King Abdullah, the progressive reformer who "is believed to have had around 30 wives" http://t.co/G9Tk7LUUtN
— Fahad Desmukh (@desmukh) January 23, 2015◼ The absolute ruler of one of the most conservative societies on Earth, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia had to tread a narrow line between maintaining relationships with the West and appeasing opinion at home. - BBC
Raised with traditional Islamic views he was, nevertheless, seen as something of a reformer and became a vocal advocate of peace in the Middle East.
Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud is believed to have been born in August 1924 in Riyadh, although there is some dispute about his actual birth date.
He was the 13th of at least 45 sons of King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud who created the modern state of Saudi Arabia in 1932, and gave his family name to the new country.
The late King Abdullah was a leader in gradual reforms, advancement of women amid ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia: http://t.co/7zLxob9meC
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 23, 2015King Abdullah, Cautious Saudi Moderniser, Is Dead at 90: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who came to the throne... http://t.co/ByZkm2szVH
— Umanand Amin (@umanandamin) January 23, 2015King Abdullah, Who Nudged Saudi Arabia Forward, Dies at 90... http://t.co/NhoYUVuT2p
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) January 23, 2015Oil surges... http://t.co/DqjNqscw3k
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) January 23, 2015Death sets up complex succession process... http://t.co/h6NtECsLs6
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) January 23, 2015Witnessed New Era... http://t.co/dhEQtr7Gnv
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) January 23, 2015#BREAKING Obama hails late Saudi King as 'candid' and courageous leader
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) January 23, 2015took this pic of @laurawbush and syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker when we met King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia 2006 pic.twitter.com/fAAqk04vqq
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) January 23, 2015You don't say!! MT @bbcworldservice Saudi King "should have done more for women" https://t.co/FW4FxBwcPK
— Faiza S Khan (@BhopalHouse) January 23, 2015Saudi blogger Raif Badawi sentenced to 1,000 lashes has second flogging postponed - 50 Lashes every Friday. Islam. http://t.co/UH48jyCNd7
— पियूष कुलश्रेष्ठ (@ThinkersPad) January 23, 2015Great visual campaign by @Amnesty Blogging is bad - for your back pic.twitter.com/lwrMWCdMqW via @abbasalwadi1 #SaudiArabia #FreedomOfExpression
— francesca recchia (@kiccovich) January 10, 2015#RIP King Abdullah, Washington's favorite woman-stoning, blogger-flogging, gay-beheading hereditary medieval monarch moderate
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) January 23, 2015Queen Elizabeth now world's oldest monarch after death of Saudi king http://t.co/1K97yOXofQ
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 23, 2015Bill and Hillary Clinton praise King Abdullah’s ‘humanitarian efforts’ http://t.co/Eh2XER3puz
— POLITICO (@politico) January 23, 2015
