King Shah Faisal Short Essay
King Faisal Short Essay Note
King Faisal of Saudi
Arabia was born is the year 1907. He was the second son of King Abdul Aziz Ibne
Sa’ud. After completion of education he served his father’s kingdom in various
capacities. He held the post of governor of Hijaz when he was only twenty. He
also served as prime minister and commander in chief of Saudi Arabia. As
foreign Minister he met many leaders of world and acquired large diplomatic
experience. After the death of King Abdul Aziz his eldest son Ibne Sa’ud
succeeded him and King Faisal was made the Crown price and prime minister in
1958 and when King Ibne Sa’ud fell seriously ill, Faisal was chosen as King in
1964. King Faisal was devoted to Islam. He was a true Muslim and led a simple
life. He ruled over his country wisely and justly and spent a lot of income of
oil on establishing educational institutions, hospitals and installing many
factories and mills. Vast areas of the desert were brought under cultivation by
irrigation. He wanted all the Muslim countries to be united. He was the partner
in holding the Islamic Summit Conference at Lahore in 1974. He was a sincere
friend of Pakistan and gave very generous help to us on several occasions. He
strengthened the Arabs in their war against Israel and made every effort later
to get back the Arab territories under the illegal occupation of Israel. On
25th March 1975. He was killed by his wicked nephew. Every Pakistani mourned
his death. He lived like a Mujahid and died as a martyr.
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