King Fahd of Saudi Arabia announced dead
{{date|August 1, 2005}}

{{missing image|Image:BushseniorSaudiArabia.jpg|thumb|right|King Fahd (right) meeting with [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1990.}}
 
It has been confirmed that King [[w:Fahd bin Abdul Aziz|Fahd bin Abdul Aziz]] of [[Saudi Arabia]] has died. There will be no coffin or state funeral for Fahd and he will be buried without a headstone as is customary in {{w|Wahhabism}}, the kingdom's strict version of Islam. [[King Charles III|Prince Charles]] and [[Jacques Chirac]] will be in attendance.

Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995, and his half-brother, [[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Crown Prince Abdullah]], had acted as the de-facto regent of the country.

On May 27, the Saudi government announced that the king had been hospitalized. He remained until his death Monday.

Fahd succeeded {{w|Khalid of Saudi Arabia|King Khalid}} after being Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister, a position he held since 1975. It is unknown how many women are made widows by the death of King Fahd, but the previous king was reported to have had 145 wives.

Adbullah will be crowned as king in a later ceremony, while Minister of Defence and Aviation {{w|Sultan bin Abdul Aziz|Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz}} has been named the new Crown Prince.

Fahd was the eleventh son of the founder of the Saudi kingdom, King Ibn Saud, and the fifth king of the modern kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

== Sources ==
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|title= King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies
|author=
|pub=BBC News
|date=August 1, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/255097.stm
|title= Obituary: King Fahd
|author=
|pub=BBC News
|date=August 1, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-08-01T075853Z_01_KWA125473_RTRUKOC_0_SAUDI-KING.xml
|title=King Fahd dies, Abdullah becomes new Saudi king
|author=
|pub=Reuters (UK)
|date=August 1, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/32968774-4B27-4A5B-9C72-B0B382948A24.htm
|title=Saudi King Fahd dies
|author=
|pub=Al Jazeera
|date=August 1, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.alarabiya.tv/Articles/2005/08/01/15471.htm
|title=الملك فهد بن عبد العزيز في ذمة الله
|author=
|pub=Al Arabiya 
|date=August 1, 2005}} (in Arabic)

*{{source|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-king-fahd-chronology,1,1297356.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines
|title=Key Dates in Life of Saudi's King Fahd
|author=
|pub=L.A. Times
|date=August 1, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050802/ap_on_re_mi_ea/king_fahd
|title=World leaders fly in for Fahd Funeral
|author=Adnan Malik
|pub=AP
|date=August 2, 2005}}

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It has been confirmed that King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia has died. There will be no coffin or state funeral for Fahd and he will be buried without a headstone as is customary in , the kingdom's strict version of Islam. Prince Charles and Jacques Chirac will be in attendance.

Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995, and his half-brother, Crown Prince Abdullah, had acted as the de-facto regent of the country.

On May 27, the Saudi government announced that the king had been hospitalized. He remained until his death Monday.

Fahd succeeded King Khalid after being Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister, a position he held since 1975. It is unknown how many women are made widows by the death of King Fahd, but the previous king was reported to have had 145 wives.

Adbullah will be crowned as king in a later ceremony, while Minister of Defence and Aviation Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has been named the new Crown Prince.

Fahd was the eleventh son of the founder of the Saudi kingdom, King Ibn Saud, and the fifth king of the modern kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 

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