Muhammad bin Talal Al Rashid

Muhammad bin Talal Al Rashid (Arabic: محمد بن طلال الرشيد Muḥammad bin Ṭalāl Āl Rašīd; c.1904 – 1954) was the twelfth and last emir of Jabal Shammar in Ha'il. He ruled from August 1921 to 2 November 1921.

Muhammad bin Talal Al Rashid
Emir of Jabal Shammar
Reign	August 1921 – 2 November 1921
Predecessor	Abdullah bin Mutaib
Successor	Office abolished
Born	1904 Ha'il, Emirate of Jabal Shammar
Died	1954 (aged 49–50) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Issue	Princess Jawaher Princess Wafta Talal (father of Madawi al-Rasheed)
Names Muhammad bin Talal bin Nayef bin Talal bin Abdullah Al Rashid Al Shammari
House	House of Rashid

Reign

Muhammad began his rule in early 1921, after the reign of Emir Abdullah bin Mutaib ended, which signaled the end of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar. Abdulaziz Al Saud, Emir of Nejd and future King of Saudi Arabia, made it his goal to take over the territory of Jabal Shammar.^[1] Emir Muhammad, the people of Ha'il, and the Shammar and Bani Tamim tribes fought several battles against the Al Saud forces, but Abdulaziz was triumphant, and the Emirate of Ha'il (Jabal Shammar) was subsumed into the Saudi state. Ha'il fell to Abdulaziz on 2 November 1921. Afterwards, Muhammad bin Talal moved to Riyadh.

Personal life and death

One of Muhammad's wives was Noura bint Sibhan.^[2] After defeating Muhmmad, Abdulaziz forced Muhammad to divorce Noura so that he could marry her himself.^[2] However, Abdulaziz soon divorced Noura.^[2] Next, he married Muhammad's daughter Jawaher (born to some other wife, not Noura).^[2]

Upon Abdulaziz's insistence, Muhammad's other daughter, Princess Watfa, was married to Musaid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a son of Abdulaziz. Thus, the sisters Jawaher and Watfa became mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to each other. A son born to Watfa and Musaid al-Saud, namely Faisal bin Musaid, assassinated Musaid's half-brother King Faisal on 25 March 1975.^[3]

Muhammad bin Talāl's granddaughter is Madawi al-Rasheed.

Muhammad bin Talāl died in Riyadh in 1954, one year after the death of Abdulaziz al-Saud.

References

1. Daryl Champion (2003). The Paradoxical Kingdom: Saudi Arabia and the Momentum of Reform. C. Hurst. ISBN 978-1-85065-647-0.
2. Henri Lauzière (2000). On the Origins of Arab Monarchy: Political Culture, Historiography, and the Emergence of the Modern Kingdoms in Morocco and Saudi Arabia (PDF) (MA thesis). Simon Fraser University. p. 67. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
3. "Saudi Arabia: The Death of A Desert Monarch". Time Magazine. 7 April 1975. Archived from the original on 10 January 2010.