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Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, died on the morning of 1 August 2005, at the age of 84, in the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. His funeral was held the next day.
In response to Fahd's death, an emergency Arab League summit, which was originally planned to take place in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), was delayed with no rescheduled date confirmed. Many world leaders offered condolences, and several countries declared a period of national mourning.




Illness and death


In June 1982, Fahd ascended to the throne following the passing of his half-brother, Khaled. After experiencing a stroke in 1995, the king's health declined, leading to Crown Prince Abdullah assuming his half-brother's functions as regent.
On 27 May 2005, Fahd was admitted to the King Faisal Specialist Hospital due to pneumonia and a high fever. He died there on 1 August at around 09:30 KSA time. The official announcement of his death was made by the Minister of Information, Iyad bin Amin Madani, and Saudi television interrupted regular programming with recitations of the Quran.
Fahd's half-brother Abdullah, as crown prince, ascended the throne as king, and appointed Prince Sultan, Minister of Defense, as the new crown prince. A formal bay'ah ceremony was held in which clerics, tribal leaders and government officials pledged allegiance to the new king.




Funeral


In accordance with Islamic tradition, Fahd's funeral took place at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque the day after his death. It was closed to non-Muslim dignitaries, who separately held meetings with the new king later.




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Royalty

The King of Bahrain
The Sultan of Brunei
The Crown Prince of Japan (representing the Emperor of Japan)
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait (representing the Emir of Kuwait)
Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (representing the King of Morocco)
The Crown Prince of Norway (representing the King of Norway)
The Sultan of Oman
The Emir of Qatar
The King of Sweden
The Prince of Wales (representing the Queen of the United Kingdom)



Other

Secretary-General Amr Moussa
President Hamid Karzai
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Governor-General Michael Jeffery
President Ilham Aliyev
President Iajuddin Ahmed
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzić
Vice premier Hui Liangyu (representing president Hu Jintao)
President Václav Klaus
President Ismail Omar Guelleh
President Hosni Mubarak
President Jacques Chirac
Vice president Jusuf Kalla
First vice president Mohammad Reza Aref
President Jalal Talabani
Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto
President Émile Lahoud
President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
Vice president Atiku Abubakar
President Pervez Musharraf
President Mahmoud Abbas
Vice president Noli de Castro
Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa
President Samuel Schmid
President Bashar al-Assad
Foreign minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Foreign minister Abdullah Gül
President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Vice president Dick Cheney
Former president George H. W. Bush




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