2026
Names of the passengers aboard King Saud’s plane that crashed
Muhammad al‑Dāmir, Abdulaziz Abu Niyyan, Nasser Eid Saad al‑Issa, Saleh al‑Zaid, Ali al‑Tamrah, and Abdullah al‑Dawsari — may God have mercy on them all. They were lost along with the pilots and the rest of the crew, ten foreign members, according to Eid Nasser Eid al‑Saad, the son of one...
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2026
King Saud delivering a message to Muslims on Ramadan
King Saud delivering a message to Muslims on the approach of the blessed month of Ramadan:
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2026
King Saud’s address to the Palestinians from Al‑Aqsa Mosque
I give thanks to God Almighty for granting me the honor of visiting this sacred land and meeting its valiant Arab people. I urge you to uphold unity, to hold fast to God, and to avoid division.
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2026
A letter from King Saud to President John F. Kennedy
A letter from King Saud to President John F. Kennedy, dated 25 June 1961, in which His Majesty urges the President to give serious attention to the problems of the Middle East and to work toward a just solution to the Israeli occupation.
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2026
From Bernard Burrows, eyewitness to King Saud’s visit to Bahrain
From Bernard Burrows, an eyewitness to King Saud’s first visit to Bahrain as monarch, made in response to an invitation from the late Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. This royal visit was preceded by six earlier visits during his years as Crown Prince. It was marked by an unprecedented...
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2026
Archives of American University of Beirut ‘Welcome to Prince Saud’
From the archives of the American University of Beirut, dated 11 April 1953:‘Welcome to Prince Saud’ — documenting the Crown Prince’s visit
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2026
Prince Saud donated 33,000 dollars the education of Palestinians
From the archives of the American University of Beirut, dated 11 April 1953, documenting the visit of Crown Prince Saud (later King Saud) to Lebanon: ‘His Royal Highness and his father, King Abdulaziz—may God have mercy on them both—donated 33,000 dollars to support the education of Palestinian refugee students at...
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2026
Prince Saud visit to American University meeting Saudi students
From the archives of the American University of Beirut, dated 11 April 1953: the visit of Crown Prince Saud (later King Saud) to the American University, where he toured the campus and met with Saudi students.
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