| Bandar bin Faisal Al Saud | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1943 Taif |
| Died | November October Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., 2015 (aged Error: Need valid year, month, day) |
| Spouse(s) | Basma bint Majid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
Bandar bin Faisal Al Saud (1943–December 2015) was a Saudi royal air force officer and a member of the Saudi royal family whose parents were King Faisal and Iffat Al Thunayan.
Early life and education[]
Bandar bin Faisal was born in Taif in 1943.[1][2] He was one of nine children of King Faisal and Iffat Al Thunayan.[3] His full siblings were Sara bint Faisal, Mohammed bin Faisal, Latifa bint Faisal, Saud bin Faisal, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal, Turki bin Faisal, Luluwah bint Faisal and Haifa bint Faisal.[3][4] Prince Bandar was brought up in Taif.[5]
Prince Bandar was a graduate of the Hun School.[2] He received a bachelor's degree from Whittier College in California.[6] Then he graduated from Royal Air Force College Cranwell and RAF Staff College.[1][6] He also received a graduate degree from the University of Washington.[2]
Career and acivities[]
King Faisal, father of Bandar
Following graduation he joined Saudi royal air force. He was a lieutenant colonel and worked at the intelligence unit of the force.[1] Later he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.[7][8] In 2007 he retired from the air force after serving forty years.[5][7] Then he worked as a senior military advisor at the Ministry of Defense and Aviation.[7] While serving in the air force Prince Bandar also involved in business. In the mid-1980s he founded the Saudi Group, a joint venture, with his wife, Basma bint Majid and Prince Saud, son of Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud.[9]
He was one of the early members of the Saudi National Commission for Wildlife.[5] In 2007 Prince Bandar initiated a project to protect the indigenous wildlife in Saudi Arabia.[5]
Personal life and death[]
He married Basma bint Majid, a daughter of Majid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.[10] He had two children, Prince Sultan[5] and Princess Hanah.[11]
Bandar bin Faisal died in November 2015.[12] He was buried in Riyadh following the afternoon prayer at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque.[7][12]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Succession in Saudi Arabia". Springer. p. 182. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-0-312-29962-0%2F1.pdf. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Joseph A. Kechichian (2014). 'Iffat Al Thunayan: an Arabian Queen. Sussex Academic Press. p. 80. https://archive.org/details/iffatalthunayana0000kech/page/80/mode/2up?q=Bandar.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rania Suleiman Salama. "الأميرة عفت الثنيان" (in Arabic). Arabiyat Magazine. https://www.arabiyat.com/book/dhs/2467.html. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ↑ Bahgat Korany; Ali E. Hillal Dessouki (1 January 2010). The Foreign Policies of Arab States: The Challenge of Globalization. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 369. ISBN 978-977-416-360-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=64PWMY5QksMC&pg=PA369.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Nicolas Shammas (19 June 2007). "Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar Loves Wildlife so Much He's Funding his Own Natural Reserve". OfficialBespoke. https://officialbespoke.com/saudi-arabias-prince-bandar-loves-wildlife-so-much-hes-funding-his-own-natural-reserve/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ayman Al Yassini (August 1982). The Relationship between Religion and State in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PhD thesis). McGill University. https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item?id=TC-QMM-68698&op=pdf&app=Library&oclc_number=896879684.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "The death of Prince Bandar bin Faisal Al Saud" (in Arabic). Albawaba News. 22 November 2015. https://www.albawaba.com/ar/أخبار/وفاة-الأمير-بندر-بن-فيصل-آل-سعود-771896.
- ↑ "The King offers condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" (in Arabic). Ammon News. 22 November 2015. https://www.ammonnews.net/article/250031.
- ↑ William G. Stripp,J.D.; Philip R. Harris; Robert T. Moran (21 August 2012). Developing the Global Organization. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-136-01609-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=h3oMmcG6td0C&pg=PA97.
- ↑ Danna Lorch (17 December 2017). "The Ten-Minute Read: HRH Princess Basma's Birthday Art of Heritage Initiative". Vogue Arabia. https://en.vogue.me/culture/hrh-princess-basma-art-of-heritage/. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ↑ Joseph A. Kechichian (2014). 'Iffat Al Thunayan: an Arabian Queen. Sussex Academic Press. p. 81. https://archive.org/details/iffatalthunayana0000kech/page/80/mode/2up?q=Bandar.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "The Saudi Royal Court mourns Prince Bandar bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud" (in Arabic). Ahram Online. 22 December 2015. https://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/813325.aspx.
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