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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 Islamic tradition ...
Aug 2, 2005 · BY Douglas Martin. 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...
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.
Aug 1, 2005 · King Fahd of Saudia Arabia. Monarch who saw the material transformation of his kingdom undermined by the oil price collapse and his own alliance with the west. David Hirst. Mon 1 Aug 2005...
Aug 1, 2005 · Fahd did not get the throne immediately but he was made Crown Prince. After a short period ruling as king, in 1986 he changed his title to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, a reference to Islam's two most sacred places, which both lie in Saudi Arabia, in Mecca and Medina. The break with his playboy past could not have been more complete.
King Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, the ruler of Saudi Arabia, steered his country through the events surrounding the 1991 Persian Gulf War. The Arab leader's decision to side with the U.S.-led coalition and oppose Iraq played an important role in the war's outcome.
Aug 1, 2005 · RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, who moved his country closer to the United States but ruled in name only since suffering a stroke in 1995, died early Monday, the Saudi royal ...
