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Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
King Abdullah bin Abdul al-Saud January 2007.jpg
King of Saudi Arabia
Reign 1 August 2005 – 22 January 2015
Bay'ah 2 August 2005
Predecessor Fahd
Successor Salman
Regency 2 January 1996 – 1 August 2005
Born (1924-08-01)1 August 1924
Riyadh, Nejd
(now Saudi Arabia)
Died 23 January 2015(2015-01-23) (aged 90)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Spouse Alanoud Al Fayez (1972–2003)
Jawahir bint Ali Hussein
Aida Fustuq (Divorced)
Munira Al Otaishan
Munira bint Abdullah Al Al Shaykh
Tathi bint Mishan al Faisal al Jarba
(7 or more other wives)
Issue
Detail
Prince Khaled
Prince Mutaib
Prince Mishaal
Prince Abdulaziz
Prince Turki
Prince Badr
Princess Nora
Princess Aliya
Princess Adila
Princess Maryam
Princess Sahab
Princess Sahar
Princess Maha
Princess Hala
Princess Jawahir
Princess Anoud
Prince Saud
Prince Bandar
House House of Saud
Father Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia
Mother Fahda Al Shuraim
Religion Sunni Islam

Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud, (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ‘Abd ullāh ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd) (1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015) was the King of Saudi Arabia from 1 August 2005 until his death in 23 January 2015. He became king upon the death of his half-brother, King Fahd. He was the tenth son of Ibn Saud.

Abdullah died from complications of pneumonia at the age of 90. His half-brother Salman took his place as king.


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