Word: taif
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...baked Riyadh, where old Ibn Saud lived for decades in conspicuous austerity, his offspring spread out over the desert in a $50 million complex of government buildings, palaces, fountains, swimming pools and gardens. Three new air-conditioned palaces now under construction in Jidda, Riyadh and Taif will bring the King's personal total of palaces to 24. Though the country boasts only 200 miles of surfaced roads, it continues to rate as the best Cadillac market east of Suez (250 sold this year). In a country which must import half its food, the most noteworthy farm-development project...
...Faisal al Saud, as his heir, instead of settling the succession-as he had-"by the sword." Recently, half blind, racked by arthritis and heart disease, the old King handed over many of his duties to Crown Prince Saud and retreated into one of his fabulous palaces at Taif, near Mecca. There, last week, at 72, a fragile shadow of the giant who once rode at the head of the Wahabi, Ibn Saud the King of the Desert died. As he had decreed, the new King is Saud al Saud...
Died. Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdul Rahman al Faisal al Saud. 73, oil-rich King of Saudi Arabia; in his palace at Taif, near Mecca (see FOREIGN NEWS...
...Glad to See You." From Mecca, Naguib went southeast to Taif. There, King Ibn Saud, sitting in a wheelchair, greeted Naguib with a cry of "Marhaba, marhaba!" (Welcome, welcome). Said Naguib: "Glad to see you, Your Majesty." Naguib gave Ibn Saud a huge (6½-by-5-ft.) photo of himself in a gilded frame; Ibn Saud gave his guest a gold sword, three Persian rugs, a fragment of holy carpet from the Kaaba. Later the two heads of state dined together and talked privately for 20 minutes. About Arab solidarity? Almost certainly...
...extra-heavy-duty safety belt; an oversized bed in a bedroom complete with bath; an elevator; 18 luxurious chair seats. The plane is expected to be ready for delivery this month in time to carry the King from his winter quarters in Ryadh to the summer palace in Taif to lead off the annual pilgrimage of Moslems to Mecca...