Wadha bint Muhammad Al Orair explained
Wadha bint Muhammad Al Orair (Arabic: وضحى بنت محمد آل عريعر; died 4 May 1969) was one of the 22 spouses of Abdulaziz, the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. She was from the Bani Khalid tribe[1] which ruled the Eastern Arabia for a long time[2] [3] and was the most powerful tribe in this region during the late 18th century.[4]
Wahda married Abdulaziz in Kuwait in 1896, and they had five children:[5] [6] Prince Turki, King Saud, Prince Khalid, Prince Abdullah and Princess Mounira.[7] [8] Of them, Prince Khalid and Prince Abdullah died young.[7]
Wadha's sister, Hussa, first married the Kuwaiti ruler Mubarak Al Sabah and then, following her divorce from Mubarak, she also married Abdulaziz.[9] In her lifetime Wadha witnessed the death of her five children.[7] She died in Riyadh on 4 May 1969, shortly after the death of King Saud in Athens.[7]
Notes and References
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- Web site: تحقيق سلسة نسب والدة الملك سعود (Lineage of King Saud's mother). King Saud Library. 16 June 2021. ar. 2018.
- Abdul Wahap Saleh Babeair. 1985. Ottoman Penetration of the Eastern Region of the Arabian Peninsula, 1814-1841. Indiana University. PhD. 24. .
- Mohammed Ameen. A study of Egyptian rule in eastern Arabia (1814–1841). McGill University. PhD. 1981. 4. .
- Web site: Appendix A Chronology of the Life of Ibn Saud. Springer. 197.
- Mustafa Al Sadawi. نفحات من زوجات الملك عبد العزيز.. أمهات ملوك المملكة. 2 July 2021. Sayidaty. 24 May 2018. ar.
- Web site: King Saud Library. Princess Wadha Al Ureier King Saud's Mother. 16 June 2021. 16 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210616101547/https://thekingsaudlibrary.org/en/history/history-king-saud/son/2657/.
- Book: Madawi Al Rasheed. A History of Saudi Arabia. 2010. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 75. 2nd. Madawi al-Rasheed. 978-0-5217-4754-7. 10.1017/CBO9780511993510.
- Web site: King Saud's Maternal ancestry. Information Source. 3 April 2013. 3 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170803162217/http://www.kingsaud.org/history/article/king-sauds-maternal-ancestry/207. live.