Word: khalid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...answer to doleful pleas from his sons and relations, King Saud cautiously returned home last month. A few tribal delegations came to Riyadh to pay their respects. One, led by Deputy Premier Prince Khalid, another of Saud's 39 brothers, handed the King an ultimatum. Tactfully but plainly, the chieftains warned him not to interfere with Feisal or make any attempt again to wield power, at the risk of dethronement. They also demanded instant banishment of Saud's personal aide, Eid ben Salem, who rose from palace chauffeur to royal entrepreneur and became vastly rich in the process...
From Moscow, Syria's exiled Communist Boss Khalid Bakdash wired congratulations to the new government, with a request for permission to return home (which he is rumored to have done already). "He is welcome." replied Syria's army commander in chief, Major General Abdel Karim Zahreddin. "But he will be hanged on arrival...