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29 March 2024

Triplets named after Saudi rulers

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A Saudi father whose wife has just given birth to male triplets decided to name them after King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and two other top members of the ruling family, Alriyadh newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Abdul Rahman Al Rasheedi said he had selected those names to celebrate the success of back surgeries performed on the Monarch in the United States last week, the Arabic language daily said.

“Rasheedi said he had named his three sons Abdullah, Sultan and Nayef…he said tests had shown his wife was pregnant with three boys and that he had made his decision before they were born,” the paper said.

The two other babies were named after Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, deputy premier and defence minister, and Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, second deputy premier and interior minister.