Western Tributes To King Ibn Saud - LONDON, Tuesday. - The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - 11 Nov 1953 (original) (raw)

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Wed 11 Nov 1953 - The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)
Page 5 - Western Tributes To King Ibn Saud

King Ibn Sand's 40 sons gathered round

their father's body to-day to proclaim Crown

Prince' Sand as their new monarch.

Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz, of Saudi j

He" is '52 and since October 16

has been Prime Minister in the first

Cabinet ever to govern the,

six million inhabitants of Saudi

The death of his father, 73,

evoked widespread regret in

Western capitals and in New

York delegates to the United

Nations paid tribute to his mem-

Fernand Lagenhove, chairman

of the General Assembly's main

political committee, eulogised

'him as one of the most eminent

'-builders of his country and of

the resurrection of the Arab

Washington, the Secretary

of State, Mr. John Foster Dulles,

said King Ibn Saud would be long

remembered for his statesman

Diplomatic circles in London

dated King Ibn Saud as one of

he most forceful personalities of

They said the impact of his

death on Middle East Moslem and

world affairs would tell only with

time. Their first reaction is that

the Western Allies have lost a

friend who always kept his word.

Saudi Arabia new ruler has

had the same battle training as

'his father in preparation for his

assumption of the role of Lord,

barefooted into the Nufud"

(burning desert sands), ride half

back and learn to use swords and

firearms to become, like he was

I The. new monarch Is eldest of

King Ibn Saud also had more

than 100 ' daughters by at least

135 marriages. But he never had

more than four wives at; a time