Al Gosaibi

The Al Gosaibi family (Arabic: القصيبي‎, classical Arabic al-Qusaibi) is a prominent Arab family in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain . It is a trading family, involved in many successful businesses. The family origins is from a village in Najd called Qassab. The Family moved from Qassab to Herreimlah at the Late 18th century, Abdulla Bin Hussain AlGosaibi worked with the Amir (Prince) of Herreimlah as tax controller, His father Hussain was a poet. The AlGosaibi moved to AlHassaThe three brothers Hassan, Mohammed, and Ibrahim, they are the three sons of Abdullah, at the late 19th century,the middle son Mohammed who have started the family wealth then moved to Bahrain, and that when the story of an old influential business family began by the five AlGosaibi brothers.

The AlGosaibi used to be the representatives of the Al Saud during the 20th century in AlHassa, as well as Bahrain and therefore were very influential in Bahrain.

The five Al Gosaibi brothers

• The late Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Hassan AlGosaibi
• The late Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hassan AlGosaibi]]
• The late Sheikh Abdulrahman Bin Hassan AlGosaibi
• The late Sheikh Saad Bin Ibraheem AlGosaibi
• The late Sheikh Hassan Bin Ibraheem AlGosaib

The brothers are the sons of late Sheikh Hassan Bin Abdulla Bin Hussain AlGosaibi and late Sheikh Ibrahim Bin Abdulla bin Hussain AlGosaibi. Ibrahim was Hassan’s brother, following Hassan's death Ibrahim married his widow and took care of Hassan's three children (Abdulaziz, Abdulla and Abdulrahman). Ibrahim subsequently fathered two sons, Hassan and Saad. Also Ibrahim took care of Mohammed's three children(Yousif, Abdulrahman, and Mohammed).

During the second half of the 19th century, the family moved to AlHassa, where the brothers began their trading activities. First through trading dates in India and then pearling in Bahrain. At a time when pearls were more valuable than diamonds, the Gulf's pearling boom propelled the family to prominence, and paved the way to develop strong trade channels in Europe through the jewelry industry. As a result, the AlGosaibi family became Arabia's first millionaires and from the 1920s through the 1930s they were the richest family in Saudi Arabia.

Famous Al Gosaibi family members

• The late Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Hassan AlGosaibi - Businessman/Saudi government representative
• The late Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hassan AlGosaibi - Businessman/Saudi government representative
• The late Sheikh Abdulrahman Bin Hassan AlGosaibi - Businessman/Saudi government representative
• The late Sheikh Saad Bin Ibraheem AlGosaibi - Businessman
• The late Sheikh Hassan Bin Ibraheem AlGosaibi - Businessman
• The late Dr. Ghazi Bin Abdul Rahman Algosaibi- Saudi Technocrat/Writer and poet
• Khaled Bin Mohammed Algosaibi - Saudi Technocrat
• The late Khalifa Bin Abdul Rahman Algosabi - Businessman
• Ghazi Bin Mohammed Abdulaziz AlGosaibi - Bahrain Technocrat
• The late Fahad Bin Abdulrahman AlGosaibi - Businessman
• The late Mohammed Bin Khalifa AlGosaibi - Businessman
• Prof. Abdullah Bin Mousa Algosaibi - Faculty member of King Faisal University in Al-Hasa
• Dr. Sa'ad Bin Abdulaziz Algosaibi - Faculty member of Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh

Ahmed Hamad AlGosaibi Family

Saudi Business family formed by Hamad Ahmad Al Gosaibi in the late 1940s.

Famous Ahmed Hamad Al Gosaibi family members

• Hamad Ahmed Al Gosaibi - Businessman (Az Zubayr)
• Ahmad Hamad Al Gosaibi - Businessman (Az Zubayr)
• Abdul Aziz Hamad Al Gosaibi - Businessman (Az Zubayr)
• Sulaiman Hamad Al Gosaibi - Businessman (Az Zubayr)
• Saud Abdul Aziz Al Gosaibi - Businessman (Az Zubayr)

References

• History of the Al Gosaibi family
• King Faisal University, College of Agriculture Sciences [1]
• Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, college of Social Sciences [2]