Abdullah bin Abdullah Al Saud (; born July 1843), later known as Abdullah Pasha, was a member of the Al Thunayan family, a branch of the

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. He was a son of Abdullah bin Thunayan,

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. Abdullah was born in July 1843, on the day his father died. As an adult, he made attempts to rebuild the

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that his ancestors had ruled over. He eventually ended up in the Ottoman capital of

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, where he ostensibly spent the rest of his life. He later served on the

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. He also served the Ottoman government as an arbitrator for its relations with Arab tribes living within the empire. Abdullah was the paternal grandfather of

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, the consort of King

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Life

Abdullah bin Abdullah Al Saud was the son of Abdullah bin Thunayan,

from 1841 to 1843. Abdullah bin Thunayan became emir after overthrowing his cousin

Khalid bin Saud Khalid bin Saud Al Saud (; 1925 – 7 July 2020) was a member of the House of Saud, one of the grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz. He was one of the sons of King Saud and held various administrative positions during the reign ...

in 1841. In 1843 Abdullah was overthrown by another cousin, Faisal bin Turki, who imprisoned him in Al Masmak fort. Emir Abdullah died in July of that year. One of his sons was born the same day he died, and due to this he was named Abdullah after his father. In 1879 Abdullah bin Abdullah headed to

, hoping to gain control over territory in the Al-Hasa region which the

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had seized from his Al Saud relatives. While he was going towards Constantinople he sought the support of British authorities in

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and

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, among other places, but nothing came of this. In August 1880, he reached Constantinople, where he became known as ''Abdullah

Pasha Pasha (; ; ) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitary, dignitaries, and others. ''Pasha'' was also one of the highest titles in the 20th-century Kingdom of ...

''. Abdullah Pasha was a member of the

in the 1880s and 1890s under Sultan Abdul Hamid II. He acted as a mediator between the Ottoman government and the Arab tribes living in the Ottoman territories. He was instrumental in educating students from the Arab provinces of Hejaz, Yemen, and

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at the Harbiye military academy and at the

Mekteb-i Aşiret-i Humayun Mekteb-i Aşiret-i Hümayun ();, Imperial Tribal School) or Aşiret Mektebi () was an Istanbul school founded in 1892 by Abdulhamid II to promote the integration of tribes into the Ottoman Empire through education. Abdulhamid's main assistant in ...

in Constantinople.

Personal life

While Abdullah was in Constantinople, he married a

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Circassian woman named Tazeruh and had four children: Mohammad, the twins

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and Al Jawhara, and Sulaiman. Abdullah also had two sons from a second marriage named Abdul Rahman and Abdul Qadir. Abdullah's son Mohammad became a physician in the

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and was the father of Queen Iffat, the wife of King Faisal. Another of his sons,

Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Thunayan Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Thunayan (; 1889–1923) was a Turkish-born Saudi royal and government official who was one of the advisors to Abdulaziz, Emir of Nejd, who later founded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He was the paternal uncle of Iffat Al Th ...

, was an advisor to

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(founder of the

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, the Kingdom of

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References

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1843 births Expatriates in the Ottoman Empire

Sons of monarchs Year of death missing