Mishari_bin_Abdulaziz

Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Saudi royal and businessman (1932–2000)

Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: مشاري بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; 1932 – 23 May 2000) was a Saudi Arabian businessman. He was a member of the House of Saud.

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Saud.
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Early life and activities

Prince Mishari was born in 1932.[1] He was a son of King Abdulaziz and Bushra[2][3] who was one of the concubines of King Abdulaziz.[4]

Prince Mishari was a businessman and a poet.[5][6] He owned a company, Al Saada Trading and Contracting, in Jeddah.[7]

Personal life

One of his spouses was a Syrian-origin woman from Aleppo who was the mother of Princess Maha.[8]

His son, Prince Mohammed bin Mishari, is a member of the Allegiance Council.[9] His daughter, Maha bint Mishari, is an academic at Alfaisal University’s College of Medicine and a physician at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.[10]

Prince Mishari died in the United States at age 68 on 23 May 2000.[5][6] He was buried at Al Adl cemetery in Mecca.[11]

The murder of British diplomat

Cyril Ousman was a British citizen who had been in Arabia since 1929 and worked as an engineer.[5] Later he became the British vice-consul in Jeddah.[5] He held a party on 16 November 1951[12] where Prince Mishari, aged nineteen, was among the guests.[5] Ousman refused to pour Mishari another drink, since he had already reached his maximum limit. Mishari left, and came back shortly carrying a gun and fired into the Ousman's home. His wife, Dorothy Ousman, was shielded by her husband, and Ousman was shot dead by Prince Mishari.[13]

Ousman was buried the next day in Jeddah's non-Muslim cemetery.[13] In 1952, King Abdulaziz imposed a total ban on alcohol in his kingdom.[13] Ousman's wife left Jeddah quietly, accepting King Abdulaziz's compensation.[5][13] Mishari was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was spared the death penalty due to his royal status.[13] Mishari was released during the reign of King Saud.[13]

Raymond A. Hare, then US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said in a letter to US Foreign Service dated 25 November 1951 that the murder was very similar to a scene in an American movie that Prince Mishari, Cyril Ousman and his wife had watched together only a few days before the incident.[14]

Ancestry

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References

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    "Succession in Saudi Arabia. Chronology" (PDF). Springer. p. 178. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    Gary Samuel Samore (1984). Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982) (PhD thesis). Harvard University. p. 50. ProQuest 303295482.
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    Leslie McLoughlin (1993). Ibn Saud: Founder of A Kingdom. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-349-22578-1.
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    Elie Elhadj (2018). Oil and God: Sustainable Energy Will Defeat Wahhabi Terror. Irvine; Boca Raton: Universal-Publishers. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-58112-607-5.
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    Vivek Katju (28 October 2018). "Jamal Khashoggi: What Is the Lesson to Be Drawn From the Saudi Past?". The Wire. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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    "Prince Mishari". The Sacramento Bee. 25 May 2000. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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    Giselle C. Bricault, ed. (1993). "Saudi Arabia". Major Companies of the Arab World 1993/94. Dordrecht: Springer. p. 486. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1458-5_13. ISBN 978-1-85333-894-6.
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    Abdullah Al Qatan (19 January 2020). "H.E. Princess Maha bint Mishari Al Saud". Leaders KSA Magazine. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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    Simon Henderson (August 2009). "After King Abdullah" (PDF). Washington Institute. Archived from the original (Policy Focus) on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
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    Nausheen Noor (23 September 2019). "Princess Maha bint Mishari Abdulaziz Al Saud's Palace is Every Décor Enthusiast's Dream Come True". Vogue Arabia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  11. [11]
    "في تأبين الأمير .. الشاعر .. الاديب.. والرياضي عبدالله الفيصل". Elaph (in Arabic). 10 May 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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    "Murder of British Vice-Consul, Mr Cyril Ousman, Jedda, 16 November 1951". The National Archives. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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    Mark A. Caudill (2006). Twilight in the Kingdom: Understanding the Saudis. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-275-99252-1.
  14. [14]
    "Propaganda" (PDF). NS Archive. 25 November 1951. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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