Turki bin Saud Al Kabeer ( ar, تركي بن سعود الكبير) was a

Saudi prince The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) 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), an ...

. He was a great-grandson of Prince Saud Al Kabeer, who was a cousin and brother-in-law 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 ...

(r. 1932–1953). Prince Saud was a prominent figure in the ''

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'' of internal advisers to King Abdulaziz. Al Kabeer's execution for murder was announced by Saudi state media on 18 October 2016. He was the first member of the

Saudi royal family The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) 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), an ...

to be executed since the execution of 19 year old

Mishaal bint Fahd bin Mohammed Al Saud Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud (1958 – 15 July 1977; ar, الأميرة مشاعل بنت فهد بن محمد بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود) was a member of the House of Saud who was Execution by shooting, executed by shooting for comm ...

in 1977.

Crime and punishment

Al Kabeer pleaded guilty to the murder of Adel bin Suleiman bin Abdulkareem Al Muhaimeed, whom he shot to death in 2012. The victim was "a friend" of the shooter who also injured other people in a brawl in the desert outside

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. After the victim's family refused offers of diya (

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), he was executed by

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. It was the 134th execution of 2016 in Saudi Arabia.

Execution

A few hours before the execution, Al Kabeer was met by his friends and family within four hours. Waiting for the execution, Al Kabeer spent his time praying and reading the Quran until the Fajr prayer. At about 7:00 am, the prison warden took him to the place where the prince was to write his

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. After he performed

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, at 11:00 am, he was taken to the mosque. During the final hour before execution, Al Kabeer’s father tried to convince the victim’s father to forgive him and to accept . However, the victim's father did not accept this offer nor did he forgive his son's killer. Thus, the execution proceeded immediately after at 4:13 pm. Al Kabeer's execution started significant discussion on Saudi social media, with commentators from around the country commending the Saudi authorities' decision to treat him like any other Saudi citizen.'Who was the Executes Saudi Prince Turki bin Saud Al Kabir?'
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Turki Chagatai (چغتای, ''Čaġatāy''), also known as ''Turki'', Eastern Turkic, or Chagatai Turkic (''Čaġatāy türkīsi''), is an extinct Turkic literary language that was once widely spoken across Central Asia and remained the shared literar ...

Crime and punishment

Execution

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