Arabs and polygamy

[Toramana]

bn Saud's mother was a Sudairi,[24] Sarah al Sudairi.[25]
The number of children that Ibn Saud fathered is unknown. One source indicates that he had 37 sons. His number of wives is put at 22.[26]

Wadhah bint Muhammad bin 'Aqab[27]

Turki (I) (1900–1919)
Saud (12 January 1902 – 23 February 1969); reigned 1953–1964
Nura
Munira
Tarfah bint Abdullah Al-AlSheikh

Khaled (I) (born 1903, died in infancy)
Faisal (April 1906 – 25 March 1975); reigned 1964–1975
Saad (I) (1914–1919)
Anud (born 1917)
Lulua bint Salih Al-Dakhil
Fahd (I) (1905–1919)
Jauhara bint Musaid Al Saud
Muhammad (1910–1988)
Khalid (II) (1913 – 13 June 1982); reigned 1975–1982
Lajah bint Khalid bin Hithlayn
Sara (1916 – June 2000)
Bazza I
Nasser (1919–1984)
Jawhara bint Saad bin Abdul-Muhsin al-Sudairi
Saad (II) (1920–1993)
Musa'id (born 1923)
Abdul-Mohsin (1925–1985)
Al-Bandari (1928–2008)[28]
Hassa bint Ahmad al-Sudairi
(The sons are known as the "Sudairi Seven")
Fahd (II) (1920 – 1 August 2005); reigned 1982–2005
Sultan (1928–2011)
Luluwah (ca 1928–2008)[29]
Abdul-Rahman (born 1931)
Naif (born 1933); current crown prince
Turki (II) (born 1934)
Salman (born 1936)
Ahmed (born 1942)
Jawaher
Lateefa
Al-Jawhara
Moudhi (died young)
Felwa (died young)
Shahida
Mansour (1922 – 2 May 1951)
Mishaal (born 1926)
Qumash (1927– September 2011)[30]
Mutaib (born 1931)
Fahda
Abdullah (born August 1922); current king, since 2005
Nuf
Seeta (c. 1930 – 13 April 2011)
Bazza (the second wife named Bazza)
Bandar (born 1923)
Fawwaz (1934–2008)
Mishari (1932 – 23 May 2000)
Haya bint Sa'ad al-Sudairy (1913 – 18 April 2003)
Badr (I) (1931–1932)
Badr (II) (born 1933)
Huzza (1951 – July 2000)
Abdul-Ilah (born 1935)
Abdul-Majeed (1943–2007)
Nura (born 1930)
Mishail
Munaiyir (died December 1991, funeral prayer led by King Fahd[31])
Talal (I) (1930–1931)
Talal (II) (born 1932)[31]
Nawwaf (born 1933)[31]
Madawi[31]
Mudhi
Sultana (ca. 1928 – 7 July 2008)[32]
Haya (ca. 1929 – 2 November 2009)[33]
Majid (II) (9 October 1938 – 12 April 2003)
Sattam (born 21 January 1941)
Nouf bint al-Shalan
Thamir (1937 – 27 June 1959)
Mamduh (born 1941)
Mashhur (born 1942)
Saida al-Yamaniyah
Hidhlul (born 1941)
Khadra
Baraka al-Yamaniyah
Muqrin (born 15 September 1945)
Futayma
Hamoud (1947–1994)
By Unknown
Shaikha (born 1922)
Majed (I) (1934–1940)
Abdul-Saleem (1941–1942)
Jiluwi (I) (1942–1944)
Jiluwi (II) (1952–1952) (the youngest son of Ibn Saud but died as an infant).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia

[Wahe Guru]

[QUOTE=Toramana;609463]bn Saud's mother was a Sudairi,[24] Sarah al Sudairi.[25]
The number of children that Ibn Saud fathered is unknown. One source indicates that he had 37 sons. His number of wives is put at 22.[26]

Wadhah bint Muhammad bin 'Aqab[27]

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I was told by my friend in Saudi Arabia that Ibn Saud would "marry a new girl every night and then divorce her next morning". Perhaps he did not do it every night but maybe he did do this most of the time (that he was able to...)?