Mashour bin Saud Al Saud (; 1954 – 21 November 2004) was a member of

House of Saud The House of Saud ( ) 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), and his brothers, though the ruling ...

, one of the children of

King Saud Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; 15 January 1902 – 23 February 1969) was King of Saudi Arabia from 9 November 1953 until his abdication on 2 November 1964. During his reign, he served as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1954 a ...

who ruled Saudi Arabia between 1953 and 1964, and one of the grandsons of

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's founder

King Abdulaziz Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted as 1876, although a few sources give it as 1880. According to British author Robert Lacey's book ''The Kingdom'', ...

Early life

Prince Mashour was born in Riyadh in 1954. He was a son of King Saud and Terkiyah Mohammed Al Abdulaziz. He began his education at King Abdulaziz school in Riyadh. He left the Kingdom with his cousin, Prince

Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud ( ''Khālid bin Fayṣal Āl Suʿūd''; born 24 February 1940), commonly known as Khalid Al-Faisal, is a Saudi Arabian politician, artist, and poet who is the governor of Makkah Province, in office from 2007 to 2013 an ...

, for the

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and studied at the Institute of George Washington. He received a bachelor's degree in political science at the University of California.

Visit to the United States, 1957

In 1957, King Saud made an official visit to

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carrying his three-year-old son, Prince Mashour, who was suffering an illness. U.S President

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tasked his personal physician to look after him at Walter Reed Hospital.

Activities

In 1985, Prince Mashour was charged with conspiring to smuggle cocaine into Britain and spent two weeks in jail before he was granted 150,000 pound sterling bail at the high court in London. Bail was refused after the prosecution told the court that Mashour had no diplomatic immunity and was ordered to report twice a week to police until his trial. In April 1986, Prince Mashour was found guilty after admitting possession of cocaine and told the court he spent about 500,000 dollars a year on cocaine and on a high standard of living.

Personal life and death

Prince Mashour was married to Princess Fatima Kurdi and they had three children: a son, Prince Bandar, and two daughters Princesses Bayan and Al Bandari. Prince Mashour died on 21 November 2004.

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