Mansour bin Abdulaziz

Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: منصور بن عبد العزيز آل سعود‎) (1921 – 2 May 1951) was the first defense minister of Saudi Arabia and a member of Saudi royal family, House of Saud.

Mansour bin Abdulaziz
Born1921
Died2 May 1951 (aged 29–30)
Riyadh
Cause of deathAlcohol poisoning
Burial placeAl Adl cemetery, Mecca
Spouse(s)Zahwa bint Abdulaziz bin Suleiman
Parents
Issue
  • Prince Talal
  • Princess Muhdi
Full name
Mansour bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
Saudi Arabian Minister of Defense
In office
10 November 1943 – 2 May 1951
Appointed byIbn Saud
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Early life

Prince Mansour was born in 1921.[1][2] He is widely believed to be the ninth son of Ibn Saud,[3] but William A. Eddy argues that Prince Mansour is the sixth son of Ibn Saud.[4]

His mother was an Armenian woman, Shahida (died 1938),[5] who was reportedly the favorite wife of Ibn Saud.[6] Prince Mansour had two full brothers, Prince Mishaal and Prince Mutaib and a full sister, Princess Qumash, who died on 26 September 2011.[7]

Career

Prince Mansour was the emir of Murabba Palace in 1943.[8] He officially visited Cairo.[8] Ibn Saud sent him there to support the Indian Muslim officers and men just before the Battle of El Alamein.[9]

Then he was appointed minister of defense by Ibn Saud on 10 November 1943 when office was established.[10] Therefore, he is the first defense minister of Saudi Arabia.[11] Prince Muhammad and Prince Mansour accompanied Ibn Saud in the latter's meeting with the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 14 February 1945.[4][12] He also participated in Ibn Saud's meeting with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Egypt in February 1945.[13] Prince Mansour's term as defense minister lasted until his death in 1951, and he was replaced by his full brother Prince Mishaal who had been his deputy at the ministry.[10]

Personal life

Prince Mansour was married and had two children, Talal and Muhdi.[14] Prince Talal (born 1951) was raised by his uncle Prince Mutaib following the death of his father.[1] Prince Mutaib's daughter, Princess Nouf, married Prince Talal[1] who was made a member of Allegiance Council in December 2007.[15]

Death

Prince Mansour died of alcohol poisoning after a party hosted by his older half-brother, then governor of Riyadh Nasser bin Abdulaziz[16] on 2 May 1951.[1] He was buried in Al Adl cemetery, Mecca.[17] Upon hearing of this event, Ibn Saud threw Prince Nasser in jail. Nasser bin Abdulaziz subsequently lost his post and never returned to public life.[16]

Ancestry

References
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  2. J. Kechichian (2 August 2001). Succession In Saudi Arabia. Springer. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-312-29962-0.
  3. Nabil Mouline (April–June 2012). "Power and generational transition in Saudi Arabia" (PDF). Critique Internationale. 46: 1–22. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  4. William A. Eddy (2005). FDR meets Ibn Saud (PDF). Vista: Selwa Press.
  5. "Biography of Shahida". Datarabia. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  6. Joseph A. Kechichian (2001). Succession in Saudi Arabia. New York City: Palgrave.
  7. "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques performs funeral prayer on the soul of Princess Gumash bint Abdulaziz". Riyadh Municipality. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  8. "The King of Arabia". Life. 31 May 1943. p. 72. ISSN 0024-3019. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  9. George Kheirallah (1952). Arabia Reborn. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. p. 254. Retrieved 14 March 2015. – via Questia (subscription required)
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  11. "قصة-السعودية-مع-الوزراء-الثلاثينيين". Al Arabiya. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  12. Thomas W. Lippman (April–May 2005). "The Day FDR Met Saudi Arabia's Ibn Saud" (PDF). The Link. 38 (2): 1–12. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  13. "Riyadh. The capital of monotheism" (PDF). Business and Finance Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  14. "Family Tree of Mansur bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud". Datarabia. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  15. Simon Handerson (2009). "After King Abdullah" (Policy paper). The Washington Institute. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  16. "The new successıon law preserves the monarchy". Wikileaks. 22 November 2006. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  17. "Al-Adl: One of Makkah's oldest cemeteries". Saudi Gazette. 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
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