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King of Saudi Arabia from to

"Shah Faisal" redirects here. For other uses, see Shah Faisal (disambiguation).

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Saud.

Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: فيصل بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود, romanized:&#;Fayṣal ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd; Najdi Arabic pronunciation:[fæjsˤɑlbenˈʕæbdælʕæˈziːzʔæːlsæˈʕuːd]; 14 April – 25 March ) was King of Saudi Arabia from 2 November until his assassination in Before his ascension, he served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 9 November to 2 November , and he was briefly regent to his half-brother King Saud in He was prime minister from to and from to Faisal was the third son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia.

Faisal was born in Riyadh to Abdulaziz, then Emir of Nejd,^{[note 1]} and Tarfa bint Abdullah Al Sheikh. Faisal's mother was from the Al ash-Sheikh family, which has produced many prominent Saudi religious leaders. Faisal emerged as an infl Faisal Of Saudi Arabia Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family ... LEW