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Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: فيصل بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود Fayṣal ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd, Najdi Arabic pronunciation: [fæjsˤɑl ben ˈʕæbd ælʕæˈziːz ʔæːl sæˈʕuːd]; 14 April 1906 – 25 March 1975) was a Saudi Arabian statesman and diplomat who was King of Saudi Arabia from 2 November 1964 until his assassination in 1975.
Faisal of Saudi Arabia(born c. 1906, Riyadh, Arabia [now in Saudi Arabia]—died March 25, 1975, Riyadh) was the kingof Saudi Arabiafrom 1964 to 1975, an influential figure of the Arabworld known for his statecraft at home and his assertiveness abroad. Role in establishing the kingdom. Faisal was a son of Ibn Saudand a brother of Saud, who ...
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Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1906 - 1975) was the third king of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the third son of King Abdulaziz. He ascended to the throne in 1964, succeeding his brother, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz. He remained king for eleven years before his assassination in 1975.
Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was born on April 14, 1906, in Riyadh in erstwhile Emirate of Nejd and Hasa. He was the son of King Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal Al Saud and one of his wives, Tarfa bint Abdullah bin Abdullatif Al Sheikh, a descendant of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.
Faisal bin Abdulaziz was born in Riyadh in April 1906. He is the third son of the former Saudi king and founder of the modern kingdom, King Abdulaziz Al Saud. His mother was Tarfa bint Abdullah bin Abdullatif Al Sheikh, whom Abdulaziz had married in 1902 after capturing Riyadh. She was from the family of the Al ash-Sheikh, descendants of ...
May 19, 2024 · Prince Faisal Bin Salman is the fifth son of King Salman bin Abdulaziz. He was born in Jeddah, on 25 December to Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi. The young prince showed early promise as a scholar and studied political science at the prestigious King Saud University. Prince Faisal then proceeded to attain PhD on his thesis paper “Iran, Saudi ...
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On 25 March 1975, King Faisal was shot twice in the head in a point-blank by his nephew, Faisal bin Musaid, the son of his half-brother, Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. He was quickly taken to Central Hospital in Riyadh as doctors massaged his heart and gave him a blood transfusion but failed. He died shortly afterwards.
