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Iffat Al Thunayan〔 (1916 – 17 February 2000), also spelled Effat, was the most prominent wife of King Faisal. She is sometimes called Queen Iffat, Emira Iffat, or Princess Iffat. She is famous for her efforts on the improvement of Saudi education. She was the founder of Taif model school and the first girl's college in Saudi Arabia. ==Early life and education== Iffat Al Thunayan was part of the Al Thunayan cadet branch of the Al Saud. She was born in Istanbul in 1916.〔〔 Iffat's father was Mohammad bin Saud Al Thunayan,〔 who was a military officer in the Ottoman army.〔 He was killed sometime between 1918 and 1923 while fighting in the army.〔 Her mother, Asia, was a Turkish woman, who was of Hungarian or Circassian origin.〔〔Coll, Steve. (2009). (The Bin Ladens: an Arabian Family in the American Century. ) New York: Penguin.〕 Iffat had a full-brother, Zaki, and two half-brothers, Kamal and Mozaffar.〔 Iffat was educated in Istanbul under the care of her aunt— Jawhara bint Abdullah Al Thunayan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Effat's New Roses )〕 Iffat was very poor. She went to school wearing shoes stuffed with paper instead of soles. She attained a teaching degree. Because of the fall of the Ottoman Empire, she and her family returned to Saudi Arabia. In 1925, Iffat's family asked for financial assistance for a Makkah pilgrimage for Iffat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Waging Peace: Baghdad: The Movie )〕 Her great-grandfather was governor of Riyadh during the 1840s. Her grandfather had been taken to Turkey as a prisoner of the Ottoman Empire following the collapse of the First Saudi State. One of Iffat's half-sisters was married to late Prince Sultan, Laila al Thunayyan. Her paternal uncle, Ahmed Al Thunayan (1889 - 1921), was one of the advisors to Ibn Saud.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iffat Al-Thunayan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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