Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud

November 21, 2025 - Bandar thus spent his early years ... invited Khiziran to bring Bandar with her and live in the palace with Prince Sultan's widowed mother, Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi....

March 20, 2025 - Born on March 2, 1949, in Taif, Saudi Arabia, he was the third of 33 children of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who later became Minister of Defense in 1962 and Crown Prince in 2005. His mother, Princess Khizran, was of Ethiopian descent ...

October 7, 2019 - Mother of Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz has passed away, on Monday, according to Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

December 19, 2008 - Prince Bandar is the child of Prince Sultan and one of his servants, but under Sharia, the Islamic law that governs Saudi Arabia, all sons are considered born equal and are to be afforded similar status. Though Bandar spent his early years living apart from his father, when he was eleven he and his mother […]

Its seaports, however, had allowed centuries of interaction with both Yemen and the Horn of Africa. Though his father, Prince Sultan, was one of the Sudairi Seven, the seven sons of Ibn Saud and Princess Hussa bint Ahmed al-Sudairi, one of King Abdul Aziz's favored wives, the boy's birth was ...

October 31, 2024 - Hussa bint Ahmed raised Bandar bin Sultan, the future Saudi ambassador to the United States of America, who was her grandson and a son of Sultan bin Abdulaziz. When Prince Bandar was eleven, he and his mother went to live with her in the palace after the death of King Abdulaziz.

Speculation surrounding Prince Bandar’s two year disappearance from public life became the subject of debate in the corridors of power creating unprecedented media frenzy. In 2011, Bandar was sent to Pakistan, India, Malaysia and China to garner support for Saudi Arabia’s military intervention in Bahrain. On 19 July 2012, Bandar bin Sultan was appointed director general of Saudi Intelligence Agency replacing Muqrin bin Abdulaziz.

Bandar's mother, Khiziran, was from Ethiopia, and the concubine of his father, Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz. This made him a grandson of Ibn Saud.

February 17, 2025 - Her father, Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, served as the Kingdom's Ambassador to the United States between 1983 and 2005. She is the granddaughter of King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud from her mother's side, Princess Haifa al-Faisal.

August 16, 2021 - Today, Bandar’s American-bred daughter, Her Royal Highness Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan, is the kingdom’s ambassador to the U.S.

Mother of Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz has passed away, on Monday, according to Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

November 28, 2025 - His mother was Bazza who died in 1940. He was the tenth son of King Abdulaziz, and his full brother was Prince Fawwaz. Prince Bandar stepped aside from the line of succession, despite his opposition to the selection of one of his half-brothers, ...

August 11, 2021 - Head of a multi-sports federation. Princess. Mother. Leading Global Thinker, according to Foreign Policy magazine. Saudi Arabia’s Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud has indeed worn many hats in her life.

Jeddah, July 27, 2024, SPA – The Royal Court said in a statement today that the mother of Prince Bandar bin Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud had passed away. The funeral prayer will be performed tomorrow, Sunday, 28/07/2024, ...

This has given rise to intense ... crown prince should Sultan die before Abdullah. Two groups have emerged to stake a claim: the Ibn Faisals and the Ibn Sultans. Their rivalry may appear surprising but there are reasons for their dislike of each other despite family ties binding them. Saud al-Faisal, son of the late king Faisal, has been the kingdom’s foreign minister since 1975. His sister Haifa is married to Bandar bin Sultan, ...

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1 week ago - Her mother is Munira bint Abdullah and her ancestors include Al-Ajman tribe leaders, Rakan and Dhaydan bin Hithlain. Fahda married King Salman in 1984. She is thirty years younger than him. She has six children with King Salman: Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed, Prince Turki, Defense ...

October 31, 2019 - Her father, Prince Bandar, is the grandson of the late King Abdulaziz, and her mother, Princess Haifa bint Faisal, is the daughter of the late King Faisal, Abdulaziz’s third son.

... Sultan was born in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. He was one of the many sons of Ibn Saud, who was the first King of Saudi Arabia. His mother was Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi.

Much of her work there centered on female inclusion in retail: she commissioned a study on obstacles for women in the workplace and opened the first workplace nursery in a retail store. In 2016, Princess Reema began a career in public service as vice president of women’s affairs at the Saudi ...