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Fahd of Saudi Arabia. Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( Arabic: فهد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, romanized : Fahd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd; 1920, 1921 or 1923 – 1 August 2005) was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982 until his death in 2005. Prior to his ascension, he was Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from ...
May 17, 2024 · Fahd of Saudi Arabia (born 1923, Riyadh, Arabia [now in Saudi Arabia]—died August 1, 2005, Riyadh) was the king of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005. As crown prince and as an active administrator, he had been the virtual ruler during the preceding reign (1975–82) of his half brother King Khalid. Fahd was the first son of Hassa Sudairi after ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 19, 2024 · Learn about the life and reign of King Fahd, the fourth son of Ibn Saud and the ruler of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005. Find out how he transformed the kingdom with oil wealth, Western ties, and humanitarian aid.
Aug 2, 2005 · Aug. 2, 2005. King Fahd, the absolutist monarch of Saudi Arabia who died yesterday after 23 years on the throne, guided his desert kingdom through sharp upheavals in the oil market, sweeping ...
Aug 2, 2005 · Aug. 2, 2005 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writers. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, a playboy-turned-statesman who led his desert kingdom into a controversial military alliance with the United States that ...
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- Washington Columnist
Aug 1, 2005 · Aug. 1, 2005. King Fahd, the absolutist monarch of Saudi Arabia who guided his desert kingdom through swerves in the oil market, regional wars and the incessant, high-stakes scrimmage between ...
Aug 1, 2005 · Fahd, who has died aged 84, was only crown prince of Saudi Arabia at the time, and what the British prime minister did not realise was how punctilious was the house of Saud in its notions of ...
