Bandar bin Muhammad Al Saud

Bandar bin Mohammed Al Saud (Arabic: بندر بن محمد بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود‎; 1924 – 21 January 2020), was a Saudi businessman and a member of House of Saud. He was a son of Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman and a nephew of Ibn Saud.[1]

Bandar bin Muhammad Al Saud
Born1924
Died21 January 2020 (aged 95–96)
Riyadh
SpouseAl Bandari bint Abdulaziz Al Saud
IssuePrincess Fahda
Princess Al-Jawhara
Prince Saud
Princess Mudhi
Princess Nura
Prince Muhammad
Princess May
Prince Mitib
Prince Turki
Prince Fahd
Princess Nuf
Prince Salman
Princess Nur
Prince Sultan
Full name
Bandar bin Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherMuhammad bin Abdul Rahman
MotherMunira bint Abdullah Al Sheikh

Biography

Bandar bin Mohammed's mother, Munira bint Abdullah Al Sheikh,[2] was a sister of Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh, mother of King Faisal and member of Al Sheik family.[3] He was a businessman and the owner-designate of Bangladeshi Rupali Bank.[4] He was also the owner of Alraed Ltd Investment Holding Company WLL.[5]

Bandar bin Muhammad was one of the members of Al Saud Family Council which was established by then Crown Prince Abdullah in June 2000 to discuss private issues, including business activities of princes and marriages of princesses to nonroyals.[6]

Prince Bandar married his cousin Al Bandari bint Abdulaziz Al Saud with whom he had seven daughters and seven sons. One of their daughters, Noura, married Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Saud.[7]

The Royal Court announced his death on 21 January 2020 at the age of 95, and his funeral was held the same day at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyad.[8][9]

References
  1. Saudi Prince Bandar bin Mohammed Al Saud Passes Away
  2. Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Faisal Al Saud (PDF). Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman and Family Charitable Organization. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2012.
  3. Alexei Vassiliev (1 March 2013). King Faisal: Personality, Faith and Times. Saqi. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-86356-761-2.
  4. Saudi Princess Al Bandari passes away
  5. "Xtract raises stake in Turkish JV Extrem to 50%". proactive. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. Simon Henderson (August 2009). "After King Abdullah: Succession in Saudi Arabia". The Washington Institute. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  7. "زي النهاردة.. وفاة الأمير محمد عبد الله الفيصل 21 أغسطس 2011". Al Masry Al Youm. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  8. Saudi Prince Bandar bin Mohammed bin Abdulrahman passes away
  9. الديوان الملكي السعودي يعلن وفاة الأمير بندر آل سعود (in Arabic)
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