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Word: fatiha (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...white sheet, and covered by a dark brown shroud. The corpse lay in state briefly at the al Id al Kabir Mosque, which was sur rounded by more than 100,000 mourning Saudis. "Where goes our knight?" some cried. "Where goes our protector against confusion and poverty?" During the fatiha, the introductory in vocation, and again during the prayer for the dead, Arab dignitaries prostrated themselves on the ground. At length, the King's body was transported, with six of Faisal's brothers serving as pallbearers, to a graveyard on the outskirts of Riyadh where commoners as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAUDI ARABIA: THE DEATH OF A DESERT MONARCH | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

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