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	Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines P.O. Box 620Jeddah, 21231Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(966-2) 686-0000Fax: (966-2) 686-4552Web site: http://www.saudiairlines.com State-Owned CompanyIncorporated: 1945Employees: 24,842Sales: $4.66 billion (1997)SICs: 4516 Air Transportation, Scheduled Saudi Arabian Airlines... Read more
	al- Khubar KHUBAR, AL- Port of Saudi Arabia. Located in the Eastern Province, on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, al-Khubar (also al-Khobar) was founded in 1923 as a fishing and pearling village by members of the Dawasir tribe fleeing from Bahrain. It thrived as a terminal for the first... Read more
	Idrisids IDRISIDS Descendants of Sayyid Muhammad ibn Ali al-Idrisi living in southwestern Arabia. The principality of Asir has been important in the politics of southwestern Arabia. It was incorporated into the new state of Saudi Arabia in 1926 when Abd al-Aziz ibn Sa Read more
	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia , officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 26,419,000), 829,995 sq mi (2,149,690 sq km), comprising most of the Arabian peninsula. It is bounded on the west by the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea; on the east by the Persian Gulf, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates; on... Read more
	Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz , 1923-2005, king of Saudi Arabia (1982-2005). A son of Ibn Saud , the founder of Saudi Arabia, Fahd served as education minister (1953-62) and interior minister (1962-75) and was named (1975) crown prince by his half-brother King Khalid . He was a powerful shaper of Saudi... Read more
	Bejel Bejel Definition Bejel, also known as endemic syphilis, is a chronic but curable disease that is seen mostly in children in dry regions, such as parts of Africa (Sudan, southern Rhodesia, and South Africa), parts of the Middle East (among nomadic/Bedouin tribes of Saudi... Read more
	Riyadh Riyadh or Riad , city (1997 est. pop. 3,000,000), capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia, in the Nejd, central Saudi Arabia. It is situated in an oasis, c.240 mi (390 km) inland from the Persian Gulf. Riyadh is the nation's educational, administrative, financial, and transportation center. Oil... Read more
	Arabia Arabia , peninsula (1991 est. pop. 35,000,000), c.1,000,000 sq mi (2,590,000 sq km), SW Asia. It is bordered on the W by the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, on the S by the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, on the E by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, and on the N by Iraq and Jordan.... Read more
	Afghanistan War Afghanistan War 1978-92, conflict between anti-Communist Muslim Afghan guerrillas (mujahidin) and Afghan government and Soviet forces. The conflict had its origins in the 1978 coup that overthrew Afghan president Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan, who had come to power by ousting the king in 1973. The... Read more
	Arabs Arabs name originally applied to the Semitic peoples of the Arabian Peninsula. It now refers to those persons whose primary language is Arabic. They constitute most of the population of Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria,... Read more