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unusual facts about Faisal of Saudi Arabia


Blues for Allah

The title track for the album is a eulogy to Saudi Arabia's King Faisal, a fan of the Grateful Dead who died the year the album was released.


Badshahi Mosque

On the occasion of the 2nd Islamic Summit held at Lahore on February 22, 1974, thirty-nine heads of Muslim states offered their Friday prayers in the Badshahi Mosque, including, among others, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah of Kuwait.

Faiza Ambah

Her father, Saleh Ambah, was the College of Petroleum and Mineral's Dean of Students before being imprisoned by order of King Faisal for expounding democratic ideals against the authoritarian rule of the Al Saud.


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