Tarfah bint Abdullah Al Sheikh

Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh (; 1884–1906) was the third wife and one of the 22 consorts of Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman, Emir of Nejd (later King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia), and the mother of Princess Noura and King Faisal.

Background and early life

Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh was born in 1884. Her mother was Haya bint Abdul Rahman Al Muqbel. Her family were from a village near Riyadh.

Personal life and death Tarfa bint Abdullah married Emir Abdulaziz in 1902 immediately after he captured Riyadh. She was his third wife. Tarfa's sister Munira married Abdulaziz's half-brother Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman, and her other sister, Sara, married Abdulaziz's full-brother Saad bin Abdul Rahman.

Abdulaziz and Tarfa's first child, Noura, was born in 1904. Their son, Faisal, was born in Riyadh in April 1906. Tarfa died in October 1906 when Faisal was just six months old. Tarfa's son Faisal would become king of Saudi Arabia in 1964.

Ancestry