Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud (عبد الله بن ثنيان بن إبراهيم آل سعود; died July 1843) was

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from 1841 to May 1843. He is the sole member of the Al Thunayan branch of the

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who became emir.

Early years

Abdullah bin Thunayan was a great-grandson of Thunayan bin Saud, who was the brother of

Muhammad bin Saud Muhammad bin Saud Al Muqrin ( ''Muḥammad bin Suʿūd Āl Muqrin''; 1687–1765), also known as Ibn Saud, was the emir of Diriyah and is considered the founder of the First Saudi State and the Saud dynasty, which are named for his father, Sau ...

, founder of the

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. Therefore, he was a great-great-grandson of the founder of the Al Saud dynasty, Saud bin Muhammad. Until 1841 Abdullah was in southern Iraq under the protection of the Muntafiq tribe. He first came Hejaz and made several unsuccessful attempts to capture the Emirate of Nejd.

Reign

Abdullah's third-cousin

Khalid bin Saud Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal", and it also appears as a surname.Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ibn Sulayman al-Tamimi ( ar, محمد بن عبد الوهاب بن سليمان , translit=Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān al-Tamīmī; 1703–1792) was an Arabian Islamic scholar, theologian, preacher, a ...

and other significant tribal leaders who regarded Khalid bin Saud as the illegitimate ruler due to his alliance with the Egyptians. Abdullah ruled the emirate from Riyadh. In 1842 Bahraini royal Mohammed bin Khalifa asked help from Abdullah following his defeat at al Nasfah battle against the ruler of Bahrain,

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. He was granted asylum, but not military assistance. In 1843

Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud Faisal, Faisel, Fayçal or Faysal ( ar, فيصل) is an Arabic given name. Faisal, Fayçal or Faysal may also refer to: People * King Faisal (disambiguation) ** Faisal I of Iraq and Syria (1885–1933), leader during the Arab Revolt ** Faisal ...

, another third-cousin of Abdullah was released by the Egyptians in Cairo and managed to regain the rulership of the Emirate in May 1843.

Death and personal life

Abdullah did not endorse the leadership of Faisal and was imprisoned in Al Masmak fortress where he died of poisoning in July 1843. He was buried in Riyadh following the funeral prayers led by Imam Faisal bin Turki. One of Abdullah's sons was born on the same day he died. Due to this, he was also named

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. He was the father of

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 Thun ...

and paternal grandfather of

Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan ( ar, عفت بنت محمد الثنيان ''ʿIffat bint Moḥammad Āl Ṯunayān'', tr, İffet bint Muhammed es Saniyan; 1916 – 17 February 2000) was a Turkish-born education activist and Saudi princess wh ...

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Assassinated Saudi Arabian politicians

Year of birth missing