Word: ibn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...those riches, however, the life of King Saud ibn Abdul Aziz al Fais al al Saud was poor in many of the things which the world's more ordinary people set store by. His health was bad. His favorite sons proved disap pointing and profligate. Like many exorbitantly rich men, he was gnawed at times by doubts as to the sincerity of his professed friends. He ruled Saudi Arabia for only eleven of his 67 years, then was forced by his own brother to surrender the throne. Born in exile in Kuwait, where his parents had taken refuge from...
Died. Saud ibn Abdul Aziz al Faisal al Saud, 67, deposed monarch of Saudi Arabia (see THE WORLD...
...drugs and treatments that are not approved by legally constituted medical authorities, either because their value has not been proved or because they have been shown to be worthless. This covers the activities of M.D.s as well as those of unlicensed practitioners. * Among them: Pope Pius XII, King Ibn Saud of Arabia, the Imam of Yemen, Georges Braque, Somerset Maugham, Gloria Swanson. Though Niehans did not personally treat Sir Winston Churchill or Konrad Adenauer, they used his cellular injections...
Married. Crown Prince Hassan ibn Talal of Jordan, 20, youngest brother of King Hussein; and Princess Sarvath, 21, daughter of Pakistan's late commissioner to Great Britain; in a Moslem ceremony; in Karachi. Among the 100 guests were Hussein and Pakistani President Ayub Khan...
John Philby, a noted Arabic scholar who adopted the Moslem religion and became chief adviser to Saudi Arabia's King Ibn Saud, Kim was born to rebellion. An "old boy" of an exclusive British public school, he was recruited by the Communists in 1934 while he was studying German in Vienna. His assignment: to penetrate British intelligence, no matter how long it took. The assignment paid off. After a stint covering the Spanish Civil War from the Franco side for the London Times, Philby made use of his old-boy ties and conservative credentials to get a job with...