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Emir Sa'ud, from Mecca, and set him upon the throne in
1908. By him she has three sons, 'Ali, Mohammed, and
Mit'ab. The two eldest boys, aged about 13 and 14, are
treated with great respect in Ha'il as the grandsons of the
Emir 'Abd el-'Aziz. Hamud died in 1909, and Nurah married
her brother-in-law, Sa'ud ibn Salih es-Subhan, the murderer of
Zamil and Ibrahim. By him she has a son, born in 1913. If it
is true that Sa'ud has been murdered, she is once more a widow.
She is a pretty woman, but without political influence.
MUDHI BINT SUBHAN.
Daughter of Subhan, vizier to the Emir Mohammed,
and of Fatimah. She was married first to the Emir Mohammed.
On his death in 1897, she married the Emir 'Abd el-'Aziz, to
whom she bore a son, Sa'ud, the present Emir. She became
the wife of Sultan er-Rashid, who was murdered by his
brother Sa'ud, and subsequently, of Zamil es-Subhan, mur
dered in 1914. By the latter she had a child. She is still
a beautiful and gracious woman, but she has no political
influence, being completely dominated by her mother Fatimah
(q.v.).
SA'UD IBN SALIH ES-SUBHAN.
Brother-in-law of the Emir Sa'ud, and vizier; of consider
able wealth. Married to Nurah, half-sister of the Emir (q.v.).
He instigated the murder of Zamil es-Subhan and his brother
Ibrahim in 1914, having bought over the rajajil. The
Emir's jealousy had been excited by reports of invidious
comparisons drawn by the Shammar between himself and
Zamil, to whom, in the first instance, he had owed his
throne. He therefore acquiesced in the murder, riding on
ahead while it was being perpetrated, and he accepted Sa'ud as
vizier in the room of his victim. [Reported killed in September
1916.]
'ABBAS EL-FALEIJI.
Of Boreidah in Qaslm ; the richest local merchant.
'ABD EL-'AZIZ HAMOD.
One of the Emir of Ha'il's rajajil, and his agent in Damascus.
'Abd el-'AzIz is familiar with Constantinople, where he has been sent
on the Emir's business. He was there during the Balkan War.
'ABD EL-'AZIZ IBN SA'lD.
Governor of Jalajil in Sedeir for Ibn Sa'ud. A Shammari tribes
man. About 32 years of age ; tall and of fine presence. Formerly
governor for Ibn Sa'ud in Hasa, and before that one of Ibn Rashld's
men in Ha'il. Spoke disparagingly of the Emir Sa'ud to Shakespear.
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