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{{distinguish|Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|[[Al Saud]]}}
{{Short description|Saudi royal, military officer and businessman (1942–2014)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
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| spouse       = [[Moudi bint Khalid Al Saud]]
| issue        = {{Collapsible list|state=collapsed| Princess Sarah <br> Prince Saud <br> [[Al Bandari bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud|Princess Al Bandari]]}}
| full name    = Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud
| house        = [[House of Saud|Al Saud]]
| father       = [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal]]
| mother       = [[Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan]]
| birth_date   = 1942
| birth_place  = [[Ta'if|Taif]]
| death_date   = March {{Death date and age|2014|1942}}
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|alma mater    = [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]}}
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'''Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud''' ({{langx|ar|عبد الرحمن بن الفيصل آل سعود}}; 1942 – March 2014) was a [[House of Saud|Saudi royal]], a son of [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal]], one of the grandsons of [[Saudi Arabia]]'s founder [[King Abdulaziz]], military officer, and businessman.
==Early life and education==
Prince Abdul Rahman was born in Taif in 1942.<ref name=que14>{{cite book|author=Joseph A. Kéchichian|title='Iffat Al Thunayan: an Arabian Queen|year=2014|publisher=Sussex Academic Press|pages=52,78|isbn=9781845196851|location=Brighton|author-link=Joseph A. Kéchichian
|url=https://archive.org/details/iffatalthunayana0000kech/page/78/mode/2up?q=king+khalid+bin+abdulaziz}}</ref> He was the fifth child and third son of [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal]] and [[Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan]].<ref name=rss/><ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph A. Kéchichian|title=Succession In Saudi Arabia|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSHIAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA182|year=2001|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|isbn=978-0-312-29962-0|page=182}}</ref> His full siblings were [[Sara bint Faisal Al Saud|Sara bint Faisal]], [[Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud|Mohammed bin Faisal]], Latifa bint Faisal, [[Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Saud bin Faisal]], [[Bandar bin Faisal Al Saud|Bandar bin Faisal]], [[Turki bin Faisal Al Saud|Turki bin Faisal]], [[Lolowah bint Faisal Al Saud|Luluwah bint Faisal]] and [[Haifa bint Faisal]].<ref name=rss>{{cite magazine|author=Rania Suleiman Salama|title=الأميرة عفت الثنيان|magazine=Arabiyat Magazine|language=ar
|url=https://www.arabiyat.com/book/dhs/2467.html|access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1=Bahgat Korany|editor2=Ali E. Hillal Dessouki|title=The Foreign Policies of Arab States: The Challenge of Globalization|year=2010|publisher=American University in Cairo Press
|location=Cairo; New York|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=64PWMY5QksMC&pg=PA369|isbn=978-977-416-360-9|page=369|author1=Bahgat Korany|author2=Moataz A. Fattah|chapter=Irreconcilable Role Partners?: Saudi Foreign Policy between the Ulama and the US}}</ref>
Prince Abdul Rahman graduated from the [[Hun School]] and then, from the [[Sandhurst Military Academy]]<ref>{{cite thesis|author=Ayman Al Yassini|title=The Relationship between Religion and State in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia|url=https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item?id=TC-QMM-68698&op=pdf&app=Library&oclc_number=896879684|location=[[McGill University]]|degree=PhD|date=August 1982|oclc=896879684}}</ref> in 1963.<ref name=mub>{{cite news|title=الأمير عبدالرحمن بن فيصل بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود إلى ذمة الله "سيرة ذاتية"|work=Aleqt|access-date=16 August 2020|language=ar
|url=https://www.mubasher.info/news/2499572/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B5%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2-%D8%A2%D9%84-%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B0%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9-/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|author=Nick Ludington|access-date=20 August 2020|title=King Faisal's Eight Sons|work=Lewinston Evening Journal|location=Jeddah|date=5 April 1975|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j58gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m2gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1190,870999&dq=kamal+adham&hl=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis
|author=Gary Samuel Samore|title=Royal Family Politics in Saudi Arabia (1953-1982)|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/303295482|degree=PhD
|location=[[Harvard University]]|page=254|year=1984|id={{ProQuest|303295482}}}}</ref> During his studies at the Sandhurst Military Academy, he participated in fencing competitions representing the Academy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saudi candidates at Sandhurst Military Academy
|url=https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/fo/371/168894|publisher=[[Arabian Gulf Digital Archive]]|access-date=5 February 2023|quote=Source text was produced by the British diplomatic sources and is dated 1963.}}</ref>
==Career==
[[File:King Faisal bin Abdulaziz.jpg|thumb|[[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal]], father of Abdul Rahman]]
Following his graduation, Prince Abdul Rahman joined the land forces of [[Saudi army]].<ref name=que14/><ref>{{cite magazine|author=Gary Samore
|title=Saudi Arabian Politics: All In The Family|magazine=[[Harvard International Review]]|date=November 1979|volume=2|issue=3|pages=3–29
|jstor=42760723}}</ref> He served as a commander of an [[armoured brigade]] in the tank corps<ref>{{cite journal|author=Gulshan Dhanani
|title=The King Is Dead, Long Live the King|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|date=June 1982|volume=17|issue=25|pages=1021–1022
|jstor=4371042}}</ref> and headed the armour project of the army.<ref name=agda/> Later, he retired from the military and was involved in business activities.<ref name=mub/>
==Personal life==
Prince Abdul Rahman married [[Moudi bint Khalid Al Saud|Moudi bint Khalid]], daughter of [[Khalid of Saudi Arabia|King Khalid]].<ref name=agda>{{cite web|title=Political situation in Saudi Arabia. 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31|publisher=Arabian Gulf Digital Archives|access-date=5 February 2023|url=https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/fco/8/2105/n/15|quote=Diplomatic documents by the British diplomats}}</ref> He had three children with her: Princess Sarah, Prince Saud and [[Al Bandari bint Abdul Rahman Al Saud|Princess Al Bandari]].<ref name=mub/> Al Bandari bint Abdul Rahman died in March 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Saudi philanthropist Princess Al Bandari dies|access-date=17 August 2020
|url=https://gulfbusiness.com/saudi-philanthropist-princess-al-bandari-dies/|magazine=[[Gulf Business]]|date=17 March 2019}}</ref> His son, Saud, is a businessman and a member of the board of trustees of Arab Thought Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Trustees
|url=https://arabthought.org/en/member/trustees|work=Arab Thought Foundation|access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> Prince Saud has also been a member of the [[Effat University]]'s board of founders and board of trustees since 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Trustees|work=Effat University|access-date=1 November 2020|url=https://www.effatuniversity.edu.sa/English/About/Governance/Pages/Board_of_Trustees.aspx}}</ref>
==Death==
In early March 2014, Saudi royal court announced the death of Prince Abdul Rahman.<ref>{{cite news|title=توفّي اليوم الأمير عبدالرحمن بن فيصل بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود عن عمر يناهز (73) عامًا|url=https://masralarabia.net/227305-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B5%D9%84-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2-%D8%A2%D9%84-%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF/amp|access-date=16 August 2020|work=Masr Al Arabia|
language=ar}}</ref> Funeral ceremony was held after the afternoon prayer on 5 March 2014 at the [[Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque]] in [[Riyadh]].<ref name=mub/>
==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud'''
|2= 2. [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia]]
|3= 3. [[Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan]]
|4= 4. [[Ibn Saud]]
|5= 5. [[Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh]]
|6= 6. Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Saud
|7= 7. Asia
|8= 8. [[Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850–1928)|Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud]]
|9= 9. [[Sara bint Ahmed Al Sudairi]]
|10= 10. Abdullah bin Abdulateef Al Sheikh
|11= 11. Haya bint Abdul Rahman Al Muqbel
|12= 12. [[Abdullah bin Abdullah Al Saud]]
|13= 13. Tazeruh Hanım
|16= 16. [[Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud]]
|17= 17. Sara bint Mishari bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Saud
|18= 18. Ahmed Al Kabir bin Mohammed bin Turki Al Sudairi
|19= 19. Hessa bint Muhanna bin Saleh Al Nuwairan
|20= 20. Abdulateef bin Abdulrahman Al Sheikh
|24= 24. [[Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud]]}}
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[[Category:1942 births]]
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[[Category:Saudi Arabian people of Turkish descent|Abdul Rahman]]
[[Category:Sons of Faisal of Saudi Arabia|Abdul Rahman]]