Abdullah bin Faisal

Life & Legacy

Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (Arabic: عبد الله بن فيصل آل سعود ʿAbd Allāh bin Fayṣal Āl Suʿūd; 20 June 1923 – 8 May 2007) was a Saudi Arabian businessman, politician, and poet who held multiple posts in the Saudi government throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Prince Abdullah was the eldest son of Faisal and one of the grandsons of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdulaziz. He served as the governor of Hejaz during the reign of Abdulaziz, and as the minister of health and interior during the reigns of his grandfather and uncle Saud. These positions made him one of the most powerful Saudi Arabian royals of his time.