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Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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 foreign and domestic policy under Khalid, on whose death (1982) he succeeded to the throne. Fahd's decision to permit U.S. and other foreign forces to based in Saudi Arabia after the invasion of Kuwait was controversial and offended many Muslims. He encouraged limited modernization of Saudi Arabia,... Read more
Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Saud
Encyclopedia of World Biography Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Saud King Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Saud (born 1920 ... resources. Born in 1920, Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, son of King Ibn Saud, was educated ... prominent family, and Fahd was one of the couple ... King Saud sent ... Read more
Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... Saudi Arabia (2005-), b. Riyadh. Like his predecessor, King Fahd , he is a son of Saudi Arabia's founder, Ibn Saud , but by a different wife. In 1962 he was appointed deputy ... 1975, he became crown prince and first deputy prime minister on Fahd's accession to the throne in 1982. Since the 1970s he has ... Read more

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