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Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Saudi royal and businessman (1932–2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mishari bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: مشاري بن عبد العزيز آل سعود; 1932 – 23 May 2000) was a Saudi Arabian businessman. He was a member of the House of Saud.
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Early life and activities
Prince Mishari was born in 1932.[1] He was a son of King Abdulaziz and Bushra[2][3] who was one of the concubines of King Abdulaziz.[4]
Prince Mishari was a businessman and a poet.[5][6] He owned a company, Al Saada Trading and Contracting, in Jeddah.[7]
Personal life
One of his spouses was a Syrian-origin woman from Aleppo who was the mother of Princess Maha.[8]
His son, Prince Mohammed bin Mishari, is a member of the Allegiance Council.[9] His daughter, Maha bint Mishari, is an academic at Alfaisal University’s College of Medicine and a physician at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.[10]
Prince Mishari died in the United States at age 68 on 23 May 2000.[5][6] He was buried at Al Adl cemetery in Mecca.[11]
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The murder of Cyril Ousman
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Cyril Ousman was a British citizen who had been in Arabia since 1929 and worked as an engineer.[5] Later he became the British vice-consul in Jeddah.[5] He held a party on 16 November 1951[12] where Prince Mishari, aged nineteen, was among the guests.[5] Ousman refused to pour Mishari another drink, since he had already reached his maximum limit. Mishari left, and came back shortly carrying a gun and fired into the Ousman's home. His wife, Dorothy Ousman, was shielded by her husband, and Ousman was shot dead by Prince Mishari.[13]
Ousman was buried the next day in Jeddah's non-Muslim cemetery.[13] In 1952, King Abdulaziz imposed a total ban on alcohol in his kingdom.[13] Ousman's wife left Jeddah quietly, accepting the compensation offered by King Abdulaziz.[5][13] Mishari was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was spared the death penalty due to his royal status.[13] Mishari was released during the reign of King Saud.[13]
Raymond A. Hare, then US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said in a letter to US Foreign Service dated 25 November 1951 that the murder was very similar to a scene in an American movie that Prince Mishari, Cyril Ousman and his wife had watched together only a few days before the incident.[14]
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