Hafiz Wahba

Hafiz Wahba
Personal details
Born15 July 1889
Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt
Died1967 (aged 77–78)
Rome, Italy
NationalityEgyptian / Saudi Arabian
Alma materAl Azhar University

Hafiz Wahba (Arabic: حافظ وهبة; 15 July 1889 – 1967) was a Saudi diplomat. Fuad Hamza and he were the first ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, the former in France and Hamza in the United Kingdom.[1] In addition, they were among the advisers whom King Abdulaziz employed to improve the decision-making process of the state.[2]

  1. ^ Bernard Lewis; Buntzie Ellis Churchill (2012). Notes on a Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historian. New York: Penguin Publishing Group. p. 58. ISBN 978-1-101-57523-9.
  2. ^ Joseph Kostiner (July 1985). "On Instruments and Their Designers: The Ikhwan of Najd and the Emergence of the Saudi State". Middle Eastern Studies. 21 (3): 315. doi:10.1080/00263208508700631.