King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 until his assassination in 1975. Before his ascension, he served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964, and he was briefly regent to his half-brother King Saud in 1964. He was prime minister from 1954 to 1960 and from 1962 to 1975. Faisal was the third son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia.
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politics · King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 · monarch · politician · statesperson · military personnel · also King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Faisal bin Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahmman al saud, Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Faisal Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al-Saud
Born 14 April 1906 · Died 25 March 1975 · Q217167
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2026· 4 entries
King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
“with my heart brimming with love for President Nasser.”
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Public attention spiked: 5,350 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.5× the usual 1,182, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 100,276 Wikipedia readers in one day, 84.8× the usual 1,182, with 0 article edits.
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2019· 1 entry
King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Entitled Born a King is about the visit of Faisal to London in 1919, when he was thirteen years old
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2013· 1 entry
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Russian Arabist Alexei Vassiliev published another biography, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia: Personality, Faith and Times
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1975· 5 entries
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Died 1975-03-25.
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Was succeeded by his half-brother Khalid
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“I beg of you, brothers, to look upon me as both brother and servant. 'Majesty' is reserved to God alone and 'the throne' is the throne of the Heavens and Earth.”
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And was inaugurated during the reign of his brother Khalid in 1977
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The College of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran was converted into the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
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1974· 4 entries
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Ordered the Council of Ministers to merge the university into the state system as a public university offering free education to Saudi students
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Faisal was named Time magazine's Man of the Year, and the financial windfall generated by the crisis fueled the economic boom that occurred in Saudi Arabia after his death
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Donated them to the Egyptian Air Force before they entered Royal Saudi Air Force service
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Faisal ordered the establishment of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh
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1973· 3 entries
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Awarded Financial Times Person of the Year (1973).
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And stood until the second Saudi expansion, when it was decommissioned
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Saudi Arabia and the United States established the Joint Saudi–American Economic Committee
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1972· 1 entry
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Faisal also ordered 39 Mirage 5 aircraft from France
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1970· 3 entries
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And launched the kingdom’s first five-year plan for economic development
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With the assistance of foreign companies
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Faisal drew closer to Nasser's successor, Anwar Sadat, who himself was planning a break with the Soviet Union and a move towards the pro-American camp
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1969· 3 entries
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Was especially threatening for Saudi Arabia due to the similarity between the two sparsely populated desert countries
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The kingdom initiated its first development strategy
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With the addition of two new wings and repairs to the sanctuary's existing structure
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1967· 4 entries
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Awarded Royal Victorian Chain (1967).
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Established King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah
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A conference in Mecca brought together a significant number of Muslim architects to discuss possible design alternatives
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Faisal established the post of second prime minister and appointed Prince Fahd to this post
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1966· 2 entries
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Awarded Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit (1966).
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And President Richard Nixon in Washington in 1971
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1965· 3 entries
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Under the auspices of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, to put the Saudi-Egyptian declaration between the two parties of the Yemeni conflict into effect
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The Ministry of Agriculture worked with multinational consulting firms on a water exploration program
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With the maqam housed inside a crystal pillar with a silver lid
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1964· 6 entries
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Faisal quickly caught the attention of the international public
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Career landmark: King of Saudi Arabia (1964–1975).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1964–1975).
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With the help of other members of the royal family and his maternal cousin Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh, Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia
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Even though they had helped bring him to the throne
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To perform restoration work on the Dome of the Rock
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1963· 2 entries
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Established the country's first television station, though actual broadcasts would not begin for another two years
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In which he claimed that the Palestinian crisis is the only thing that has ruined Arab peace since the UN resolution to partition Palestine
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1962· 6 entries
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In promoting a broader, non-sectarian form of pan-Islamism, Faisal launched the Muslim World League where the Tijani Sufi scholar Ibrahim Niass was invited
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However, Faisal rallied enough support within the royal family to install himself as prime minister for a second time
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Also ordered the reopening of the Kaaba Cloth Factory in Mecca due to political tensions between Egypt (then called the United Arab Republic) and Saudi Arabia
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His daughter Sara founded one of the first charitable organizations, Al Nahda, which won the first Chaillot prize for human rights organisations in the Gulf in 2009
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia (1962–1975).
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Helped found the Muslim World League, a worldwide charity to which the Saudi royal family has reportedly since donated more than a billion dollars
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1960· 1 entry
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A royal order issued during the reign of King Saud established the General Presidency for Girls Education, marking an early stage in the formal development of women's education in Saudi Arabia
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1958· 1 entry
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1958–1960).
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1956· 1 entry
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Established Dar Al Hanan, described as the first regular government school for girls in the country, under the patronage of his wife Iffat
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1955· 2 entries
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And due to an increase in the number of pilgrims
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During the reign of King Saud, and continued for twenty years during the reigns of King Faisal and King Khalid
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1953· 2 entries
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Career landmark: Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (1953–1964).
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And his half-brother Saud became king, Faisal became crown prince, and in that position he outlawed slavery in Saudi Arabia
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1948· 1 entry
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In which he discussed the Palestinian struggle and the suffering of the Palestinian people
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1938· 1 entry
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When he represented his father in the London Conference on the Palestine issue, where he delivered an important address opposing the partition plan
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1934· 1 entry
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Resulting in a Saudi victory
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1930· 1 entry
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Career landmark: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia (1930–1960).
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1922· 1 entry
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Faisal was sent to these provinces with nearly six thousand fighters
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1919· 1 entry
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The British government invited Abdulaziz to visit London
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1906· 1 entry
King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born 1906-04-14.
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