Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1941 29 September 2012) was a senior prince of the House of Saud, and a member of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's

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Early life

Prince Hathloul was born in Riyadh in 1941. He was King Abdulaziz's thirty-second son. His mother was a Yemeni woman, Saida al Yamaniyah, and a

concubine Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship between a man and a woman in which the couple does not want, or cannot enter into a full marriage. Concubinage and marriage are often regarded as similar but mutually exclusive. Concubi ...

of the King.

Succession and activities

Prince Hathloul was a businessman and vice chair of the Najd corporation. In August 2009 the

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identified him as a potential successor to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. In 2012, '' Foreign Policy'' cited him as one of four potential heirs apparent after Crown Prince

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, adding that Prince Hathloul was much less well-known than the other three candidates. Prince Hathloul served as president of

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three times.

Family

In 2017 his son, Turki bin Hathloul, was named deputy governor of

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Death

In a statement by the Royal Court it was announced that Prince Hathloul had died abroad on 29 September 2012. His body was taken to Jeddah on 30 September 2012. Funeral prayers for him were held on the same day at the Grand Mosque in

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. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Bahraini Prime Minister Prince

Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa ( ar, خليفة بن سلمان آل خليفة) (24 November 1935 – 11 November 2020) was a Bahraini royal and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bahrain from 10 January 1970 until his death in 202 ...

sent a cable of condolences to King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on the demise of Prince Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Ancestry

References

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