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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

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  3. 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.

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  5. 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 ...

  6. Aug 2, 2005 · King Fahd, absolutist monarch of Saudi Arabia for 23 years, dies at age 82; guided country through sharp upheavals in oil market, sweeping regional wars and incessant, high-stakes scrimmages ...

  7. With a reign of 23 years, Fahd remains the longest-reigning Saudi king. Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 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 1975 to 1982. He was the eighth son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia.

  8. 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 ...

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