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Biographies of the Kingdom’s rulers and of people who contributed to its history, scholarship and culture. Show all or choose a category.

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Image attribution: U.S. Secretary of Defense — official photo 250224-D-PM193-1233 — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (File:Khalid bin Salman Al Saud 2025 (cropped).jpg); adapted uncropped and unscaled at the centre of a 1920x672 cover on a neutral cream background. / وزارة الدفاع الأمريكية (U.S. Secretary of Defense) — الصورة الرسمية 250224-D-PM193-1233 — ملكية عامة (Public domain)، عبر ويكيميديا كومنز (File:Khalid bin Salman Al Saud 2025 (cropped).jpg)؛ عُدِّلت بلا قص ولا تكبير بتركها كاملة في وسط غلاف 1920×672 على خلفية كريمية محايدة. · License: Public domain
1438هـ/2017م – 1445هـ/2024م

Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is the Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He previously served as Deputy Minister of Defence and as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States at ministerial rank, and his documented career extends from 2017 to 2024.

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Image attribution: Wikimedia Commons — File:Sattam.jpg, own work by User:Ibrahim299, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. / ويكيميديا كومنز — ملف Sattam.jpg، تصوير/عمل ذاتي للمستخدم Ibrahim299، بترخيص المشاع الإبداعي نَسب المُصنَّف — الترخيص بالمثل 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0). · License: CC BY-SA 3.0
1425–1435هـ/2004–2014م

Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a Saudi prince who served as Deputy Governor of Riyadh Region in 1425-1426 AH/2004-2005 CE, and a public university in Al-Kharj Governorate now bears his name.

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Image attribution: Arabic Wikipedia — File:ماجد بن عبد العزيز.jpg (240×347 px); photographer credited as "a photographer at a meeting with Al Riyadh newspaper", source alriyadh.com, published under fair use to illustrate the biographical subject. / ويكيبيديا العربية — ملف:ماجد بن عبد العزيز.jpg (240×347 بكسل)؛ المصوّر: «مصور في لقاء مع جريدة الرياض السعودية»، المصدر المعلن: alriyadh.com، منشور بترخيص الاستعمال العادل (غير حر) لتوضيح صاحب الترجمة. · License: Fair use (استعمال عادل) — غير حر
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Prince Majed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Prince Majed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a Saudi prince whose name became tied to charitable and development work in the Kingdom, most notably the Majed bin Abdulaziz Association for Social Development and Services, which he founded in the city of Jeddah.

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Image attribution: Photograph by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 18 Shawwal 1433 AH / 2011, published in a ministry news item (mofa.gov.sa); the file is hosted on Arabic Wikipedia as «Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz.jpg» (280×230) described as a portrait of Prince Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, under a Fair use rationale because the image is non-free. Modified by placing it complete, without cropping or enlargement, on a blurred cream 1920×672 canvas to fit the article cover. / تصوير وزارة الخارجية السعودية، 18 شوال 1433هـ / 2011م، ضمن خبر من موقع الوزارة (mofa.gov.sa)؛ الملف مرفوع على ويكيبيديا العربية باسم «Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz.jpg» بمقاس 280×230 بوصفه صورة الأمير عبدالرحمن بن عبدالعزيز، برخصة الاستخدام العادل (Fair use) لكون الصورة غير حرة. عُدّلت بوضعها كاملة دون قص ولا تكبير في وسط كانفس كريمي مموّه ١٩٢٠×٦٧٢ لتلائم غلاف المقالة. · License: Fair use (استخدام عادل) — صورة غير حرة، وزارة الخارجية السعودية
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Prince Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Prince Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was one of the sons of King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud. He served as Deputy Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, and the Royal Court announced his death on Thursday 19 Shawwal 1438 AH, corresponding to 13 July 2017 CE.

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