Sheikh Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: محمد بن عوض بن لادن, Muḥammad bin ʿAwaḍ bin Lādin; 1908 – September 3, 1967) was a wealthy investor, businessman, and patriarch of the bin Laden family. He was a Yemeni emigrant to Saudi Arabia, and married 22 times, fathering at least 54 children. Osama bin Laden is believed to be his 17th son and his only son by his tenth wife, Hamida al-Attas, who is reportedly of Syrian descent.
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