Faisal of Saudi Arabia

King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: فيصل بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود <span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Fayṣal ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd; 14 April 1906 – 25 March 1975) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975. He was born on April 14, 1906. He was the third son of Ibn Saud. He became king when his brother Saud resigned.

On 25 March 1975, King Faisal was shot point-blank and killed by his half-brother's son, Faisal bin Musaid. Faisal was 68 years old.

Faisal Of Saudi Arabia Media

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  At the age of thirteen, during his visit to the United Kingdom in 1919

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  Leading the Asir campaign, 1922

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  Visiting Camp de Satory in France, 1932

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  Faisal, as minister of foreign affairs, in 1942

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  With Prince Khalid in Washington, D.C., 1943

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  Meeting with President Kennedy, October 1962

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  Arab leaders meet in Cairo, September 1970. From left to right: Muammar Gaddafi (Libya), Yasser Arafat (Palestine), Jaafar al-Nimeiri (Sudan), Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt), King Faisal (Saudi Arabia) and Sheikh Sabah (Kuwait)

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  Abha Dam, completed in 1974

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  Inaugurating the College of Petroleum and Minerals, 1974