He made two trips to Spain , one by boat ,where he traveled to Rome and then drove to Naples and boarded the ship to Barcelona to check his eyes with famous eye doctor ( Professor Brkir ) and returned to Greece and then visited the " islands of Majorca ." King Saud was unhappy in residing for a long period of time in the west, away from any Islamic country. He wrote to President Gamal Abdel Nasser to to fast the month of Ramadan in Egypt . President Nasser welcomed the idea and invited him to stay in Egypt in December 18 , 1966. King Saud arrived in Cairo on a private plane accompanied by his children princes ( Badr ,Mansoor , Thamer and ,Majid ) and the rest of his family, and was received at the airport by Governor of the city of Cairo , Mr. Saad Zadwalamir and prince Khaled bin Saud , who supervised his father s stay in Cairo. In 20/12 /1966 President Gamal Abdel Nasser received King Saud in his house at Manshyet Al Bikry ,accompanied by his sons Princes: ( Badr and Khaled , MANSUR Thamir and Majid ) [3] . On 01/01/1967 President Gamal Abdel Nasser returned the king's visit at Shepherd Hotel accompanied by Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer , First Deputy President of the Republic , Mr. Anwar Sadat, President of the National Assembly [4]. During the stay of King Saud in Cairo he stayed at Shepherd Hotel , then bought a palace for his residence , which he bought from the Egyptian Government . While in Egypt , he visited Alexandria , Aswan and Nubia .then he traveled to Ethiopia and met the " Emperor Haile Selassie " in Almusra City. He visited Sana'a in Yemen , then returned to Cairo during the Israeli attack on Egypt in 1967 . He donated ten million pounds for the Government . Later, returned back to Greece on board the ship "Algeria" in 09/23/1967 '. He then went back to Vienna to conduct tests under the supervision of his personal physician Dr. Carl Fellinger , his personal physician in Vienna. then he returned to Cairo to fast the the month of Ramadan in 11/25/1967 . In Cairo he had an appendix surgery on the 01/02/1968 at the Armed Forces Hospital in Maadi under the supervision of his personal physition Dr. Holzer , the operation was conducted by Dr. Maj. Gen. Abdul Majeed Shohdy . He was visited by President Gamal Abdel Nasser after returning to his home in 12/01/1968 . Later he returned to Vienna for further medical tests , and then went back to Greece in 02.17.1968 where he was received by the Mayor of the city and some officials in the Greek government . He returned back to Cairo until 03/30/1968 then back to Athens for hospitalisation and treatment of joints . , And then returned to Cairo and stayed there until 06/10/1968 when he left to London for treatment. During his stay in London for treatment , he attended a Parliament session . He used to pay annual visits to Vienna for tests and treatment with his famous Dr . ( Fellinger ) . Finally, he returned to live in Greece in 12.17.1968 . when asked by reporters how long will he stay this time in Athens , he responded by saying that :"he does not know " He died in Athens at four o'clock and twenty minutes on Sunday afternoon on the 23-12 - 1969 , after a heart attack . [5] May Allah rest his soul in eternal peace .
[1] Al-Ahram newspaper on 07/01/1965 .
[2] Al-Ahram newspaper on 01/20/1965 .
[3] Al-Ahram newspaper on 21-12 - 1966.
[4] Al-Ahram newspaper on 01/02/1967 .
Contributed to some of the details of Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Ghoneim the private secretary of King Saud University
[5 ] Al-Ahram newspaper in 02/24/1969