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Faisal, King of Saudi Arabia

Image courtesy of the LBJ Library, Audio/Visual Archives Collection, Photograph No. a2670-7
Image courtesy of the LBJ Library, Audio/Visual Archives Collection, Photograph No. a2670-7
Faisal, King of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia, 1906 - 1975

Faisal was a statesman and diplomat who was king of Saudi Arabia from 1964 until his assassination in 1975. He favored modernization and reform. He tried to limit the power of Islamic religious officials. He led the oil embargo that caused the 1973 oil crisis in response to support Israel received from the West.

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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
1966.22.3 (E)
ca. 1960
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1966.64.14
Pierre "Peb" Bellocq
1966
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