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Also Known As	Feisal ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān as-Saʿūd • Faisal ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān as-Saʿūd • Fayṣal ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān as-Saʿūd
Born	c.1906 • Riyadh • Saudi Arabia
Died	March 25, 1975 • Riyadh • Saudi Arabia
Title / Office	king (1964-1975), Saudi Arabia • foreign minister (1953-1960), Saudi Arabia
Notable Family Members	father Ibn Saud • brother Saud

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Ibn Saud

Ibn Saud

Saudi king and religious leader

King Fahd of Saudi Arabia

Fahd of Saudi Arabia

king of Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Salman

Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Arabian prince

King Salman ibn Abdulaziz

Salman of Saudi Arabia

king of Saudi Arabia

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

king of Saudi Arabia

King Khalid of Saudi Arabia

Khalid of Saudi Arabia

king of Saudi Arabia

King Saud of Saudi Arabia

Saud of Saudi Arabia

king of Saudi Arabia

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Osama bin Laden

leader of al-Qaeda terrorist organization

al-Walīd ibn Ṭalāl ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd

al-Waleed bin Talal

Saudi Arabian prince and entrepreneur

Thoraya Obaid

Saudi politician

Āl Saʿūd, Salmān

Sultan ibn Salman Al Saud

Saudi royal and astronaut

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