1. King Fahd, 73, suffered a mild stroke in November.

2. Crown Prince Abdullah became the heir-apparent after King Fahd took the throne in 1982.

3. Fahd became a British citizen after living there for several years.

4. King Fahd had been committed to Sino-Saudi friendship during his life time. His death is not only a great loss to the Saudi people, but also the loss of an old esteemed friend to the Chinese people.

5. In the mid-1980s, Fahd granted the bin Ladens a contract to redevelop — critics would say Americanize — the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

6. I spoke with King Fahd of Saudi Arabia about the possibility of OPEC increasing its production.

7. The two met with Prince Sultan bin Fahd, president of the Saudi Youth Welfare organisation and chairman of the Saudi League, on Wednesday.

8. "I am unemployed, " said Mohamed Fahd, 35, who stuck an Egyptian flag in his hat, and had painted his face red, white and black to match.

9. He has a message from King Fahd, believed to be an appeal for Arab unity.

10. King Fahd called me to express his condolences and solidarity, and to pledge the commitment of his government to apprehend and punish the men who had killed our airmen.

11. His half - brother, King Fahd, who had suffered a long illness, died last Monday.

12. Liverpool co-owner George Gillett is flying to Saudi Arabia next week for talks in a bid to sell his 50 per cent stake to Prince Faisal bin Fahd.

13. In August 1990, just days after Iraq invaded Kuwait, Saudi Arabia's King Fahd agreed to the deployment of over 500, 000 U.S. soldiers on Saudi soil.

14. I spoke about Middle East peace with Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak,[] and Saudi Arabias King Fahd.

15. On the same day, Hu met with Emir of Eastern Region Muhammad Bin Fahd in Dammam, the second largest port city of Saudi Arabia, and visited the oil company Saudi Aramco.

16. The leading contenders include two Muhammads: the son of Nayef who is an effective deputy minister of interior; and the son of Fahd, who still governs the Eastern Province.

17. In 1954, the Ministry of Education was established, headed by then Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz as the first Minister of Education.

18. When the austere King Faisal was assassinated in 1975, the sybaritic King Fahd took power.

19. He is His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, nephew of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, grandson of the country's founder, grandson also of the founder of modern day Lebanon.