dz9gmxHRQACe8lQ/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/main/Baaha/Emirs+of+Baaha}} He resigned from the post due to health-problems. His half-brother Mishari bin Saud replaced him in the post.
=Political rehabilitation=
Prince Muhammed was among King Saud's most important supporters during the latter's reign. Following a power struggle between King Saud and Crown Prince Faisal, the latter became the king on 25 November 1964, and Prince Muhammed pledged his allegiance to King Faisal. He was the first of King Saud's sons to do so, reportedly because he was married to King Faisal's daughter, Princess Sara.{{cite journal|author=Joseph Mann|title=King without a Kingdom: Deposed King Saud and his intrigues|journal=Studia Orientalia Electronica|year=2013|volume=1|url=https://journal.fi/store/issue/view/1056}} Following his rehabilitation, Prince Muhammed held several important positions until 2010.{{cite journal|author=Stig Stenslie|title=Power Behind the Veil: Princesses of the House of Saud|journal=Journal of Arabian Studies: Arabia, the Gulf, and the Red Sea|year=2011|volume=1|issue=1|pages=69–79
|doi=10.1080/21534764.2011.576050|s2cid=153320942}}
Other positions
Prince Muhammed was a member of the Allegiance Council from 2007{{cite news|title=28.10.2009: Saudi Succession: Can the Allegiance Commission Work?|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/dOo1w/28102009-SAUDI-SUCCESSION-CAN-THE-ALLEGIANCE-COMMISSION-WORK|access-date=19 September 2020|work=Aftenposten|agency=Wikileaks|date=12 October 2011}} to his death on 8 July 2012.{{cite news|title=Prince Mohammed bin Saud bin Abdulaziz dies abroad|archive-date=30 July 2013|df=dmy-all|url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20120708129386|access-date=8 July 2012|newspaper=Saudi Gazette|date=8 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730171527/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20120708129386}} He was also a member of King Saud Foundation based in Jeddah.{{cite web|title=The King Saud Foundation|work=Open Charities |url=http://opencharities.org/charities/1138415|access-date=7 June 2012}} Prince Muhammed had various business activities, too.
Personal life and education
One of Prince Muhammed's spouses was Princess Sara bint Faisal, the daughter of King Faisal.{{cite journal|title=Saudi Arabia: Princess Sara honoured Medal of First Class|journal=Gulf States Newsletter|issue=946|date=9 May 2013|url=http://archive.crossborderinformation.com/Article/Saudi+Arabia+%EF%BB%BFPrincess+Sara+honoured+Medal+of+First+Class.aspx?date=20130509#}} They had no children.{{cite book|author=Joseph A. Kechichian|title='Iffat Al Thunayan: an Arabian Queen|year=2014|publisher=Sussex Academic Press|page=64|location=Brighton|author-link=Joseph A. Kéchichian|url=https://archive.org/details/iffatalthunayana0000kech/page/64/mode/2up?q=king+khalid+bin+abdulaziz|isbn=9781845196851}} Prince Muhammed had four children with his other wives: Prince Faisal (born 11 September 1951), Prince Khalid, Prince Mishaal (born 24 August 1956) and Princess Noura.
Prince Faisal bin Muhammed received a PhD degree.{{cite web|title=Letter from the custodian of the two holy mosques to King Abdullah II of Jordan|url=http://www.ainalyaqeen.com/issues/20061222/feat3en.htm|work=Ain al Yaqeen|access-date=4 May 2012|date=22 December 2006|archive-date=27 September 2013|df=dmy-all|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927084801/http://www.ainalyaqeen.com/issues/20061222/feat3en.htm}}
He was appointed the deputy governor of Al Bahah province on 31 October 1988.
Death and funeral
On 8 July 2012, the Saudi Royal Court announced that Prince Muhammed had died in Riyadh.{{cite news|title=Influential Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Saud dies|url=https://ktar.com/story/226202/influential-saudi-prince-mohammed-bin-saud-dies/|access-date=2 July 2021|work=Ktar News|agency=AP|date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702044212/https://ktar.com/story/226202/influential-saudi-prince-mohammed-bin-saud-dies/|archive-date=2 July 2021|location=Riyadh}} He was 78.{{cite news|title=Prince Mohammed bin Saud, Influential Saudi Prince, Dead|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/08/prince-mohammed-bin-saud-dead_n_1657221.html|access-date=3 April 2013|work=HuffPost|date=8 July 2012|agency=AP|location=Riyadh}} Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz (later King of Saudi Arabia) performed funeral prayer for him after Maghrib (sunset) prayer on 10 July 2012 at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh. Sheikh Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Sheikh led the funeral prayer as Imam.{{cite news|title=ولي العهد يؤدي صلاة الميت على الأمير محمد بن سعود|access-date=16 July 2012|newspaper=Al Riyadh|url=http://www.alriyadh.com/2012/07/10/article750736.html|date=10 July 2012}}
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