Turki I bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ''Turkī al ʾAwwal bin ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Suʿūd''; 1901–1919) was the eldest son of the

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(later

King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted as 1876, although a few sources give it as 1880. According to British author Robert Lacey's book ''The Kingdom'', ...

) and his second wife,

Wadha bint Muhammad Al Orair Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (1875–1953), the founder and first king of Saudi Arabia, also called Ibn Saud, was very young when he first got married. However, his wife died shortly after their marriage. Ibn Saud remarried at eighteen ...

. He was his father's

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from 1902 to 1919. Turki accompanied his father during the conquest of the

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at a young age and witnessed battles in

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and

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. He died from the

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, which also killed many others in the region. His younger brother

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replaced him as heir apparent.

Early life

Turki was the eldest son of Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman. His mother was Wadha bint Muhammad Al Orair, Abdulaziz's second wife. She was the daughter of the chief of the

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tribe, who ruled Al Hasa. Abdulaziz and Wadha married in 1895. Turki was born in

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in 1901 when his family was in exile there. Turki was the full-brother of the future King Saud. His full sisters included Munira and Noura.

Activities and succession

King Abdulaziz with Prince Faisal and Prince Saud

Turki was crown prince beginning by his father's conquest of Riyadh on 15 January 1902 up to his death in 1919. He was the deputy of his father as commander-in-chief of the army until his death. He commanded an army of 4000 warriors based in Qassim region. He fought against Al Rashid forces and attempted to eliminate the leakage of supplies from the tribes to them. In 1918, on the orders of his father, Turki initiated an attack against Al Rashid forces, known as the battle of Yatab, in which the Al Saud forces gained a victory. When the

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invited Abdulaziz to visit London, he assigned Turki as his envoy. However, Turki died in 1919, and Abdulaziz named another of his sons,

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, as envoy.

Personal life

Turki's first wife Noweir bint Obaid Al Rasheed gave birth to his son Faisal bin Turki in 1918, a few years before Turki's death. After the death of Turki, Princess Noweir married Turki's brother Saud, and they had a daughter, Al Anoud bint Saud. Turki also had a daughter with his other wife Tarfa Al Muhanna, Hessa bint Turki, who was the wife of Abdulaziz bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz. Princess Tarfa and Prince Abdulaziz had two sons, Faisal and Turki. Princess Hessa died in Riyadh at the age of 91 on 19 August 2007 and was buried in

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. Two grandsons of Turki, the children of his son Faisal, served on the

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: Turki bin Faisal, (until his death on 28 February 2009) and Abdullah bin Faisal (until his death in February 2019).

Death

Prince Turki died in Riyadh in late 1919 during the flu pandemic that killed many others in the region. American doctors went to Riyadh to treat him upon the request of his father, but their attempts did not save Turki. Abdulaziz was said to be deeply saddened by his death.

Ancestry

References

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Turki Chagatai (, ), also known as Turki, Eastern Turkic, or Chagatai Turkic (), is an extinct Turkic language that was once widely spoken across Central Asia. It remained the shared literary language in the region until the early 20th century. It was ...

1900 births 1919 deaths Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic Saudi heirs apparent who never acceded

Crown princes