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|birth_place = [[Taif]]
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|death_date = 19 July 2008 (aged 73-74)
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|death_place = [[Paris]]
|death_place = [[Paris]]
|burial_place = [[Al Adl cemetery]], [[Mecca]]
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==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Prince Fawwaz was born in [[Taif]] in 1934.<ref name="Riyadh">{{Cite web |url=http://www.riyadh.gov.sa/en/Pages/Princes/Princes.aspx?ItemId=7|title=His Royal Highness Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz|date=2013|work=Ministry of Interior|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925074040/http://www.riyadh.gov.sa/en/Pages/Princes/Princes.aspx?ItemId=7 |archive-date=25 September 2013|access-date=1 March 2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=ainal/> He was the son of [[King Abdulaziz]] and Bazza II (died 1940), a [[Circassians|Circassian]] woman born in [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of Bazzah|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/viewBio.do?id=176578|work=Datarabia|accessdate=10 August 2012|url-access=subscription|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Winberg Chai|title=Saudi Arabia: A Modern Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lh4bENPP_HEC&pg=PA193|date=22 September 2005|publisher=University of Indianapolis Press|isbn=978-0-88093-859-4|page=193|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="shenderson94"/> Fawwaz was the 24th son of King Abdulaziz.<ref name=ainal>{{cite news|title=Saudi royal court mourns Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz|url=http://www.ainalyaqeen.com/arch_2008/29_july/en3.php|access-date=4 May 2012|work=Ain al Yaqeen|date=29 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927114259/http://www.ainalyaqeen.com/arch_2008/29_july/en3.php|archive-date=27 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> His only full brother was Prince [[Bandar bin Abdulaziz]].<ref name="Sharaf2001">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51Bb8Ix7xw8C&pg=PA137 |title=The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia|author=Sharaf Sabri|publisher=I.S. Publications|year=2001|isbn=978-81-901254-0-6|location=New Delhi|pages=137–138|oclc=924353889}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Appendix 6. The Sons of Abdulaziz|url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-0-312-29962-0%2F1.pdf|work=Springer|accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref>
Prince Fawwaz was born in [[Taif]] in 1934.<ref name="Riyadh">{{Cite web |url=http://www.riyadh.gov.sa/en/Pages/Princes/Princes.aspx?ItemId=7|title=His Royal Highness Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz|date=2013|work=Ministry of Interior|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925074040/http://www.riyadh.gov.sa/en/Pages/Princes/Princes.aspx?ItemId=7 |archive-date=25 September 2013|access-date=1 March 2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=ainal/> He was the son of [[King Abdulaziz]] and Bazza II (died 1940), a [[Circassians|Circassian]] woman from Syria.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography of Bazzah|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/viewBio.do?id=176578|work=Datarabia|accessdate=10 August 2012|url-access=subscription|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Winberg Chai|title=Saudi Arabia: A Modern Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lh4bENPP_HEC&pg=PA193|date=22 September 2005|publisher=University of Indianapolis Press|isbn=978-0-88093-859-4|page=193|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="shenderson94"/> Fawwaz was the 24th son of King Abdulaziz.<ref name=ainal>{{cite news|title=Saudi royal court mourns Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz|url=http://www.ainalyaqeen.com/arch_2008/29_july/en3.php|access-date=4 May 2012|work=Ain al Yaqeen|date=29 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927114259/http://www.ainalyaqeen.com/arch_2008/29_july/en3.php|archive-date=27 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> His only full brother was Prince [[Bandar bin Abdulaziz]].<ref name="Sharaf2001">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=51Bb8Ix7xw8C&pg=PA137 |title=The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia|author=Sharaf Sabri|publisher=I.S. Publications|year=2001|isbn=978-81-901254-0-6|location=New Delhi|pages=137–138|oclc=924353889}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Appendix 6. The Sons of Abdulaziz|url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-0-312-29962-0%2F1.pdf|work=Springer|accessdate=13 August 2020}}</ref>


He received his early education at the [[Princes' School]] in [[Riyadh]].<ref name=ainal/>
He received his early education at the [[Princes' School]] in [[Riyadh]].<ref name=ainal/>


==Career==
==Career==
Prince Fawwaz was governor of [[Riyadh]] from 1960 to 1961.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC&pg=PA420|title=Middle East Record|date=1961|publisher=Israel Program for Scientific Translations for Tel Aviv University|editor=Yitzhak Oron|volume=2|location=Israel|page=420}}</ref> On 18 June 1969, he was appointed deputy governor of [[Makkah Province]].<ref name="Sharaf2001"/> Then, he served as governor of the province from 1971 to 1980.<ref name="Riyadh"/><ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ghassane Salameh|author2=Vivian Steir|date=October 1980|title=Political Power and the Saudi State|journal=MERIP|issue=91|pages=5–22|doi=10.2307/3010946|issn=0047-7265 |jstor=3010946|oclc=5548706854|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was the governor when the [[Grand Mosque Seizure]] occurred.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Joseph A. Kechichian|date=February 1986|title=The Role of the Ulama in the Politics of an Islamic State: The Case of Saudi Arabia|journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|volume=18|issue=1|pages=53–71|doi=10.1017/s002074380003021x|issn=0020-7438|jstor=162860|oclc=4815045431|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="pww">{{cite book|author=Peter W. Wilson|title=Saudi Arabia: The Coming Storm|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_c9FOeeuewC&pg=PA59|date=20 July 1994|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-3347-7|page=59}}</ref> After this event, he was removed from office for corruption allegations by the group seized the mosque.<ref name=pww/><ref name="bvrein">{{Cite thesis|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/36696192.pdf|title=Omnibalancing and the House of Saud|author=Baron V. Reinhold|date=June 2001|location=Naval Postgraduate School,Monterey, CA|oclc=640954800|degree=MA}}</ref><ref name=gtk>{{cite book|author1=Geoffrey F. Gresh|author2=Tugrul Keskin|title=US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: From American Missionaries to the Islamic State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NyBWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1999|date=17 April 2018|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-16962-2|page=1999}}</ref> There is another report arguing that following the incident Prince Fawwaz resigned from the office citing health problems.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nadav Safran|title=Saudi Arabia: The Ceaseless Quest for Security|date=1988|publisher=Cornell University Press|page=446 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/2157450/pdf|chapter=The Reign of Khaled, 1975–1982|isbn=978-0801494840}}</ref>
Prince Fawwaz was governor of [[Riyadh]] from 1960 to 1961.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzZ71Eh5QvMC&pg=PA420|title=Middle East Record|date=1961|publisher=Israel Program for Scientific Translations for Tel Aviv University|editor=Yitzhak Oron|volume=2|location=Israel|page=420}}</ref> On 18 June 1969, he was appointed deputy governor of [[Makkah Province]].<ref name="Sharaf2001"/> Then, he served as governor of the province from 1971 to 1980.<ref name="Riyadh"/><ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Ghassane Salameh|author2=Vivian Steir|date=October 1980|title=Political Power and the Saudi State|journal=MERIP|issue=91|pages=5–22|doi=10.2307/3010946|issn=0047-7265 |jstor=3010946|oclc=5548706854|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was the governor when the [[Grand Mosque Seizure]] occurred.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Joseph A. Kechichian|date=February 1986|title=The Role of the Ulama in the Politics of an Islamic State: The Case of Saudi Arabia|journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|volume=18
|issue=1|pages=53–71|doi=10.1017/s002074380003021x|issn=0020-7438|jstor=162860|oclc=4815045431|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="pww">{{cite book|author=Peter W. Wilson|title=Saudi Arabia: The Coming Storm|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_c9FOeeuewC&pg=PA59|date=20 July 1994|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-3347-7|page=59}}</ref> After this event, he was removed from office for corruption allegations by the group seized the mosque.<ref name=pww/><ref name="bvrein">{{Cite thesis|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/36696192.pdf|title=Omnibalancing and the House of Saud|author=Baron V. Reinhold|date=June 2001|location=Naval Postgraduate School,Monterey, CA
|oclc=640954800|degree=MA}}</ref><ref name=gtk>{{cite book|author1=Geoffrey F. Gresh|author2=Tugrul Keskin|title=US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: From American Missionaries to the Islamic State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NyBWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1999|date=17 April 2018|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-16962-2|page=1999}}</ref> There is another report arguing that following the incident Prince Fawwaz resigned from the office citing health problems.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nadav Safran|title=Saudi Arabia: The Ceaseless Quest for Security|date=1988|publisher=Cornell University Press|page=446|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/2157450/pdf|chapter=The Reign of Khaled, 1975–1982|isbn=978-0801494840}}</ref>


==Free princes movement==
==Free princes movement==
Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz together with [[Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Talal]] and [[Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Badr]] was a member of the [[Free Princes Movement]] from 1962 to February 1964.<ref name="shenderson94">{{Cite book |url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PP_37_AFTERKINGFAHD.pdf|title=After King Fahd: Succession in Saudi Arabia|author=Simon Henderson|year=1995|series=Policy Papers|issue=37|publisher=The Washington Institute for Near East Policy|location=Washington, D.C.|edition=2nd|isbn=9780944029558|lccn=94012154<!--Note that the LCCN shown in the source is typo'd as 92-12154"-->|oclc=476709498|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Sharaf2001"/>
Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz together with [[Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Talal]] and [[Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|Prince Badr]] was a member of the [[Free Princes Movement]] from 1962 to February 1964.<ref name="shenderson94">{{Cite book|url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PP_37_AFTERKINGFAHD.pdf|title=After King Fahd: Succession in Saudi Arabia|author=Simon Henderson|year=1995|series=Policy Papers|issue=37|publisher=The Washington Institute for Near East Policy|location=Washington, D.C.|edition=2nd|isbn=9780944029558|lccn=94012154<!--Note that the LCCN shown in the source is typo'd as 92-12154"-->|oclc=476709498|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Sharaf2001"/>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Prince Fawwaz was married to Fawzia bint Hussain Izzat.<ref name="Sharaf2001"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Family Tree of Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud|url=http://www.datarabia.com/royals/famtree.do?id=176897 |work=Datarabia|accessdate=4 May 2012|url-access=subscription|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He had only an adopted son who could not replace him in the Allegiance Council. He had a wide range of business activities related to property development in the kingdom.
Prince Fawwaz was married to Fawzia bint Hussain Izzat.<ref name="Sharaf2001"/><ref name=gcb>{{cite book|editor=Giselle C. Bricault|title=Major Companies of the Arab World 1993/94|date=1993|publisher=Springer
|location=Dordrecht|isbn=978-1-85333-894-6|page=582|doi=10.1007/978-94-011-1458-5_13|url=https://doi-org.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1458-5_13|chapter=Saudi Arabia}}</ref> He had only an adopted son who could not replace him in the Allegiance Council. He had a wide range of business activities related to property development in the kingdom. His wife and he also had a company based in Jeddah.<ref name=gcb/>


Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz was one of the royal family members who were harshly criticised by [[Juhayman al-Otaybi|Juhayman al Otaybi]] and Abdullah Al Qahtani, leaders of the group seized Grand Mosque in 1979, for his unabashed drinking, gambling, and corruption.<ref name="bvrein"/><ref name="gtk"/>
Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz was one of the royal family members who were harshly criticised by [[Juhayman al-Otaybi|Juhayman al Otaybi]] and Abdullah Al Qahtani, leaders of the group seized Grand Mosque in 1979, for his unabashed drinking, gambling, and corruption.<ref name="bvrein"/><ref name="gtk"/>


==Death==
==Death==
Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz died in [[Paris]] on 19 July 2008, at the age of 74, after suffering from a disease.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/details.php?id=576088|title=Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz passes away|date=22 July 2008|work=Saudi Press Agency|access-date=2 September 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_g_VWUOS8oC&pg=PA139|title=Legal and Political Reforms in Sa'udi Arabia|author=Joseph A. Kéchichian|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-0-203-08120-4|page=139 |oclc=1058645598|df=mdy-all}}</ref> His funeral was held in the [[Masjid al-Haram|Grand Mosque]] in [[Mecca]] on 20 July 2008. His body was buried in [[Al Adl cemetery]] in Mecca.<ref name=ainal/> Condolence messages were sent to [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]], the Saudi government and the Saudi Royal Family from [[Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bna.bh/en/ArchiveDetails.aspx?ArchiveId=124603|title=Bahraini Leadership Condole Saudi Arabia|date=24 July 2008|work=Bahrain News Agency|access-date=1 March 2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kuwait Amir sends cable of condolences to Saudi King |url=http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?Language=en&id=1926737|work=Kuwait News Agency|date=22 July 2008|accessdate=3 September 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and [[Hamad bin Khalifa|Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa]] and [[Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Qatar Premier condoles the Saudi Monarch|url=http://english.mofa.gov.qa/newmofasite/newsPage.cfm?newsid=3094|work=Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=26 May 2012|date=23 July 2008 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120726194559/http://english.mofa.gov.qa/newmofasite/newsPage.cfm?newsid=3094 |archivedate=26 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz died in Paris on 19 July 2008, at the age of 74, after suffering from a disease.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/details.php?id=576088|title=Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz passes away|date=22 July 2008|work=Saudi Press Agency|access-date=2 September 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_g_VWUOS8oC&pg=PA139|title=Legal and Political Reforms in Sa'udi Arabia|author=Joseph A. Kéchichian|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=978-0-203-08120-4|page=139 |oclc=1058645598|df=dmy-all}}</ref> His funeral was held in the Grand Mosque in Mecca on 20 July 2008. His body was buried in [[Al Adl cemetery]] in Mecca.<ref name=ainal/> Condolence messages were sent to [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah]], the Saudi government and the Saudi Royal Family from [[Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bna.bh/en/ArchiveDetails.aspx?ArchiveId=124603|title=Bahraini Leadership Condole Saudi Arabia|date=24 July 2008|work=Bahrain News Agency|access-date=1 March 2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kuwait Amir sends cable of condolences to Saudi King |url=http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?Language=en&id=1926737|work=Kuwait News Agency|date=22 July 2008|accessdate=3 September 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and [[Hamad bin Khalifa|Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa]] and [[Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Qatar Premier condoles the Saudi Monarch|url=http://english.mofa.gov.qa/newmofasite/newsPage.cfm?newsid=3094|work=Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=26 May 2012|date=23 July 2008 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120726194559/http://english.mofa.gov.qa/newmofasite/newsPage.cfm?newsid=3094 |archivedate=26 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


==Honors==
==Honors==

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Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Governor of Makkah Province
Tenure1971–1980
PredecessorMishaal bin Abdulaziz
SuccessorMajid bin Abdulaziz
MonarchKing Faisal
King Khalid
Governor of Riyadh Province
Tenure1960–1961
PredecessorSalman bin Abdulaziz
SuccessorBadr bin Saud bin Abdulaziz
MonarchKing Saud
Born1934
Taif
Died19 July 2008 (aged 73–74)
Paris
Burial20 July 2008
SpouseFawzia bint Hussain Izzat
HouseHouse of Saud
FatherKing Abdulaziz
MotherBazza II

Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1934 – 19 July 2008) (Arabic: فواز بن عبد العزيز آل سعود Fawwāz bin ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Saʿūd) was a senior member of the House of Saud. In 2006, Fawwaz became one of the members of the Allegiance Commission. However, he died on 19 July 2008, some six months after the establishment of the council.

Early life and education

Prince Fawwaz was born in Taif in 1934.[1][2] He was the son of King Abdulaziz and Bazza II (died 1940), a Circassian woman from Syria.[3][4][5] Fawwaz was the 24th son of King Abdulaziz.[2] His only full brother was Prince Bandar bin Abdulaziz.[6][7]

He received his early education at the Princes' School in Riyadh.[2]

Career

Prince Fawwaz was governor of Riyadh from 1960 to 1961.[8] On 18 June 1969, he was appointed deputy governor of Makkah Province.[6] Then, he served as governor of the province from 1971 to 1980.[1][9] He was the governor when the Grand Mosque Seizure occurred.[10][11] After this event, he was removed from office for corruption allegations by the group seized the mosque.[11][12][13] There is another report arguing that following the incident Prince Fawwaz resigned from the office citing health problems.[14]

Free princes movement

Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz together with Prince Talal and Prince Badr was a member of the Free Princes Movement from 1962 to February 1964.[5][6]

Personal life

Prince Fawwaz was married to Fawzia bint Hussain Izzat.[6][15] He had only an adopted son who could not replace him in the Allegiance Council. He had a wide range of business activities related to property development in the kingdom. His wife and he also had a company based in Jeddah.[15]

Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz was one of the royal family members who were harshly criticised by Juhayman al Otaybi and Abdullah Al Qahtani, leaders of the group seized Grand Mosque in 1979, for his unabashed drinking, gambling, and corruption.[12][13]

Death

Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz died in Paris on 19 July 2008, at the age of 74, after suffering from a disease.[16][17] His funeral was held in the Grand Mosque in Mecca on 20 July 2008. His body was buried in Al Adl cemetery in Mecca.[2] Condolence messages were sent to King Abdullah, the Saudi government and the Saudi Royal Family from Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah,[18] Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah,[19] and Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa and Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani.[20]

Honors

Prince Fawwaz was the recipient of several decorations, including the Order of Cedar of Lebanon and various orders of merit from different countries.[21]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b "His Royal Highness Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz". Ministry of Interior. 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Saudi royal court mourns Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz". Ain al Yaqeen. 29 July 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Biography of Bazzah". Datarabia. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. ^ Winberg Chai (22 September 2005). Saudi Arabia: A Modern Reader. University of Indianapolis Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-88093-859-4.
  5. ^ a b Simon Henderson (1995). After King Fahd: Succession in Saudi Arabia (PDF). Policy Papers (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. ISBN 9780944029558. LCCN 94012154. OCLC 476709498.
  6. ^ a b c d Sharaf Sabri (2001). The House of Saud in Commerce: A Study of Royal Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. New Delhi: I.S. Publications. pp. 137–138. ISBN 978-81-901254-0-6. OCLC 924353889.
  7. ^ "Appendix 6. The Sons of Abdulaziz" (PDF). Springer. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. ^ Yitzhak Oron, ed. (1961). Middle East Record. Vol. 2. Israel: Israel Program for Scientific Translations for Tel Aviv University. p. 420.
  9. ^ Ghassane Salameh; Vivian Steir (October 1980). "Political Power and the Saudi State". MERIP (91): 5–22. doi:10.2307/3010946. ISSN 0047-7265. JSTOR 3010946. OCLC 5548706854.
  10. ^ Joseph A. Kechichian (February 1986). "The Role of the Ulama in the Politics of an Islamic State: The Case of Saudi Arabia". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 18 (1): 53–71. doi:10.1017/s002074380003021x. ISSN 0020-7438. JSTOR 162860. OCLC 4815045431.
  11. ^ a b Peter W. Wilson (20 July 1994). Saudi Arabia: The Coming Storm. M.E. Sharpe. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7656-3347-7.
  12. ^ a b Baron V. Reinhold (June 2001). Omnibalancing and the House of Saud (PDF) (MA thesis). Naval Postgraduate School,Monterey, CA. OCLC 640954800.
  13. ^ a b Geoffrey F. Gresh; Tugrul Keskin (17 April 2018). US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: From American Missionaries to the Islamic State. Taylor & Francis. p. 1999. ISBN 978-1-351-16962-2.
  14. ^ Nadav Safran (1988). "The Reign of Khaled, 1975–1982". Saudi Arabia: The Ceaseless Quest for Security. Cornell University Press. p. 446. ISBN 978-0801494840.
  15. ^ a b Giselle C. Bricault, ed. (1993). "Saudi Arabia". Major Companies of the Arab World 1993/94. Dordrecht: Springer. p. 582. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1458-5_13. ISBN 978-1-85333-894-6.
  16. ^ "Prince Fawaz bin Abdulaziz passes away". Saudi Press Agency. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  17. ^ Joseph A. Kéchichian (2013). Legal and Political Reforms in Sa'udi Arabia. Routledge. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-203-08120-4. OCLC 1058645598.
  18. ^ "Bahraini Leadership Condole Saudi Arabia". Bahrain News Agency. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  19. ^ "Kuwait Amir sends cable of condolences to Saudi King". Kuwait News Agency. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  20. ^ "Qatar Premier condoles the Saudi Monarch". Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  21. ^ Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008 (18th ed.). K. G. Saur. 2007. p. 717. doi:10.1515/9783110930047. ISBN 9783598077357.