Fahd bin Salman Al Saud ( ar, فهد بن سلمان آل سعود, Fahd bin Salman Āl Su‘ūd; 1955 – 25 July 2001) was a Saudi royal, businessman, and thoroughbred racer.

Early life and education

Prince Fahd was born in Riyadh in 1955. He was the eldest son of Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz (later

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). His mother was

Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi ( ar, سلطانة بنت تركي السديري; 1940 – 30 July 2011) was a Saudi royal. She was the first wife of Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, who later became king of Saudi Arabia. Biography Sultana was the ...

, who died in July 2011. She was the daughter of Prince Salman's uncle, Turki bin Ahmed Al Sudairi, who was formerly the governor of

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. Fahd bin Salman was a full brother of Prince Ahmed, Prince Sultan, Prince Abdulaziz, Prince Faisal, and Princess Hassa. Fahd bin Salman received a bachelor's degree from

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in Riyadh, followed by a second bachelor of arts degree in political science from the

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Career

On his return to Saudi Arabia, Fahd bin Salman joined the ministry of interior as an advisor. Later he served as deputy governor of the Eastern province from February 1986 to February 1993. He claimed that he spent about $4 million, all of which came from his own pocket, on feasts and largesse for commoners in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan during his deputy governorship. From 1991 to his death in 2001, Fahd bin Salman involved in private business ventures. One of his companies was the Eirad Company, a space technology firm based in Riyadh.

Horse racing and breeding

Fahd bin Salman was introduced to horse racing in the early 1980s by his father-in-law, Khalid bin Abdullah, and he bought the famous Whatcombe stable near

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in 1984. He later acquired a stable of

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and established Newgate Stud in

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and in Lexington. His greatest success came with the colt Generous whose victories included the 1991

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, and the

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. He won the

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twice, in 1990 and 1999, with

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and

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, respectively. Prince Fahd also won the

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(1990),

Derby Italiano The Derby Italiano is a Group 2 flat horse race in Italy open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Capannelle over a distance of 2,200 metres (about 1 mile and 3 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in ...

(1994) and the French Derby (

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). His other horses included Ibn Bey, Broken Hearted, Zoman, Insan, Bint Pasha, Magic Ring and Dilum. In his later years, he began to devote himself to breeding horses rather than to racing.

Other activities

The Prince Fahd bin Salman Charity Organization for Renal Failure Patient Care is a charitable organization founded by Prince Fahd, who was its first secretary-general. The association was formerly known as the Wafa Kidney Center in Namas and was renamed after the death of Fahd bin Salman. His father, Salman bin Abdulaziz, serves as its chairman, and as of 2012 his brother, Abdulaziz bin Salman, was the secretary general.

Personal life

Prince Fahd married his cousin Nouf bint Khalid Al Saud (1962–2021), the daughter of his paternal aunt

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and Prince Khalid bin Abdullah. In 2017 Nouf involved in a

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court hearing about her property deals in the United Kingdom. She died on 20 July 2021. Fahd bin Salman's children are Sultan, Sara,

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and Reema. One of his daughters, Princess Sara, married Talal bin Abdulaziz, a grandson of

Bandar bin Abdulaziz Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, بندر بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Bandar bin ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Saʿūd''; 1921 or 1923–28 July 2019) was the tenth son of King Abdulaziz. At the time of his death, he was the eldest surviving ...

on 26 May 2011. Their marriage ceremony was also held in

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on 2 July 2011.

Death

It was announced that Fahd bin Salman died due to heart failure in Riyadh on 25 July 2001. He had booked an appointment with a dentist at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre for a toothache. Funeral prayers were held at the Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh following regular afternoon prayer on 25 July 2001. He was buried in Al Oud cemetery in Riyadh.

Ancestry

References

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