Student: badi mhadi al-bishi
Id : 403019
Day: sat – tue
Time: 5-9
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King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Abdullah became King of Saudi Arabia on 1 August 2005, following the death . Abdullah Like Fahad , was one of the many sons of King Fahad of his half – brother ibn Saud , the founder of modern Saudi Arabia (Abdullah ,mother was fahad , the eighth of ibn Saud,s16 wives ) Abdullah held important political posts throughout most of his adult life; he became mayor of Mecca as a young man and in 1962 he was appointed commander of the National Guard , a post he was still holding when he became King . He also served as deputy defense minister and was name crown Prince when Fahad took the throne in 1982. Where Fahad was some times criticized for being too fond of western –style luxuries , Abdullah is regarded as devout Muslim and a charismatic leader . After King Fahad suffered a serious stroke in 1995,Abdullah became the facto ruler of Saudi Arabia until claiming the throne a decade later . Extra credit : Abdullah is the sixth King of Saudi Arabia following Abdul Aziz (Ibn Saud, 1932-53), Faisal 91964-75) Khalid (1975-82), and Fahad (1982-2005)…upon taking the throne in 2005Abdullah name another half brother ,Prince Sultan ,as the crown Prince …According to a 2001report in The Christian Science Monitor ,Abdullah "has four wives, seven sons, 15daughters "… some sources list his birth year as 1923, according to a 2005story on C N N.com, "he exact date is unknown because no exact record of births or death were kept at the time in what was then an impoverished desert land ."