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Faisal believed that Saud's continued ill health compelled him to take the throne, thus absolving him of the oath. [54] The royal family supported the fatwa and immediately informed Saud of their decision. Saud, by now shorn of all his powers, agreed, and Faisal was proclaimed king on 2 November 1964.
May 16, 2024 · Faisal of Saudi Arabia, king from the deposition of his brother Saud in 1964 until his assassination in 1975. He was more active and modernizing than his predecessors in managing the state while also being more assertive in the country’s foreign affairs.
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Feb 9, 2010 · As king, he sought to modernize his nation, and lent financial and moral support to anti-Israeli efforts in the Middle East. In 1975, Faisal was assassinated...
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In Context. Prince Faisal bin Musaed was later found guilty of regicide and in June 1975 he was executed for the murder of his uncle King Faisal. The prince was beheaded in the public square in...
Mar 26, 1975 · From his beginnings as the third son of an obscure raiderchieftain in the desert of central Arabia, Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz Al Saud rose to be one of the most powerful and richest men in the...
Jan 6, 1975 · As a crucial decision maker and a symbol of Arab petropower, Saudi Arabia's King Faisal is TIME'S Man of the Year. Throughout 1974, Faisal's actions about oil prices and related matters...
Nov. 1, 1964. BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 31—Councils of the Saudi Arabian royal family and of religious elders meeting in Riyadh have resolved to depose King Saud and to proclaim Crown Prince...
