Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
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| King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud عبدالله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود |
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| Reign | 1 August 2005 – present |
| Bayaa | 2 August 2005 |
| Predecessor | King Fahd |
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| In Office | 26 January 1963 – 16 November 2010 |
| Predecessor | Saad bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud[1] |
| Successor | Mutaib bin Abdullah |
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| Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Saud | |
| House | House of Saud |
| Father | King Abdulaziz |
| Mother | Fahda bint Asi Al Shuraim[2] |
| Born | August 1, 1924 Riyadh, Sultanate of Nejd |
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Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud, (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ‘Abd ullāh ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Su‘ūd) (born 1 August 1924)[3][4][5] is the King of Saudi Arabia since 1 August 2005 upon the death of his half-brother, King Fahd.
References [change]
- ↑ Herb, Michael (1999). All in the family. Albany: State University of New York Press. pp. 102. ISBN 0-7914-4168-7. http://books.google.com.tr/books?hl=en&lr=&id=i6hd9w64lcgC&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=royal+family+of+saudi+arabia&ots=fkiWztrAYE&sig=qlt3kyjHVQzUUQIDXOI0llqyRj0&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=royal%20family%20of%20saudi%20arabia&f=false.
- ↑ "King Abdullah: A Who2 Profile". Who2.com. 1 August 2005. http://www.who2.com/abdullah.html. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz". Saudiembassy.net. http://www.saudiembassy.net/about/KingAbdullah.aspx. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ↑ "King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" (in English). Saudi Arabia: Ministry of Higher Education of Saudi Arabia. 4 August 2010. http://www.mohe.gov.sa/en/studyinside/aboutKSA/Pages/kings-of-Saudi-Arabia.aspx. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ↑ "Kingdom Kings" (in English). Saudi Arabia: Ministry of Commerce and Industry - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. http://beta.mci.gov.sa/English/AboutKingdom/Pages/KingdomKings.aspx. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
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