Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Rashid

It is likely that he was born in 1898 , in Hail , and he was eight years old when his father was killed, and barely a year had passed since his father’s death, until his older brothers ( Miteb  : the governor of Hail at the time, and Muhammad and Mishaal) were killed by their uncle Sultan Al-Hamoud Al-Rashid , while he survived from The massacre when his uncles al-Sabhan fled to Medina , and lived there until the people of Hail sent to Hammoud al-Sabhan in 1908 asking to return with Prince Saud to take the leadership, knowing that Prince Saud could not assume the reins of government according to the customary constitution in Hail ’s rule , after it had worsened. The situation under the rule of Prince Saud Al-Hamoud Al-Rashid.

An assassination attempt on him by his uncle and then emir Sultan bin Hammud, had failed when he was young. A boy of 10 when he was made emir, his grandmother, Fatima Al Zamil, and his maternal relatives of the Al Sabhan family ruled as regents on his behalf until 1914[2] based on the constitution.

Saud arrived in Hail in 1908 at the age of 11. He assumed power under the guardianship of his uncle, Prince Hammoud bin Sabhan Al-Sabhan, who exercised the role of the actual ruler of the emirate (Al-Sabhan from Shammar), and after the death of Prince Hammoud Al-Sabhan in 1909 , he assumed the role of guardianship of Saud, Prince Zamel (the second). Al-Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabhan (husband of Princess Fatima bint Zamil I bin Sabhan), who was killed several years later by his plot. Then Prince Saud Al-Abd Al-Aziz officially assumed power in Hail and its aftermath.

In 1915 he fought the Battle of Jarrab against Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud , and was victorious. He was also able to recover Al- Jawf and its dependencies from Ibn Shaalan and annex them to the Emirate of Hail.

In 1916, Saud fought in the Battle of Abu Ajaj, Where Shammar defeated both Alshfair and Albudoor.

In 1920, he was assassinated by his cousin, Abdullah bin Talal. One of his widows remarried Ibn Saud: Fahda bint Asi bin Shuraim Al Shammari of the Abda section of the Shammar tribe became his ninth wife and the mother of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

Saud bin Abdulaziz with Fakhri Pasha, supposedly Abdullah bin Talal al Rashid (his murderer and cousin, top right), Ottoman men, and his tribesmen.

Saud bin Abdulaziz (left) with Fakhri Pasha (right).