Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Thunayan
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Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Istanbul
| Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Thunayan | |||||
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| Born | 1889 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | ||||
| Died | 1923 (aged 33–34) Istanbul | ||||
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| House | House of Saud | ||||
| Father | Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud | ||||
| Mother | Tazeruh Hanım | ||||
Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Thunayan (Arabic: أحمد بن عبد الله آل ثنيان; 1889–1923) was a Turkish-born Saudi royal and government official who was one of the advisors to Abdulaziz, Emir of Nejd, who later founded the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.[1] He was the paternal uncle of Iffat Al Thunayan, spouse of King Faisal.
Prince Ahmed's family were the descendants of Thunayan, one of the brothers of Muhammad bin Saud, who is the patriarch of the House of Saud.[2] Ahmed's father was Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud, who was captured by the Ottomans in Bombay and sent to Istanbul in August 1880.[3] He was appointed to the royal court there and was a member of the Ottoman Council of State in the 1880s and 1890s.[3][4] Ahmed's mother was a Cherkess-origin Turkish woman named Tazeruh.[1] His paternal grandfather, Abdullah bin Thunayan, ruled the Emirate of Nejd from 1841 to 1843.[1]
Prince Ahmed was born in 1889 in Istanbul and raised there.[5][6] He had a twin-sister, Jawhara, and two brothers, Mohammed and Suleiman.[1] Mohammed was the father of Iffat, who married the future King Faisal in the 1930s.[1]