Saud of Saudi Arabia facts for kids
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King of Saudi Arabia | |||||
Reign | 9 November 1953 – 2 November 1964 | ||||
Bay'ah | 9 November 1953 | ||||
Predecessor | Abdulaziz | ||||
Successor | Faisal | ||||
Prime Minister | Faisal | ||||
Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia | |||||
Reign | 9 October 1953 – 16 August 1954 | ||||
Successor | Faisal | ||||
Reign | 21 December 1960 – 31 October 1962 | ||||
Predecessor | Faisal | ||||
Successor | Faisal | ||||
King | Himself | ||||
Born | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
15 January 1902||||
Died | 23 February 1969 Athens, Greece |
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Burial | Al-Oud cemetery, Riyadh | ||||
Issue Among others... |
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House | House of Saud | ||||
Father | Ibn Saud | ||||
Mother | Wadhah bint Hussein Al-Orair |
Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (15 January 1902 – 23 February 1969) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964. After a period of internal tension in Saudi Arabia, he was forced from the throne and replaced by his brother Faisal.
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1954 | The first five years plan announced by King Saud in his speech no. (6499/1/20/5) |
1954 | The formation of the "Saudi Arabian Naval Transport Company'' in association with Aristotle Onassis. |
1954 | The inauguration of the first naval ship "King Saud I" in Hamburg |
1954 | The inauguration of the 1st Islamic Conference in Makkah |
1955 | The first Saudi expansion of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah |
1955 | The 1st Saudi expansion of the Holy Mosque of Makkah |
1956 | Saudi Arabia stopped exporting oil to Britain and France because of the Suez Crisis. |
1956 | The rejection of King Saud to join "The Baghdad Pact" initiated by London. |
1957 | King Saud support to Jordan during their political crisis which threatened to topple King Hussein's throne |
1957 | King Saud strong diplomatic efforts at the UN denouncing the Israeli's attempts to obliterate the legal right of navigation in the Gulf of Aqaba |
1957 | King Saud diplomatic efforts to mediate between Syria and Turkey |
1957 | The USA causes the fall of oil price |
1957 | Saudi Arabia became a member of the International Monetary Fund. |
1957 | The establishment of the first university in Saudi Arabia (King Saud University) |
1960 | A Royal Pronouncement to establish "The General Presidency for the Education of Girls" |
1961 | Establishing OPEC |
1962 | Establishing the Muslim League. |
1962 | Abolishing Slavery by King Saud: A Royal Decree no (3/1/5) was announced with the ten points of reforms to abolish slavery. |
1962 | Saud established Saudi Television. |
1969 | King Saud died in Greece on 24 January. |
Images for kids
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King Abdulaziz, founder of Saudi Arabia and father of Saud
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Crown Prince Saud being received by Snouck Hurgronje (right) at Leiden University, 1935
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Kings Saud of Saudi Arabia and Hussein of Jordan visiting Jerusalem in 1953
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Faisal bin Abdulaziz, Saud's brother
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Daughter Dalal, between her father and U.S president John F. Kennedy in Palm Beach, Florida.
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