Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

He was born in Kuwait City on 15 January 1902, in the year his father recaptured Riyadh from the Rashidis; the Arabic article pairs the date with 3 Shawwal 1319 AH. ^{1 2} He was taught reading, writing and Qur'anic memorisation in Riyadh by Shaykh Abdul Rahman ibn Nasir ibn Mufayrij, and as he grew his father entrusted him with military and diplomatic missions, including the campaigns against Ha'il. ² As crown prince after the Second World War he studied the kingdom's finances with experts, brought in advisers to reorganise the finance ministry, and oversaw the founding of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency in 1952. ²

Saud succeeded his father on 9 November 1953. ¹ His reign saw the expansion of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and of the Prophet ﷺ's Mosque in Medina — the Medina expansion was completed in 1955 — and the founding of Saudi Arabia's first university in Riyadh in 1957. ^{3 1} Mounting debt, the falling value of the riyal and rivalry within the royal family led, under pressure from the family and the ulama, to his transfer of executive powers to Crown Prince Faisal on 24 March 1958, leaving him a constitutional figurehead. ³ A fatwa of the ulama and a decision of the senior princes in 1964 transferred his remaining powers to Faisal, and on 1 November 1964 the Grand Mufti Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh announced Saud's deposition; Faisal was proclaimed king on 2 November 1964. ²

Saud died of a heart attack in Athens on 23 February 1969. His body was taken to Mecca, where the funeral ceremony took place at the Great Mosque, and he was buried next to his father's and grandfathers' graves at Al Oud cemetery in Riyadh. ^{1 4}

No source names a religious school for Saud. The English article names no religion for him; the Arabic article recounts his childhood Qur'anic schooling, which is formation rather than an affiliation attestation; the Urdu article narrates his reign; and Wikidata's only religion value is Islam, with no branch. ^{1 2 3 4} His faith is therefore recorded as unknown.

He succeeded his father, King Abdulaziz, on the throne, and both that succession and his sonship are written in this record; his own successor, Faisal, was built in the same batch and carries his succession in his own record. ¹

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