The Death of King Faisal

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On March 25th 1975, the King of Saudi Arabia was assassinated, shot at point-blank range by one of his nephews. King Faisal's oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani was standing beside the king when the shots were fired. His daughter, the academic and author Dr Mai Yamani, talks to Louise Hidalgo about the impact of his death on her father and on Saudi Arabia.

Picture: King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, 1967 (Credit: Pierre Manevy/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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1:10.7	I'm Louise Atalgo, and today I'm taking you back to March 1975
1:15.3	when the King of Saudi Arabia was assassinated, shot at point-blank range by one of
1:21.0	his nephews. King Feistel's oil minister Ahmed
1:24.3	Zakirmani was standing beside the king when the shots were fired. His daughter,
1:29.1	the academic and author Dr May Yamani, recalls the impact on her father and on Saudi Arabia.
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