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Also Known As	Saud of Saudi Arabia • Saud ibn Abd al-ʿAzīz al-Fayṣal al-Saud
Born	January 15, 1902 • Kuwait
Died	February 23, 1969 (aged 67) • Athens • Greece
Title / Office	king (1953-1964), Saudi Arabia
Notable Family Members	father Ibn Saud • brother Faisal of Saudi Arabia

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