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Faisal
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Fai·sal also Fei·sal or Fei·sul  (fsl) Full name Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud. 1906?-1975.
King of Saudi Arabia (1964-1975) who used oil revenue to increase industrialization and improve educational and medical facilities. He was assassinated by his nephew.
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Noun1.Faisal - king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975)
Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud


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In 1948, led by King Faisal II, it contributed forces to the Arab attempt to drive the Jews of the newly created State of Israel into the sea.
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In 1958, a coalition of army officers and the Iraqi Communist Party lead a revolution that toppled King Faisal II.
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Faisal I died in 1933 and was succeeded in turn by his son Ghazi I (1933-1939) and grandson Faisal II (1939-1958), so both Iraq and Jordan remained under Hashimite rule throughout the British mandate.
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