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Abd al-Aziz IV

(Encyclopedia)Abd al-Aziz IV, 1880–1943, sultan of Morocco (1894–1908), son of Hassan. His weak control was evident after the death (c.1900) of the regent Ba Ahmed. His submissiveness to foreign influence, his ...

Abd al-Aziz

(Encyclopedia)Abd al-Aziz äbdäl-äzz´ [key] or AbdülazizTurk. äbdül´äzz´ [key], 1830–76, Ottoman sultan (1861–76), brother and successor of Abd al-Majid. The economic and political reforms enacte...

Abd al-Hafiz

(Encyclopedia)Abd al-Hafiz äbdäl-häfd´ [key], 1875?–1937, sultan of Morocco (1908–12). Placed on the throne by the revolution that deposed his brother Abd al-Aziz IV, he was soon confronted with uprisin...

Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud

(Encyclopedia)Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud: see Ibn Saud.

Khalid bin Abd al-Aziz al-Saud

(Encyclopedia)Khalid bin Abd al-Aziz al-Saud khäld´ bn äbd l-äzz´ l-säood´ [key], 1913–82, king of Saudi Arabia (1975–82). He became king after the assassination of his half-brother Faisa...

Faisal bin Abd al-Aziz al-Saud

(Encyclopedia)Faisal bin Abd al-Aziz al-Saud ´bn abdäl äzz´ ´bn säood´ f´säl [key], 1905–75, king of Saudi Arabia (1964–75), son of Ibn Saud, brother of Saud. Faisal led several military ...

Saud

(Encyclopedia)Saud (Saud bin Abd al-Aziz al-Saud)´bn abdäl äzz´ ´bn säood´ [key], 1902–69, king of Saudi Arabia (1953–64), son of Ibn Saud, brother of Faisal. Saud, who had distinguished hims...

Abdül Aziz

(Encyclopedia)Abdül Aziz. For Ottoman sultans thus named, use Abd al-Aziz.

Murad V

(Encyclopedia)Murad V, 1840–1904, Ottoman sultan (1876), son of Abd al-Majid. He came to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) when his uncle, Abd al-Aziz, was deposed, but he was soon declared insane and was...

Abd al-Majid

(Encyclopedia)Abd al-Majid äbdäl-mäjd´ [key] or AbdülmecitTurk. äbdül´ mäjd´ [key], 1823–61, Ottoman sultan (1839–61), son and successor of Mahmud II to the throne of the Ottoman Empire. The reb...