Nouf bint Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, نوف بنت عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Nūf bint ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd''; died August 2015) was a Saudi royal. She was known for her patronage of several exhibitions in Saudi Arabia.

Biography

Nouf bint Abdulaziz was one of three children of

King Abdulaziz Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted ...

and

Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim Fahda bint Asi Al Shammari ( ar, فهدة بنت العاصي الشريم) (died 1934) was an Arab woman of the Shammar tribe who married first to her cousin, the Al Rashidi emir Saud bin Abdulaziz, and later to King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabi ...

. Her mother, Fahda, belonged to the Abde section of the

Shammar The tribe of Shammar ( ar, شَمَّر, Šammar) is a tribal Arab Qahtan confederation, descended from the Yemeni tribe of Tayy as they originated in Yemen before migrating into present day Saudi Arabia, It is the biggest branch of Tayy tribe. I ...

tribe. She was the daughter of Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari, who was the sheikh of the southern part of the tribe. After her husband,

Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid ( ar, سعود بن عبدالعزيز الرشيد, Suʿūd ibn ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Rašid; 1898 – 1920) was the tenth Emir of Jabal Shammar between 1908 and 1920. Biography It is likely that he was born in 1898 ...

, the last emir of the

Rashidi dynasty The Rasheed dynasty, also called Al Rasheed or the House of Rasheed ( ar, آل رشيد ; ), was a historic Arabian House or dynasty that existed in the Arabian Peninsula between 1836 and 1921. Its members were rulers of the Emirate of Ha'il ...

, was killed by his cousin in 1920, Fahda married Abdulaziz. Nouf had two full-siblings: King Abdullah and Princess Seeta. Nouf bint Abdulaziz married Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud, a descendants of Saud bin Faisal, an uncle of King Abdulaziz. One of her children was

Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud Faisal bin Abdullah Al Saud ( ar, فيصل بن عبدالله آل سعود, Fayṣal bin ʿAbdullāh Āl Saʿūd; born 23 July 1978) is a member of House of Saud and was head of the Saudi Arabian Red Crescent Society. He has been in detention ...

, Saudi education minister from 2009 to 2013. Nouf bint Abdulaziz funded several exhibitions one of which was the Khalid Exhibition at the

King Abdulaziz Historical Center The King Abdulaziz Historical Center (KAHC) () is a translocational compound that includes prominent cultural and heritage landmarks in the al-Murabba and al-Futah neighborhoods of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, encompassing the al-Murabba Palace, the N ...

in Riyadh in May 2010. The exhibition covered the publications, photographs, books, films and some private belongings of

King Khalid Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, خالد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Khalid ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'' ; 13 February 1913 13 June 1982) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and politician who served as King and Prime Minister of ...

. She died in August 2015.

References

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