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Kha⋅lid

[khah-leed, kah-, khal-id, kal-]
–noun
(Khalid ibn Abdul-Aziz al Saud) 1913–82, king of Saudi Arabia 1975–82 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Faisal).
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Kha·lid   (kä-lēd', KHä-)   
King of Saudi Arabia (1975-1982) who succeeded to the throne after the assassination of his half-brother King Faisal.
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Khalid

king of Saudi Arabia (1975-82), who succeeded his half brother Faysal as king when Faysal was assassinated in 1975. A moderate influence in Middle East politics and a relatively retiring man, he left much of the administration of the country to his half brother Prince Fahd, who became his successor.

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