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Lolowah Bint Faisal Al Saud
Lolowah bint Faisal Al Saud (also spelled Loulwa; ; born 1948) is a daughter of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia and Iffat Al Thunayan. She is considered one of the most publicly visible female members of the Saudi royal family. She is a prominent activist for women's education and other social issues in Saudi Arabia. Biography Lolowah bint Faisal was one of nine children of King Faisal and Iffat Al Thunayan. Her mother, Iffat, was born to a Turkish family. She was brought up in a palace in Ta’if. Like Faisal's other children, she was educated abroad, and attended high school in Lausanne, Switzerland. She married one of her cousins, Saud bin Abdul Muhsin, with whom she had three children, but divorced after ten years. Princess Lolowah's cousin, Faisal bin Musaid, assassinated her father in March 1975, when Lolowah was 27. Women's issues Princess Lolowah has dedicated her life to improving the welfare of women in Saudi Arabia, especially in the field of education. She has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Al Saud
The House of Saud ( ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi State, (1727–1818), and his brothers, though the ruling faction of the family is primarily led by the descendants of Ibn Saud, the modern founder of Saudi Arabia. It forms a subtribe of the larger prominent ancient Banu Hanifa tribe of Arabia, from which well known 7th century Arabian theologist Musaylima, Maslama ibn Ḥabīb originates. The most influential position of the royal family is the King of Saudi Arabia, an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch. The family in total is estimated to comprise 15,000 members; however, the majority of power, influence and wealth is possessed by a group of about 2,000 of them. Some estimates of the royal family's wealth measure their net worth at $1.4 trillion. This figure includes the market capitalization of Saudi Aramco, the state oil and gas company, and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Faisal Bin Musaid
Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (, ''Fayṣal bin Musāʿid ʾĀl Suʿūd''; 4 April 194418 June 1975) was the assassin and nephew of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia and a grandson of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz. Early life Faisal bin Musa'id was born in 1944. His father was Prince Musa'id bin Abdulaziz, son of the founder of Saudi Arabia and half-brother to all the six Saudi kings, including King Faisal, who have succeeded the founder. Faisal bin Musa'id's mother was Watfa, a daughter of Muhammad bin Talāl, the 12th and last Rashidi emir. Musa'id and Watfa were divorced when Faisal was still young. Therefore, he and his siblings were much closer to their maternal Rashidi relatives than to their paternal Al Saud relatives. In 1965, Faisal's older brother Khaled was shot and killed by a Saudi police officer while he led an assault on a new television station in Riyadh that had been recently founded by King Faisal. Some people opposed the establishment of a national telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Abdul Rahman Bin Faisal Al Saud (1850–1928)
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud ( ''ʿAbd ar Raḥman bin Fayṣal Āl Saʿūd''; 1850 – June 1928) was the last emir of Nejd, reigning from 1875 to 1876 and from 1889 to 1891. He was the youngest son of Emir Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah and the father of Ibn Saud, Abdulaziz, the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Early life Abdul Rahman was born in 1850. He was the fourth and youngest son of Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah. He had three elder brothers: Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1831–1889), Abdullah, Saud bin Faisal Al Saud (1833–1875), Saud and Mohammed. Saud was his full brother, and their mother was from the Ajman tribe. One of his sisters was Al Jawhara (died around 1930), who accompanied Abdul Rahman and his family in exile to Kuwait. Royal civil war After their father died in 1865, a struggle for power arose between Abdul Rahman's brothers Saud and Abdullah. Abdul Rahman and his brother Muhammad tended to align themselves with Saud. In 1871, after Saud had ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tarfa Bint Abdullah Al Sheikh
Tarfa bint Abdullah Al 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. Background and early life Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh was born in 1884. Her mother was Haya bint Abdul Rahman Al Muqbel. 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. However, until Emir Abdulaziz captured Riyadh, Abdullah was a supporter of Emir Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Rashid. Tarfa was one of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's eighth generation direct descendants. Personal life and death Tarfa bint Abdullah married Emir Abdulaziz in 1902 immediately after he captured Riyadh. She was his third wife. Tarfa's sister Munira married Abdulaziz's half-brother Muhammad b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ibn Saud
Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted as 1876, although a few sources give it as 1880. According to British author Robert Lacey's book ''The Kingdom'', a leading Saudi historian found records that show Ibn Saud in 1891 greeting an important tribal delegation. The historian reasoned that a 10 or 11-year-old child (as given by the 1880 birth date) would have been too young to be allowed to greet such a delegation, while an adolescent of 15 or 16 (as given by the 1876 date) would likely have been allowed. When Lacey interviewed one of Ibn Saud's sons prior to writing the book, the son recalled that his father often laughed at records showing his birth date to be 1880. Ibn Saud's response to such records was reportedly that "I swallowed four years of my life." p. 561" – 9 November 1953), known in the Western world as Ibn Saud (; ''Ibn Suʿūd''),''Ibn Saud'', meaning "son of Saud" (see Arabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Iffat Bint Mohammad Al Thunayan
Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan ( ''ʿIffat bint Moḥammad Āl Ṯunayān'', or ; 1916 – 17 February 2000) was a Turkish-born education activist and Saudi princess who was the most prominent wife of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. She is sometimes called ''Queen Iffat'' ( ''Al-Malika ʿIffat'') or ''Princess Iffat'' ( ''Al-Emira ʿIffat''). She is known for her efforts in the improvement of Saudi education. She was the founder of Taif model school and the first girl's college in Saudi Arabia. Early life and education Iffat was part of the Al Thunayan cadet branch of the Al Saud. She was born in Istanbul in 1916. Iffat's paternal grandfather was Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud. He was born in 1843 on the day his father Abdullah bin Thunayan, Emir of Nejd, died. Due to this coincidence he was named after his father. He left Nejd for Istanbul where he married a Circassian-origin Turkish woman, Tazeruh Hanım. They had four children: Mohammad, Ahmed, Suleiman, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
University Of Salford
The University of Salford is a Public university, public research university in Salford, Greater Manchester, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, west of Manchester city centre. The Royal Technical Institute, Salford, which opened in 1896, became a College of Advanced Technology (United Kingdom), College of Advanced Technology in 1956 and gained university status in 1967, following the Robbins Report into higher education. It has students () and is in of parkland on the banks of the River Irwell. History Origins of the Royal Technical Institute The university's origins can be traced to the opening in 1896 of the Royal Technical Institute, Salford, a merger of Salford Working Men's College (founded in 1858) and Pendleton Mechanics' Institute (founded in 1850). The Royal Technical Institute received royal letters after the then-Duke of York, Duke and Duchess of York (later George V of the United Kingdom, King George V and Mary of Teck, Queen Mary) officiated at its opening ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tokai University
is a private non-sectarian higher education institution located in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded by Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae. It was accredited under Japan's old educational system in 1946 and under the new system in 1950. In 2008, Tokai University, Kyushu Tokai University, and Hokkaido Tokai University were consolidated and reorganized into Tokai University. Its Chinese character name is the same as Tunghai University in Taiwan. History The Bosei Seminar was founded at Musashino to realize Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae's concept of education to the public. Dr. Matsumae founded the establishing entity of the university, or the Tokai University Educational System, in 1942. The university went through phases under Japan's old educational systems, and reorganized schools accordingly roughly upon three stages for four times. Training institutions for engineers and industrial schools Foundation for Telecommunications Engineering School (14 October 1937 – 21 September 1944) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its north, and New York (state), New York to its west. Massachusetts is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, sixth-smallest state by land area. With a 2024 U.S. Census Bureau-estimated population of 7,136,171, its highest estimated count ever, Massachusetts is the most populous state in New England, the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 16th-most-populous in the United States, and the List of states and territories of the United States by population density, third-most densely populated U.S. state, after New Jersey and Rhode Island. Massachusetts was a site of early British colonization of the Americas, English colonization. The Plymouth Colony was founded in 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
King Faisal Foundation
The King Faisal Foundation (; ''KFF''), is an international philanthropic organization established in 1976 with the intent of preserving and perpetuating King Faisal bin Abdulaziz's legacy. The foundation was set up by the sons of King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. It is one of the largest charities in the world. Programs and centers King Faisal International Prize The foundation presents an annual prize, King Faisal International Prize, to "dedicated men and women whose contributions make a positive difference" in several fields. Each of the five annual prizes consist of a certificate hand-written in Diwani calligraphy summarizing the laureate's work; a 24 carat 200 gram gold medal—uniquely cast for each winner; and a cash prize of SR 750,000 (US$200,000). The prizes are awarded at a ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, by the king of Saudi Arabia. The first King Faisal International Prize was awarded to the Pakistani scholar Abul A'la Maududi in the year 1979 for his servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
School Of Oriental And African Studies
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area of central London. SOAS is one of the world's leading institutions for the study of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Its library is one of the five national research libraries in England. SOAS also houses the SOAS Gallery, which hosts a programme of changing contemporary and historical exhibitions from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East with the aim of presenting and promoting cultures from these regions. The annual income of the institution for 2023–24 was £113.8 million of which £9.6 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £76.6 million. SOAS is divided into three colleges: the College of Development, Economics and Finance; the College of Humanities; and the College of Law, Anthropology and Politics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Davos
Davos (, ; or ; ; Old ) is an Alpine resort town and municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of (). Davos is located on the river Landwasser, in the Rhaetian Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Ranges. The municipality covers nearly the entire valley of the Landwasser, and the centre of population, economic activity and administration is two adjacent villages, ''Davos Dorf'' (engl.: Davos Village) and ''Davos Platz'' (Davos Place), which are above sea level. Gaining prominence in the 19th century as a mountain health resort, Davos is perhaps best known today for hosting the World Economic Forum, an annual meeting of global political and corporate leaders. With its long history of winter sports, Davos also has one of Switzerland's largest ski resorts and hosts the international Spengler Cup, an ice hockey tournament, every December. Name ''Tavau'', the Romansh name, derives from the La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
