Sara bint Ahmed Al Sudairi ( ar, سارة بنت أحمد السديري ''Sara bint Aḥmed Al Sudairī''; died 1910) was a Saudi royal. She was a member of the Al Sudairi family and the wife of Abdul Rahman bin Faisal who was the last ruler of the

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. Sara was the mother 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 ...

or Ibn Saud who was the founder of Saudi Arabia.

Biography

Sara bint Ahmed was a member of the Al Sudairi family who are part of the

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tribe settled in Al Ghat that is an oasis town located in central Arabia nearly 250 kilometers northwest of

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. Her mother was Hessa bint Muhanna bin Saleh Al Nuwairan. The father of Sara was Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Turki bin Suleiman Al Sudairi who was nicknamed Ahmed Al Kabeer (The Great). He was assigned by Faisal bin Turki, the ruler of the Second Saudi State, to different regions as an administrator, including Al Ahsa where Sara was born. He also served in Al Ghat and

Buraimi Al Buraimi Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة ٱلْبُرَيْمِي, Muḥāfaẓat Al-Buraimī) is one of the 11 governorates of Oman which was split from the Ad Dhahirah Region. Until October 2006, the area was part of Ad Dhahirah Regi ...

, and died in 1860. Sara's uncle, Abdullah bin Muhammad, also served as the governor of Al Ahsa under Faisal bin Turki. Sara had six brothers, Muhammad, Turki, Abdul Mohsen, Abdulaziz, Saad, and Abdul Rahman, and two sisters, Falwa and Noura. Of them Muhammad was made the governor of Al Ahsa following the death of his father who had been in the post until his death. Another, Turki, was the governor of Saudi Oman. Sara's sister Falwa married Muhammad bin Faisal bin Turki, and Noura was the spouse of Jiluwi bin Turki bin Abdullah. Noura and Jiluwi were the paternal grandparents of Al Jawhara bint Musaed who was the mother 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 ...

, Prince Muhammad and Princess Al Anoud. Sara's first husband, Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdul Jabbar, died, and they did not have any child. Then she married Abdul Rahman bin Faisal. Her children from this second marriage were Faisal, Noura, Abdulaziz, Bazza, Haya and Saad. She accompanied her husband and children when they were forced to leave Riyadh in 1891. Sara was a tall woman like her son, Abdulaziz. She died in Riyadh in the late 1910. However, there is another report giving her death year as 1908. She was buried in

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in Riyadh.

Ancestry

References

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Sara Sara may refer to: Arts, media and entertainment Film and television * ''Sara'' (1992 film), 1992 Iranian film by Dariush Merhjui * ''Sara'' (1997 film), 1997 Polish film starring Bogusław Linda * ''Sara'' (2010 film), 2010 Sri Lankan Sinhal ...

1910 deaths