In 1964, King Saud of Saudi Arabia was deposed and replaced by Prince Faisal.

CNN: Monday,

He made his initial fortune in construction in Saudi Arabia, where he continues to add to his project portfolio with new projects for King Saud University and a new medical city complex for the Ministry of Interior.

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America's oil strategy, a central tenet of U.S. foreign policy since President Roosevelt met King Saud aboard the U.S.S. Quincy in 1945 and cobbled together their "special relationship, " succeeded in fueling the low-cost, motorized American way of life.

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The man who founded the kingdom in 1932, King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, fostered at least 45 sons.

ECONOMIST: Middle Eastern dynasties

Treaty talks came to nothing, and the British withdrew their protection, opening the way for Ibn Saud, the king of the Nejd, to conquer Hussein's kingdom of Hijaz in 1924, and launch Wahhabi rule over Saudi Arabia.

ECONOMIST: Britain and the Hashemites

Near where Mr. Pritzker's home is under construction, neighbors are up in arms over another of Mr. McCoy's projects, a roughly 70, 000-square-foot compound (downsized from 85, 000 square feet) awaiting permitting for Prince Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, son of the king of Saudi Arabia.

WSJ: Living

The king of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Aziz bin Saud, is almost 90 years old.

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