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Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan
Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan (Arabic: عفت بنت محمد الثنيان ʿIffat bint Moḥammad Āl Ṯunayān, Turkish: Muhammed Es-Süneyyan kızı İffet or Turkish: Emire İffet; 1916 – 17 February 2000) was a Turkish-born education activist and Saudi princess who was the most prominent wife of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. She is sometimes called Queen Iffat (Arabic: الملكة عفت Al-Malika ʿIffat) or Princess Iffat (Arabic: الأميرة عفت Al-Emira ʿIffat). She is known for her efforts in the improvement of Saudi education. She was the founder of Taif model school and the first girl's college in Saudi Arabia.
Iffat was part of the Al Thunayan cadet branch of the Al Saud. She was born in Istanbul in 1916.
Iffat's paternal grandfather was Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud. He was born in 1843 on the day his father Abdullah bin Thunayan, Emir of Nejd, died. Due to this coincidence he was named after his father. He left Nejd for Istanbul where he married a Circassian-origin Turkish woman, Tazeruh Hanım. They had four children: Mohammad, Ahmed, Suleiman, and Jawhara. Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Thunayan, Iffat's father, was a physician in the Ottoman army and her mother, Asia, was a Turkish woman. Mohammad was killed while fighting in the Balkan War. Iffat had a full-brother, Zaki, and two maternal half-brothers, Kamal and Mozaffar Adham. Her paternal uncle, Ahmed bin Abdullah, was one of the advisors to King Abdulaziz.
Following the marriage of her mother to another man Iffat and her aunt Jawhara lived together, and Iffat was educated in Istanbul. She went to school wearing shoes stuffed with paper instead of soles. She attended both Ottoman schools and modern schools following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. Finally, she attained a teaching degree. In 1925, Iffat's family asked for financial assistance for a Makkah pilgrimage for Iffat.
One of Iffat's relatives, Laila Al Thunayan, was married to Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
In 1931, Prince Faisal met Iffat for the first time while she was undertaking a Makkah pilgrimage with her aunt. Prince Faisal, who served as viceroy of the Hijaz, took Iffat back to Turkey with her aunt. However, there is another report about their meeting for the first time, stating that they first met in Istanbul in 1932 when Prince Faisal visited the city following an official visit to the Soviet Union. It follows that he and Iffat went to Jeddah together after this incident. They married in Jeddah in 1932 and lived in Mecca.
As neither spoke the other's language, they taught each other. They had nine children – five sons and four daughters: Mohammad, Bandar, Saud, Turki, Abdul Rahman, Lolowah, Sarah, Latifa and Haifa. Four of their children learned Turkish at home. Iffat became a fluent Arabic-speaker, but never lost her Turkish accent.
Their sons are very educated and are alumni of Princeton, Harvard, Georgetown, Sandhurst, and Cranwell. She contacted foreign tutors to educate her daughters. In stark contrast, only six of the 107 children of Faisal's older half-brother Saud even completed high school.
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Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan
Iffat bint Mohammad Al Thunayan (Arabic: عفت بنت محمد الثنيان ʿIffat bint Moḥammad Āl Ṯunayān, Turkish: Muhammed Es-Süneyyan kızı İffet or Turkish: Emire İffet; 1916 – 17 February 2000) was a Turkish-born education activist and Saudi princess who was the most prominent wife of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. She is sometimes called Queen Iffat (Arabic: الملكة عفت Al-Malika ʿIffat) or Princess Iffat (Arabic: الأميرة عفت Al-Emira ʿIffat). She is known for her efforts in the improvement of Saudi education. She was the founder of Taif model school and the first girl's college in Saudi Arabia.
Iffat was part of the Al Thunayan cadet branch of the Al Saud. She was born in Istanbul in 1916.
Iffat's paternal grandfather was Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud. He was born in 1843 on the day his father Abdullah bin Thunayan, Emir of Nejd, died. Due to this coincidence he was named after his father. He left Nejd for Istanbul where he married a Circassian-origin Turkish woman, Tazeruh Hanım. They had four children: Mohammad, Ahmed, Suleiman, and Jawhara. Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Thunayan, Iffat's father, was a physician in the Ottoman army and her mother, Asia, was a Turkish woman. Mohammad was killed while fighting in the Balkan War. Iffat had a full-brother, Zaki, and two maternal half-brothers, Kamal and Mozaffar Adham. Her paternal uncle, Ahmed bin Abdullah, was one of the advisors to King Abdulaziz.
Following the marriage of her mother to another man Iffat and her aunt Jawhara lived together, and Iffat was educated in Istanbul. She went to school wearing shoes stuffed with paper instead of soles. She attended both Ottoman schools and modern schools following the establishment of the Republic of Turkey. Finally, she attained a teaching degree. In 1925, Iffat's family asked for financial assistance for a Makkah pilgrimage for Iffat.
One of Iffat's relatives, Laila Al Thunayan, was married to Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
In 1931, Prince Faisal met Iffat for the first time while she was undertaking a Makkah pilgrimage with her aunt. Prince Faisal, who served as viceroy of the Hijaz, took Iffat back to Turkey with her aunt. However, there is another report about their meeting for the first time, stating that they first met in Istanbul in 1932 when Prince Faisal visited the city following an official visit to the Soviet Union. It follows that he and Iffat went to Jeddah together after this incident. They married in Jeddah in 1932 and lived in Mecca.
As neither spoke the other's language, they taught each other. They had nine children – five sons and four daughters: Mohammad, Bandar, Saud, Turki, Abdul Rahman, Lolowah, Sarah, Latifa and Haifa. Four of their children learned Turkish at home. Iffat became a fluent Arabic-speaker, but never lost her Turkish accent.
Their sons are very educated and are alumni of Princeton, Harvard, Georgetown, Sandhurst, and Cranwell. She contacted foreign tutors to educate her daughters. In stark contrast, only six of the 107 children of Faisal's older half-brother Saud even completed high school.
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