Faisal of Saudi Arabia
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Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a Saudi Arabian statesman and diplomat who was King of Saudi Arabia from 2 November 1964 until his assassination in 1975. Prior to his ascension, he served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 9 November 1953 to 2 November 1964, and he was briefly regent to his half-brother King Saud in 1964. He was prime minister from 1954 to 1960 and from 1962 to 1975. Faisal was the third son of King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia.
At the age of thirteen, during his visit to the United Kingdom in 1919
Leading the Asir campaign, 1922
Visiting Camp de Satory in France, 1932
Slavery in Saudi Arabia
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Legal chattel Slavery existed in Saudi Arabia until the 1960s.
Dhows were used to transport goods and slaves.
A Meccan merchant (right) and his Circassian slave, between 1886 and 1887
An enslaved Armenian woman carries thistles
A female Armenian slave