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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Mohamed ben Laden, 53, Saudi Arabian construction king who could neither read nor write but whose computer-like memory for figures lifted him from laborer to Aramco construction boss in his mid-thirties, whereupon he quit to form his own company and with the late King Ibn Saud's patronage built $500 million worth of airfields, dams and highways throughout his nation; of injuries in the crash of his de Havilland DH-125 executive jet; near Khamis Mushait, Saudi Arabia...
...Medina even came out in support of a 14th-century theory that the world is flat and mountains are only ballast to keep it from tipping over. But for all this, Saudi Arabia's old ideas and old ways are giving way to the 20th century. King Feisal ibn Abdul Aziz, 62, is not afraid to call it a revolution. "Revolutions," he says, "can come from a throne as well as from a conspirator's cellar...
...Saudi Arabia's sad-eyed King Feisal, 61-who succeeded profligate King Saud only last November-skipped Prince Mohammed ibn Abdul Aziz, 57, and picked shy Prince Khaled ibn Abdul Aziz, 55, as his eventual successor. The passed-over prince is a cheerful bon vivant, who himself suggested that Khaled be named the royal heir-and was reportedly rewarded with more than $1,000,000 for his unselfishness. Khaled, who is known as "the quiet one," has assisted Feisal at international conferences, currently is Saudi Arabia's Deputy Premier. A painfully shy, hardworking administrator, he is an expert...
Deathbed Oath. The two men have long been antagonists. Their father, the late King Ibn Saud once said, "I wish that Feisal had been born twins and Saud had never been born at all." Nevertheless, Saud was the oldest son and was therefore named Crown Prince. On his deathbed, Ibn Saud made Feisal swear on the Koran that he would not seek the throne as long as Saud lived...
...Christian churches, closing their western entrances, opening new doors to the north, and praying facing south across the aisles toward Mecca. A few decades later, Moslem caliphs began to raise the first authentic mosques, blending Byzantine and Persian architecture, and in 691 A.D. the Caliph of Damascus, Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan, completed the great shrine called the Dome of the Rock...