Fahd of Saudi Arabia
King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, (c. 1921[a] - August 1, 2005) was the King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He was also the leader of the House of Saud and Prime Minister. One of his sons was Abdul Aziz bin Fahd.
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King Abdulaziz, father of Fahd
Interior Minister Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud with Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel, Saudi Ambassador to the United States
Crown Prince Fahd and King Khalid at a ceremony
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat receives King Khalid and Crown Prince Fahd, Cairo in July 1975
U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Crown Prince Fahd in 1978
King Fahd gave money for building mosques throughout the world. The Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque, at Europa Point Gibraltar, which opened in 1997, is one such mosque.
King Fahd shares a laugh with US President George H. W. Bush, Jeddah, 21 November 1990
US Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney meets with Saudi Defence Minister Sultan bin Abdulaziz to discuss how to handle the invasion of Kuwait; December 1, 1990
Crown Prince Abdullah assumed some of the duties of government after King Fahd's stroke in 1995.
King Fahd's eldest son, Faisal, in 1978
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References
- ↑ "Fahd ibn Abdal-Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia, 1920-2005". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ↑ Bernard Reich, ed. (1990). Political leaders of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa: A biographical dictionary. New York; Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 528. ISBN 978-0-313-26213-5.
- ↑ "Riyadh. The capital of monotheism" (PDF). Business and Finance Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2009.
- ↑ "The Embassy of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia". The Embassy of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
- ↑ "Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud". 30 July 2023.