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most of his subjects. He usually shared the seat with his driver while going out in
his old car, when many of the Princes in Riyadh drive in gold plated cadillacs. He
disliked opulence. Succeeding King Saud, he declared that his brother's Alhamra
Palace in Jeddah was "too ornate for me", and decreed it to be used for visiting
foreign dignitaries. He disliked kissing of hand and preferred to be addressed as
Malik Faisalor Brother Faisal, instead of Your Majesty or Jalalat-ul-Malik, which
he said were attributes meant for God only.
Faisal, according to the celebrated Maulana Maududi, had been the most
versatile, virtuous and universally respected Muslim Ruler since the time of
Sultan Salahuddin Ayyubi. He was greatly responsible for modernising and
industrialising his Kingdom in a short period of II years of his regime. He
established a network of good roads. magnificent buildings. schools, colleges,
universities, libraries, hospitals and modern factories; enlarged and renovated the
Holy Shrines at Makkah and Madina; popularised female education and abolished
slavery in his State which unfortunately have enormously increased in many of
our advanced and developing countries today.
This benevolent, virtuous and sagaciousMuslim Ruler was, alas assassinated
on March 26, 1975 by one of his nephews. The entire Muslim world was stunned
with grief on the assassination of the greatest Muslim leader of his time and the
world mourned the loss of such a noble and farsighted ruler.