Career
Teacher at Dar el aytam (Orphan School), Medina. Civil servant, Directorate of Telegrams and Post. Civil servant, Umul Qura Official Bulletin.
Official, Office of the Attorney-General. Retired from civil service at his request. Private business; chosen by the late King Faisal as Minister of Communications, in King Khalid’s First Cabinet, he was reappointed for the same portfolio.
Contributed, through extensive writings, to the development of Saudi cultural life. Former Minister of Communications. Well-known man of letters and intellectual.
In his fifties; graduated from Dar El Ulum al Sharia (School of Islamic Sciences), Medina.