Word: saud
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...quarter of a century ago, Ibn Saud's warriors thundered westward out of the central Arabian desert, sacked the town of Taif and marauded through the Hejaz. Relentlessly, Ibn Saud's men drove Sherif Hussein, ruler of the kingdom, out of the Hejaz, and the holy city of Mecca. Hussein, a haughty old man who was head of the Hashemite clan, went into bitter exile in Cyprus. He filled his two sons, who were to become King Abdullah of Jordan and King Feisal I of Iraq, with hatred of the usurper. Abdullah's son Talal, then...
Last week, son Talal, now King of Jordan, climbed down from a plane at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's seat of government, and a faltering old man hobbled over to embrace him. The old man was Ibn Saud. A military band boomed out the Jordanian national anthem and 21 guns cracked a salute. Hashemite and hated enemy had got together. That evening, 71-year-old Ibn Saud, father of more than 30 living sons, gave one of the most magnificent dinners of his life. Afterward, the one-eyed old lion of the desert and the gloomy, unstable King of Jordan...
Each brought a guilty conscience to the table. Ever since he drove Hussein into exile and seized his lands, Ibn Saud had feared the Hashemites would return for vengeance. Recently, the old man had become obsessed with the fear that the British would allow Jordan to use its Arab Legion-the most formidable force in the Arab world-to reconquer the Hejaz. Talal, for his part, evidently wants to prove that he stands with the Arabs and, if necessary, against the British. He is said to be ashamed of his father's pro-British role...
Visiting one of the factories in the Buffalo, N.Y. area, Prince Sultan Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia found just what he wanted on a jukebox assembly line. He picked out six of the biggest mechanical marvels and had them shipped home to his palace...
Abdul Aziz ibn Saud (71), King of Saudi Arabia, adds up, statistically, to nine old battle wounds, some 40 sons, and 750,000 barrels of crude oil which Saudi Arabia produces daily. In ideas, he adds up to hatred of the Jews, strict devotion to the letter of the Mohammedan religion, and friendship for the U.S., though he is furious at President Truman's support of Israel. Ibn Saud used to live off tolls he collected from Mecca pilgrims, but the Arabian-American Oil Co. proved even more lucrative, made Ibn Saud one of the world's richest...