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Sajida Khairallah Talfah (Arabic: ساجدة خير الله طلفاح, romanized: Sājidah Khayr Allāh Ṭilfāḥ; born c. 1935) is the widow of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and mother of two sons (Uday and Qusay) and three daughters (Raghad, Rana, and Hala) with him.
Jun 14, 2018 · Sajida Talfah was married to Saddam Hussein since childhood, but he had a secret affair with Samira Shahbandar. She disappeared in 2003 after the Gulf War and sought asylum in Britain.
Sajida Talfah is the widow and first cousin of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. She is the mother of his four children and was featured in the BBC drama 'House of Saddam'. She is believed to have fled to Qatar before the 2003 invasion and is on the Iraqi government's most wanted list.
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Sajida Talfah, wife of Saddam and former first lady. Uday (1964–2003), director of the Iraqi Football Association, Fedayeen Saddam, and several media corporations in Iraq including Iraqi TV and the newspaper Babel. Originally Saddam's favorite son and raised to succeed him he eventually fell out of favour due to his erratic behavior.
He was the eldest child of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his first wife and cousin, Sajida Talfah. Uday was seen for several years as the likely successor to his father but lost the place as heir apparent to his younger brother, Qusay, due to injuries in an assassination attempt.
Sajida Khairallah Talfah, born June 1937 in Tikrit Iraq, is most famously known for being one of Saddam Hussein’s wife from May 1963 until his death. Hussein, President of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until the 9 th April 2003, was executed by hanging on 30 th December 2006 aged 69.
Saddam married his first wife and cousin Sajida Talfah (or Tulfah/Tilfah) in 1963 in an arranged marriage. Sajida is the daughter of Khairallah Talfah, Saddam's uncle and mentor; the two were raised as brother and sister. Their marriage was arranged for Saddam at age five when Sajida was seven.
