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	Fahd of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fahd had been appointed Crown Prince when Khalid succeeded their half-brother King Faisal, who was assassinated in 1975, and especially in the later years of Khalid's reign, Fahd was viewed as the de facto prime minister.
		Fahd was a son of King Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al-Saud, known as ibn Saud, the founder and first monarch of modern Saudi Arabia.
		King Fahd was admitted to the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the capital, Riyadh on May 27, 2005 for unspecified medical tests.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Fahd (2127 words)

	Muslims, Saudis say goodbye to King Fahd - Boston.com - Middle East - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		King Fahd was laid to rest in an unmarked desert grave Tuesday after his body, wrapped in a simple brown robe, was borne from a prayer service by his sons.
		Fahd, the country's absolute monarch since 1982 until he was debilitated by a 1995 stroke, died early Monday after nearly two months in a Riyadh hospital at the age of 84.
		Fahd's body was brought in on a wooden plank carried by his sons, and placed in the middle of the mosque among the crowd.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/08/02/saudi_king_fahd_buried_in_unmarked_grave (1400 words)

	Saudi's King Fahd said to be stable - Boston.com - Middle East - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		King Fahd was in stable condition Saturday with an apparent case of pneumonia, officials said, as Saudis prayed for the health of the ruler who brought the oil-rich kingdom closer to the United States during more than two decades as monarch.
		Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah are both sons of the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, King Abdul-Aziz.
		King Fahd of Saudi Arabia is shown during an audience for German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Riyadh on Oct. 5, 2003.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/05/28/saudi_arabias_king_fahd_hospitalized (766 words)

	USATODAY.com - Saudi King Fahd dies in Riyadh hospital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Fahd died at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where he was admitted on May 27 for unspecified medical tests, an official at the hospital told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
		Fahd was proclaimed the fifth king of Saudi Arabia on June 13, 1982, three years after two events that would fuel the rise of Islamic extremism in Saudi Arabia.
		Fahd was de factor ruler during the seven-year reign of his brother Khaled, a devout and apolitical man, and took the throne formally at Khaled's death in 1982.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-08-01-saudi-king-dies_x.htm (1493 words)

	ABC News: Saudi Arabia's King Fahd Dead
		ET, at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where he was admitted on May 27 for unspecified medical tests, an official at the hospital told The Associated Press.
		The king has had a less-prominent role in Saudi Arabian affairs since suffering a stroke in 1995, but he has kept the country involved in international affairs.
		King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud was born in the early 1920s in Riyadh.
	abcnews.go.com /International/story?id=996188&page=1 (371 words)

	King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz
		Fahd suffered a major stroke in 1996, and was subsequently unable to perform his official duties; his half-brother, Crown Prince Abdullah, served as de facto regent of the kingdom.
		Fahd was a son of Ibn Saud, the first monarch and founder of modern Saudi Arabia.
		King Fahd is the oldest of the "Sudairi Seven", the seven sons of King Abdul Aziz "ibn Saud" by Hassa bint Ahmad Sudairi who have been close to one another all their lives.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Fahd.html (639 words)

	All about King Fahd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		King Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz Al Sa’oud was proclaimed the fifth king of Saudi Arabia in 1982.
		King Fahd entered the political life when he was in his early twenties, serving under King Faisal, his brother, who was foreign minister at the time.
		On the international stage, King Fahd was criticised for the ties he nurtured between the kingdom and the United States, allowing U.S. troops to be stationed in the kingdom.
	www.aljazeera.com /cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=6195 (860 words)

	USATODAY.com - Saudi King Fahd buried in unmarked grave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The body of Fahd, who died Monday at age 84, was covered in his brown abaya cloak, which was removed before family members lowered the body in he was lowered into the grave in a white shroud.
		Fahd's body was carried in on a wooden plank by his sons and placed in the middle of the mosque amid a crowd of thousands, including his successor, King Abdullah.
		Abdullah took the throne after Fahd's death in a smooth succession that suggested the sprawling royal family was unified in the need to show stability in the first change in the monarchy in 23 years.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-08-02-fahd-funeral_x.htm (1167 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Saudi King Fahd dead at 84 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Fahd died at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where he was admitted on May 27 for unspecified medical tests, an official at the hospital told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because news of the monarch's death had not been officially announced at the time.
		King Fahd's debilitating stroke in 1995 confined him mainly to a figurehead role in the kingdom.
		Visitors who saw King Fahd after his 1995 stroke reported he was barely aware of what was going on around him and could not recognize those who shook hands with him.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050801-0115-obit-kingfahd.html (1587 words)

	Saudi Arabia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		King Saud at first supported the Nasser regime in Egypt, but in 1956, in opposition to Nasser, he entered into close relations with the Hashemite rulers of Jordan and Iraq, until then the traditional enemies of the Saudis.
		King Faisal, however, maintained claims to the Buraimi oases, which were also claimed by the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi.
		In 1995 the king created a Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, composed of royal family members and other appointees, in an apparent effort to establish a counterweight to the Ulemas Council, an advisory body of highly conservative Muslim theologians.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sa/SaudiAra.html (2407 words)

	TIME.com: Saudi Arabia's King Fahd Dies -- Page 1
		Fahd effectively took the reins of power in 1975, serving as the de facto ruler under his brother King Khalid and then becoming King himself upon Khalid's death in 1982.
		Fahd hoped to be remembered as the great modernizer who was also a faithful servant of Islam; a pro-American leader who used the Kingdom's vast oil wealth to build schools, hospitals, roads and airports as well as to commission a vast reconstruction of Islam's holiest mosques in the Saudi cities of Mecca and Medina.
		Fahd leaves grave challenges behind for his successor, King Abdullah, 81, though as royal advisors are anxious to point out, Abdullah has been the Kingdom's ruler in all but name since Fahd began his decade-long health decline with a stroke in 1995.
	www.time.com /time/world/article/0,8599,1088942,00.html (765 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Media silent on King Fahd's health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Three weeks after King Fahd was taken to hospital with pneumonia, Saudis are waiting for news of their elderly monarch, sceptical about repeated official assurances that his health is improving.
		Fahd, who is in his early 80s, has been treated amid relative secrecy at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in southwest Riyadh since his admission on 27 May.
		Officials say Fahd was born in 1921 or 1923 - at the time few records were kept in the impoverished desert kingdom his father was still creating before the discovery of oil.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/DD05DD8D-1807-45A2-89C2-6BD107EF51FE.htm (572 words)

	Saudi King Fahd, a Key U.S. Ally, Dies (phillyBurbs.com) \| Middle East
		Fahd, born in Riyadh in 1923, was proclaimed the fifth king of Saudi Arabia on June 13, 1982.
		Fahd was de factor ruler during the seven-year reign of his brother Khaled, a devout and apolitical man, and assumed the throne formally at Khaled's death in 1982.
		Fahd was to be buried Tuesday in a simple grave marked only by a small stone without a name or inscription, indistinguishable from the nearby graves of commoners and past kings in keeping with the austere burial traditions of conservative Saudi Arabia.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/93-08012005-521870.html (1399 words)

	Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd dies at 84
		Fahd died at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where he was admitted on May 27 for unspecified medical tests, an official at the hospital told The AP on condition of anonymity because news of the monarch’s death had not been officially announced at the time.
		Visitors who saw King Fahd after his stroke reported he was barely aware of what was going on around him and could not recognize those who shook hands with him.
		Fahd, one of 42 sons of the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, King Abdul-Aziz, got an elementary school education with a heavy emphasis on religion at a school set up by his father.
	www.infowars.com /articles/world/saudi_arabia_king_fahd_dies_84.htm (1406 words)

	King Fahd
		The fourth of five brothers to assume the throne of Saudi Arabia, Fahd lacked formal education except that of the Koran and certain traditions (falconry, etc.) taught him by his father, founder of the dynasty.
		Fahd served several ministerial positions and became king at the death of his brother, King Khaled, in 1982.
		A stroke in 1995 debilitated Fahd to the extent that he was unable to perform much of his duties, which were assumed by Crown Prince Abdullah, who became King Abdullah upon Fahd's death in 2005.
	www.nndb.com /people/658/000026580 (236 words)

	King Fahd's condition improving - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject, said the king had a fever and "water in the lungs" but that his fever was abating.
		Although Fahd's poor health has confined him to a mainly figurehead role since he suffered a stroke in 1995, Saudis were still concerned about the hospitalisation and offered prayers on his behalf.
		Fahd suffered short-term memory loss and an inability to concentrate for long stretches after his stroke.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20050529T000000-0500_81358_OBS_KING_FAHD_S_CONDITION_IMPROVING.asp (895 words)

	Saudi Arabia (08/05)
		King Abdul Aziz died in 1953 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Saud, who reigned for 11 years.
		King Fahd played a major part in bringing about the August 1988 cease-fire between Iraq and Iran and in organizing and strengthening the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), a group of six Arabian Gulf states dedicated to fostering regional economic cooperation and peaceful development.
		King Fahd's action also consolidated the coalition of forces against Iraq and helped define the tone of the operation as a multilateral effort to reestablish the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kuwait.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3584.htm (5065 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Profile: Saudi King Fahd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Fahd Bin Abd-al-Aziz was born in Riyadh in 1923, the son of King Abd-al-Aziz Al Saud, the founder of the kingdom, and Hassa bint Ahmadi al-Sudayri.
		Fahd studied at a private school set up for members of the royal family in Riyadh and later became a student of Islam in Mecca.
		Fahd entered public life when he was in his early twenties, serving under his brother, Faisal, who was foreign minister at the time.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3767661.stm (508 words)

	The New Yorker: Fact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Fahd is being kept on the throne, the N.S.A. intercepts indicate, because of a bitter family power struggle.
		Fahd's nominal successor is Crown Prince Abdullah, his half brother, who is to some extent the de-facto ruler—he and Prince Sultan, the defense minister, were the people Rumsfeld really came to see.
		Fahd was evidently incapable of making such an agreement, or of preventing anyone from dropping his name in a money-making deal.
	www.newyorker.com /fact/content/?011022fa_FACT1 (3085 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| King Fahd: Soviets and madrassas
		King Fahd's combined religious and financial commitment inspired many in the Arab world, some of whom came together in Afghanistan to participate in the jihad (holy war) from which al-Qaeda eventually emerged.
		King Fahd also lent immense economic support to Pakistan and pumped tons of free and subsidised oil into the country, which contributed to economic progress never before experienced there.
		The king's significance in the region was illustrated by the manner in which Afghanistan and Pakistan both responded to his death.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/4737657.stm (686 words)

	Arab News Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		During his reign, King Fahd has worked persistently to ensure the stability of oil prices and production; these are crucial to the prosperity of all the world’s economies.
		King Fahd has personally been in the vanguard of those who desired to alleviate the sufferings of the Arabs in the occupied territories.
		Under the king’s direction, Islamic centers, institutes, colleges and mosques have been built throughout the world to enlighten Muslims on their religion and to bring the word of Islam to new believers.
	www.arabnews.com /?supname=KingFahd&supplement=1&part=1&last=37 (1028 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies
		King Fahd had been frail since suffering a debilitating stroke in 1995 and had delegated the running of the kingdom to Crown Prince Abdullah.
		King Fahd's funeral is scheduled for Tuesday, while on Wednesday Saudi citizens will be able to pledge their loyalty to their new ruler at a palace in the capital, Riyadh.
		"King Fahd was a man of great vision and leadership who inspired his countrymen for a quarter of a century as king, and for many more before that," UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said in a statement.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/4734175.stm (758 words)

	WJLA - Saudi Arabia's King Fahd Hospitalized (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		King Fahd, the elderly Saudi ruler whose actions to strengthen the oil kingdom's ties with the United States provoked the wrath of Islamic militants, was hospitalized Friday, apparently suffering from pneumonia.
		Fahd, who rose to the throne in 1982, suffered short-term memory loss and an inability to concentrate for long stretches after his stroke in 1995.
		Fahd is the son of the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, King Abdul-Aziz.
	www.wjla.com /headlines/0505/231710.html (942 words)

	CNN.com - Saudi King Fahd reported 'well' - May 27, 2005
		Fahd, who is in his 80s, suffered a stroke in 1995 and has been hospitalized several times during the past six months.
		Fahd is held in high esteem among Muslims because of his role as the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques -- the birthplace of the prophet Mohammad in Mecca and Mohammad's burial site in Medina.
		Fahd's close relations with the United States especially angered Islamic fundamentalists, like Saudi-born Osama bin Laden, during the 1991 Gulf War when he allowed U.S. forces to be based in the kingdom to get Saddam Hussein's military out of Kuwait.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/05/27/saudi.fahd (803 words)

	USATODAY.com - Muslims, Saudis say goodbye to King Fahd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — King Fahd was laid to rest in an unmarked desert grave Tuesday after his body, wrapped in a simple brown robe, was borne from a prayer service by his sons.
		Ceremonies were simple, despite the presence of royals — including Jordan's King Abdullah II, the emirs of Persian Gulf nations and the sultan of Brunei — and presidents of Islamic and Arab powerhouses like Egypt, Syria and Pakistan.
		When Fahd's death was announced and Abdullah was named king, Fahd's brother Prince Sultan was made the new crown prince —; next in line for succession.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-08-02-saudis-muslims-say-goodbye_x.htm (1311 words)

	Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A son of Ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, Fahd served (1962-75) as interior minister and was named (1975) crown prince by his half-brother King Khalid.
		Fahd encouraged limited modernization of Saudi Arabia, but the new constitution (1992) that established an appointed consultative national council left unchanged the royal family's control of the government.
		An exquisite balancing act: onetime playboy King Fahd tries to mingle modernity and feudalism.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FahdibnA1.asp (379 words)

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