Nasser Bin Saud Bin Farhan Al Saud

Prince Nasser Bin Saud Bin Farhan Al Saud (1852–1939) was one of the pioneers in the founding of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He was among the sixty-three men who accompanied King Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud in the campaign to recapture Riyadh. In 1999, he was posthumously awarded the “Pioneers Medal” by the directive of King Fahd Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, in recognition of the pioneers’ families on the centennial of Saudi Arabia’s founding.

Prince Nasser Bin Saud Bin Farhan was born in Riyadh in 1852. He moved with the Al Saud family from Riyadh to Kuwait alongside Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal in 1890, following the end of the Second Saudi State. King Abdulaziz referred to him as “Uncle” due to his seniority in age. His sons included Saud Bin Nasser, who joined the campaign to recapture Riyadh, as well as Abdullah, Mohammed, and Abdulrahman.

Prince Nasser Bin Saud Bin Farhan and his son Saud Bin Nasser joined King Abdulaziz when he departed from Kuwait to recapture Riyadh in 1902. King Abdulaziz selected him as one of the seven men who secretly entered the house of Ajlan, the agent of Ibn Rashid, at night. After the successful recapture of Riyadh, King Abdulaziz entrusted him with several missions, the first of which was to travel to Kuwait to deliver the news of Riyadh’s recapture to Imam Abdulrahman, King Abdulaziz’s father, and Sheikh Mubarak, the ruler of Kuwait. About this mission, King Abdulaziz said, “We sent Nasser Bin Saud with the good news to Mubarak and my father and requested their support.” Prince Nasser also accompanied King Abdulaziz in most of his battles during the unification of Saudi Arabia.

Prince Nasser Bin Saud Bin Farhan passed away in Riyadh in 1939.