Chalid ibn Abd al-Aziz
Chalid ibn Abd al-Aziz ( Arabic خالد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, DMG Ḫālid ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Saʿūd ; * 1912 in Riyadh ; † June 13, 1982 in Ta'if ) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1982 .
Life
Khalid was the seventh son of King Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud and the second of Princess Jawhara Bint Musaid Al-Jiluwi. The maternal grandmother comes from the Al-Sudairi family, the older biological brother was Prince Mohammed Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud.
After his upbringing under the care of his father and training by high-ranking Islamic clergymen, Khalid ran the affairs of state in the Mecca region, thereby gaining government experience. On April 29, 1964, he was appointed Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister by the older half-brother Faisal . After his assassination, he succeeded him on March 25, 1975 to the throne. He was considered to be of integrity, humble and religious, thereby distinguishing himself from the other modern rulers of the Saud dynasty. Like his father, he loved the Rub al-Chali desert and felt a connection with the nomads and their lives, which is why he is still held in high regard by many Saudis today.
Calm and good-natured in his demeanor, he called many summits and conferences and tried to govern in consensus with neighbors and people. One of the first official acts was the peaceful settlement of a border dispute over an oasis between Saudi Arabia , Oman and the United Arab Emirates . He was one of the leading figures in the founding of the Gulf Cooperation Council in 1981. Chalid caused a sensation when he canceled a state visit to Great Britain in 1980 in protest because the docu-drama Death of a Princess had been broadcast there shortly before . It was about Princess Mishaal bint Fahd, granddaughter of Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz, who was sentenced to death for adultery. As a result, the state visit took place a few months later. Under the pretext of taking action against communist movements, Chalid had several F-15s bought from the USA in 1982 . Of all the Saudi kings, the style of government was closest to that of a good Islamic ruler, based on the traditional principle based on the Shura . He fundamentally rejected any kind of democratization of the political system as well as a constitutional monarchy .
Chalid had serious health problems. In 1972 and 1978 he was operated on at the Cleveland Clinic in the USA. Soon suffering from a stomach disease, he died on June 13, 1982 of a heart attack.
The Riyadh Airport and the Military City King Khalid are named after him. There is also a King Khalid Foundation.
family
He was succeeded as King of Saudi Arabia by Khalid's half-brother Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz .
King Khalid was married twice to:
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Princess Sita Bint Fahd Bin Dhamir , first wife divorced long before Chalid's death,
- Sons: the princes Bandar (eldest), Faisal, Fahd, Saud, Saad and Zain al-ʿĀbidīn (Prince Zeynel)
- Daughters: the princesses Hussa, Jawhara, Nuf, Jawhara (II) and Mudhi;
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Princess Tarfa Bint Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman al-Saud , Khalid's surviving second wife,
- Sons: the princes Abdullah (second eldest) and Mishal,
- Daughters: the princesses Nura, Mishail and Bandari.
literature
- Khalid bin Abdul Asis al Saud , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 39/1982 of September 20, 1982, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c King Khalid Dies . In: Washington Post . June 14, 1982, ISSN 0190-8286 ( washingtonpost.com [accessed August 22, 2018]).
- ^ The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. Retrieved November 11, 2018 .
- ^ The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search. Retrieved November 11, 2018 .
- ^ King Khalid Air Base. Retrieved November 11, 2018 .
- ^ The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search. Retrieved November 11, 2018 .
- ^ King Khalid Foundation. Retrieved August 22, 2018 .
Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud (1932–1953) | Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz (1953–1964) | Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz (1964–1975) | Chalid ibn Abd al-Aziz (1975-1982) | Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz (1982-2005) | Abdullah ibn Abd al-Aziz (2005-2015) | Salman ibn Abd al-Aziz (since 2015)
Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz (1933–1953) | Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz (1953–1964) | Chalid ibn Abd al-Aziz (1964–1975) | Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz (1975–1982) | Abdullah ibn Abd al-Aziz (1982-2005) | Sultan ibn Abd al-Aziz (2005-2011) | Naif ibn Abd al-Aziz (2011–2012) | Salman ibn Abd al-Aziz (2012-2015) | Muqrin ibn Abd al-Aziz (2015) | Mohammed ibn Naif (2015-2017) | Mohammed bin Salman (since 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chalid ibn Abd al-Aziz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Khalid ibn Abd al-Aziz; خالد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saudi Arabian King (1975–1982) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riad |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1982 |
| Place of death | Ta'if |