Bandar bin Talal Al Rashid

Bandar bin Talal Al Rashid (Arabic: بندر بن طلال الرشيد; c.1850–1869) was one of the rulers of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar. His very brief reign barely lasted a year. He had killed his uncle, Mutaib, to become the emir and was murdered by his other uncle, Muhammad, who ruled the Emirate from 1869 until 1897.

Bandar bin Talal Al Rashid
Emir of Jabal Shammar
Reign	1869
Predecessor	Mutaib bin Abdullah Al Rashid
Successor	Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Rashid
Born	c. 1850
Died	1869 (aged 18–19)
Names Bandar bin Talal bin Abdullah bin Ali
House	Rashidi dynasty
Father	Talal bin Abdullah

Biography

Bandar was born in around 1850.^[1] He was the eldest son of the second emir Talal bin Abdullah and a grandson of Abdullah bin Ali Al Rashid who founded the Emirate in 1836.^[2]

Bandar and his brother, Badr, murdered their uncle and the emir, Mutaib bin Abdullah, in Barzan Palace in 1869, and Bandar became the emir of Jabal Shammar.^[2][3] The reason for the killing of Mutaib was his maltreatment of them.^[1] Due to this incident an intra-familial and succession crisis occurred, and the older senior members of the family including Bandar's uncle Muhammad bin Abdullah and his great uncle Ubayd left Hail for Riyadh.^[4][5] However, the exile of Muhammad had very undesired effects on the commercial activities since he was very competent in managing the caravan and Hajj-related activities, and Bandar went to Riyadh and asked his uncle to return to Hail who accepted his offer and continued to assume his previous post.^[1][6]

In 1869 Bandar was killed by his uncle, Muhammad bin Abdullah, because of the disputes.^[4] Then Muhammad bin Abdullah ruled the Emirate until 1897.^[4] Following this, Bandar's brothers went into exile.^[6] However, another report suggests that Muhammad bin Abdullah executed Bandar's brothers and other members of the family following the murder of Bandar.^[2]