The eldest of the Sudairi Seven, Fahd (left), and the sixth, Salman, served as King of Saudi Arabia.
The Sudairi Seven (Arabic: السديريون السبعة, As Sudayriyyūn as Sabʿah), also spelled Sudairy or Sudayri, is the commonly used name for a powerful alliance of seven full brothers within the Saudi royal family. They are also sometimes referred to as the Sudairi clan (Arabic: عائلة السديريʿĀʾilat as-Sudayrī) or the Sudairi faction. They are among the forty-five sons of the country's founder, King Abdulaziz. The King had more sons with their mother, Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, than he did with any of his other wives.
The oldest of the Sudairi Seven (Fahd) served as King of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005; the second- and fourth-oldest (Sultan and Nayef) served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, but predeceased King Abdullah; and the sixth-oldest (Salman) succeeded Abdullah as king in 2015. One of the Sudairi Seven, Prince Turki, had broken off with his brothers in 1978. Following the death of Prince Abdul Rahman in 2017 only the two youngest of the Seven (Salman and Ahmed) survive, with the youngest brother, Prince Ahmed under house arrest by order of King Salman.
The SudairiSeven (Arabic: السديريون السبعة, As Sudayriyyūn as Sabʿah), also spelled Sudairy or Sudayri, is the commonly used name for a powerful alliance...
Ahmed Al Sudairi (Arabic: حصة بنت أحمد السديري; 1900–1969) was one of the wives of King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, with whom she had seven sons and four...
Salman is a son of King Abdulaziz and Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, making him one of the SudairiSeven. He was the deputy governor of Riyadh and later the governor...
Saudi Arabia. Fahd was the eldest of the SudairiSeven, the sons of King Abdulaziz by Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi. He served as minister of education from...
al-Sudairi family, they are not sisters of Hassa al-Sudairi, who is the mother of the "SudairiSeven" (see below). Jawhara bore Ibn Saud the following children:...
Ta'if in 1934 to King Abdulaziz and Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, making him one of the SudairiSeven. His full brothers included Fahd and Salman, who would...
of the SudairiSeven. Latifa married Khalid bin Turki bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Sudairi. She patronised universities. John Pike. "Al Sudairi Clan". Global...
of the SudairiSeven concerning succession in 1977 when he was in London for treatment. Following the unsuccessful attempt of the SudairiSeven to overthrow...
of Ibn Saud and his mother was Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi. He was the second of the SudairiSeven, who also included Fahd, Nayef and Salman. Prince Sultan...
of King Abdullah, but was also regarded as a long-time ally of the SudairiSeven. Prince Abdul Majeed was born in Riyadh in 1942 as the 33rd son of King...
member of the SudairiSeven, a powerful faction of brothers within the Al Saud. His parents were King Abdulaziz and Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi. He was known...
initially demured from standing down, was his distrust of the so-called SudairiSeven, the sons of Ibn Saud's favorite wife. The eldest of the group, Prince...
member of the SudairiSeven. Abdul Rahman was born in 1931 as the sixteenth son of King Abdulaziz and third son of Hussa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi. He was the...
of King Abdulaziz (Ibn Saud) and Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, and is the youngest of the Sudairi brothers. Prince Ahmed is supposedly the 31st son of...
Then-Crown Prince Fahd, together with his full-brothers, known as the SudairiSeven, supported the appointment of their own full brother, Sultan. Abdullah...
2012). "Two Down and One to Go — Prince Salman will be the last of SudairiSeven". Newsvine. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved...
father was the older maternal half brother of the SudairiSeven (only son of Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi through her marriage to Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman...
Mohammed Al Sudairi, was the younger sister of his step-mother, Hussa, who was the mother of seven influential sons, known as the SudairiSeven. Nasser and...
housing. These two appointments were a move to reduce the power of SudairiSeven in the cabinet. On 3 March 1980, Prince Majid was appointed governor...
the eldest of the powerful "SudairiSeven", so-called because they were all sons of Ibn Saud by his wife Hassa Al Sudairi. Fahd did away with the previous...
many times. One of his wives was Hassa bint Ahmad Al Sudairi, who was the mother of SudairiSeven. They had a son, Abdullah bin Muhammad. Another spouse...
Abdulaziz and Hassa bint Ahmad Al Sudairi. She was the full sister of the SudairiSeven. Princess Luluwah was married to her second cousin once removed, Faisal...
and rural affairs by King Khalid were a move to reduce the power of SudairiSeven in the cabinet. Prince Mutaib's term ended in 1980, and he was replaced...
relations with senior royals, especially King Fahd's full brothers - the SudairiSeven. The fact that she travelled with King Abdallah to Kuwait in January...
ideological differences. The most powerful clan faction is known as the 'SudairiSeven', comprising the late King Fahd and his full brothers and their descendants...
industrial zones of Jubail on the east coast and Yanbu on the west. SudairiSeven (Maternal) Adel al-Jubeir Rajwa Al Saif (Daughter of the Sheikh of Attar...
counterbalance to the Sudairi faction in the royal family; Salman of Saudi Arabia, the king, is one of the so-called "SudairiSeven" and controls the remainder...
Therefore, King Khalid assigned the responsibility to two members of the SudairiSeven – Prince Sultan, then Minister of Defence, and Prince Nayef, then Minister...