Mashour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; born 1942) is a member of the

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and a member of

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. He is a half-brother of

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and the father-in-law of Crown Prince

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Biography

Prince Mashour was born in 1942 to

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and Nouf bint Nawwaf bin Nuri Al Shaalan. They married in November 1935. Nouf was a member of the Ruwala tribe based in northwestern Saudi Arabia, Transjordan and Syria and was the granddaughter of Nuri Al Shalaan, the Emir of the tribe. Prince Mashour has two full brothers; Prince Thamir and Prince Mamdouh. Prince Mashour is a businessman. In August 2009, the

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had identified him as a potential successor to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. His wife is Noura bint Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabir, daughter of Mohammed bin Saud and granddaughter of Noura bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud and Saud Al Kabir. His daughter

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is married to Saudi Crown Prince

Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (; born 31 August 1985), also known as MBS or MbS, is the ''de facto'' ruler of the Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, formally serving as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Sa ...

Ancestry

References

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