Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Badr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1934–2004) (Arabic: بدر بن سعود آل سعود) was a Governor of the Riyadh^[1] and a member of the House of Saud.

Life and Career

In 1988, Prince Badr was in a vehicle in Morocco that was blown up by a bomb. The Prince suffered the loss of his left leg and left baby finger. After receiving artificial legs in other countries, the Prince went to Heidelberg, Germany where he met World Community Projects at an international artificial limb conference. Prince Badr soon travelled with his brother, Prince Salman bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, to Los Angeles where World Community Projects coordinated the Prince's appointments and contacts where he ultimately received two good walking prosthetic legs and a swimming leg that was especially designed and painted with hair to match his other leg. Prince Badr returned every year for five years for adjustments.

Early life and education

Badr bin Saud was educated at the hands of his father, King Saud. He finished his secondary education at the Institute of Al Anjal.

Governor of Riydah province

At the end of 1962, King Saud and Crown Prince Faisal were in a fratricidal feud over who should hold real power, In January 1963, the King fired most of the provincial governors, who may have been loyal to the Crown Prince, one of whom was Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz the Governor of the capitol region, and replaced some of them with his sons, one of whom was Prince Badr.

He was appointed Emir of Riyadh on January 20, 1963 and was fired by Crown Prince Feisal a mere two weeks later on 4 February 1963. He then went into private business, never serving in government again.

Exile

In 1964, King Saud was forced into exile in Geneva, Switzerland, and then on to other European cities. In 1966, Saud was invited by Nasser to live in Egypt; another report claims that King Saud went to Egypt under refuge granted by Nasser and stayed there from 1965 to 1967.^[2] King Saud was also allowed to broadcast propaganda on Radio Cairo.^[2] Prince Badr and some of his brothers, such as Prince Khalid, Prince Sultan and Prince Mansur, joined their father and supported his attempt to regain the throne.^[2]

Personal life

Prince Badr married four times, Princesses Sameera Al Muhanna, Buniah Al Meshaal Al Rasheed, Noura bint Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Shuhail and Nora bint Fahd Al Qahtani. He had 14 children.

Death

He died in 2004 at the age of 70 and was buried in Al Oud cemetery.

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