Mutaib bin Abdullah Al Rashid (died January 1869) was the third ruler of the

Emirate of Jabal Shammar The Emirate of Jabal Shammar ( ar, إِمَارَة جَبَل شَمَّر), also known as the Emirate of Haʾil () or the Rashidi Emirate (), was a state in the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, including Najd, existing from the mid-nin ...

whose reign was very brief between 1868 and 1869.

Biography

Mutaib was one of the sons of

Abdullah bin Ali Al Rashid Abdullah bin Ali Al Rashid (1788–1848) was the founder of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar. He founded the Emirate in 1836 and ruled it until 1848. He was called Sheikh due to his noble lineage and military ability. Biography Abdullah was the elde ...

who established the Emirate of Jabal Shammar in 1836 and ruled it until 1848. He had two brothers, Talal and

Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

. Mutaib succeeded his older brother, Talal, in 1868. In January 1869 he was shot and killed in the Barzan Palace by his nephews, Bandar bin Talal and Badr bin Talal. One of the reasons for the murder of Mutaib is cited by R. Bayly Winder as the maltreatment of Bandar and his siblings by their uncle and emir Mutaib. Following the killing of Mutaib Bandar became the emir of Jabal Shammar and the family members left Ha'il for

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...

where they were given refuge by the Al Saud. One of Mutaib's sons,

Abdulaziz Abdulaziz ( ota, عبد العزيز, ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; tr, Abdülaziz; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the 32nd List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was 187 ...

, was adopted by his uncle, Muhammad, and ruled the Emirate between 1897 and 1906.

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