Saud bin Abdullah Al Saud
{{Short description|Saudi royal, military officer, and businessman (1946–2020)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|Al Saud}}
{{Infobox royalty
| birth_date = 1946
| birth_place =
| death_place =
| death_date = 4 June {{death year and age|2020|1946}}
| burial_date = 5 June 2020
| burial_place= Al Oud cemetery, Riyadh
| full name = Saud bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman
| spouse =
| issue = {{ubl|Faisal bin Saud|Khalid bin Saud}}
| house = Al Saud
| father = Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud
| mother = Noura bint Assaf Al Assaf
| module = {{Infobox person|child=yes|alma mater= Sandhurst Military Academy}}
}}
Saud bin Abdullah Al Saud ({{Langx|ar|سعود بن عبدالله آل سعود}}; 1946 – 4 June 2020) was a Saudi military official, businessman and a member of the Saudi royal family. He was a grandson of King Faisal, having been born to the king's eldest son, Prince Abdullah.
Early life and education
Prince Saud was born in 1946.{{cite thesis|author=Gary Samuel Samore|title=Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982)
|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/303295482|location=Harvard University|year=1984|page=254|degree=PhD|id={{ProQuest|303295482}}}} He was one of Abdullah bin Faisal's children.{{cite news|title=Saudi prince passes away; Royal Court issues statement|work=Siasat
|access-date=23 May 2021|url=https://www.siasat.com/saudi-prince-passes-away-royal-court-issues-statement-1898294/|date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218073735/https://www.siasat.com/saudi-prince-passes-away-royal-court-issues-statement-1898294/|archive-date=18 December 2020}} His mother was Noura bint Assaf Al Assaf.{{cite news|title=السعودية.. وفاة الأمير سعود بن عبد الله الفيصل
|url=https://alkhaleejonline.net/سياسة/السعودية-وفاة-الأمير-سعود-بن-عبد-الله-الفيصل|access-date=23 May 2021|work=Al Khaleej|date=4 June 2020
|language=ar}}
Prince Saud graduated from Sandhurst Military Academy in 1966.{{cite news|title=Mice is Nice|work=The Business Year
|url=https://www.thebusinessyear.com/saudi-arabia-2016/mice-is-nice/interview|access-date=23 May 2021|year=2016|archive-date=4 October 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004025819/https://www.thebusinessyear.com/saudi-arabia-2016/mice-is-nice/interview}}
Career
After graduation Prince Saud joined the Saudi Army where he worked until 1976. Then he involved in business. He was the chairman, CEO and shareholder of Saudi Investment Group and Marketing Ltd and also, the chairman of the Riyadh Exhibitions Company. Prince Saud was the managing director of Arabian Establishment for Trade and Shipping Ltd based in Jeddah which was founded by his father in 1963.{{cite book|editor=Giselle C. Bricault|title=Major Companies of the Arab World 1993/94|year=1993
|pages=501–502|publisher=Springer|location=Dordrecht|isbn=978-1-85333-894-6|doi=10.1007/978-94-011-1458-5_13|chapter=Saudi Arabia|chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1458-5_13}} He was one of the founders of the Dar Al Maal Al Islami Trust which was initiated by his half-uncle Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud in 1981.{{cite book|author=Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud
|editor=Emmy Abdul Alim|title=Global Leaders in Islamic Finance: Industry Milestones and Reflections|year=2014|publisher=Wiley|page=56
|chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118638804.ch3|location=Singapore|isbn=978-1-118-46524-0|chapter=The Well of Influence
|doi=10.1002/9781118638804.ch3}}
Personal life and death
Prince Saud had two sons, Faisal and Khalid. The former married a daughter of Saud bin Nayef Al Saud in October 2010.{{cite news|title=الأمير نايف يشرف حفل زواج الأمير فيصل بن سعود بن عبدالله الفيصل من كريمة الأمير سعود بن نايف|newspaper=Al Riyadh|date=4 October 2010|url=http://www.alriyadh.com/2010/10/04/article564895.html|access-date=28 August 2021|language=ar}} Khalid bin Abdullah has been the deputy governor of the Tabuk province since 12 December 2023.{{cite news|title=King Salman issues royal decrees|access-date=13 December 2023|date=12 December 2023|url=https://www.argaam.com/en/article/articledetail/id/1691216|work=Argaam}}
Prince Saud died on 4 June 2020.{{cite news|title=Saudi Royal Court: Death of Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|url=https://menafn.com/1100272848/Saudi-Royal-Court-Death-of-Prince-Saud-bin-Abdullah-bin-Faisal-bin-Abdulaziz-Al-Saud#:~:text=Free%20Research-,Saudi%2D%20Royal%20Court%3A%20Death%20of%20Prince%20Saud%20bin%20Abdullah%20bin,Faisal%20bin%20Abdulaziz%20Al%20Saud&text=(MENAFN%20%2D%20Saudi%20Press%20Agency),%2F10%2F1441AH%20in%20Riyadh|access-date=23 May 2021|work=MENAFN|date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822112306/https://menafn.com/1100272848/Saudi-Royal-Court-Death-of-Prince-Saud-bin-Abdullah-bin-Faisal-bin-Abdulaziz-Al-Saud|archive-date=22 August 2020}} Funeral prayers were performed for him the next day in Riyadh.
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