Faisal

Definition: Faisal

Faisal

Noun

1. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).

Specialty Definition: Faisal I of Iraq

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Faisal ibn Husayn (May 20, 1883 – September 8, 1933) was for a short while king of Greater Syria in 1920 and king of Iraq from 1921 to 1933.
He was born in Taif (in present-day Saudi Arabia) in 1883, the third son of Husayn ibn Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca. In 1913 he was elected as representative for the city of Jeddah for the Ottoman parliament. In 1916, whilst on a visit to Damascus, he joined with the Al-Fatat group of Arab nationalists, and his father became king of Hijaz. Faisal also worked with the Allies during World War I in their conquest of Transjordan and the capture of Damascus, where he became part of a new Arab government in 1918. He attended the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and, with the support of the knowledgeable and influential Gertrude Bell, argued for the establishment of independent Arab emirates for the area previously covered by the Ottoman Empire.
On March 7, 1920, he was made king of Greater Syria by the Syrian National Congress. But in April 1920, the Conference of San Remo gave France the mandate for Syria, which led to the battle of Maysalun on July 24, 1920; Faisal was expelled from Syria by the French and went to live in the United Kingdom in August that year.
The British government, mandate holders in Iraq, were concerned at the unrest in the new country. They decided to step back from direct administration and create a monarchy to head Iraq while they maintained the mandate. Following a plebiscite showing 96% in favor, Faisal agreed to become king; so, in August 1921 he was made king of Iraq.
He died on September 8, 1933, when he had a heart attack whilst he was staying in Bern. He was succeeded on the throne by Ghazi, his only son.
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Faisal II of Iraq

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Faisal II (May 2, 1935 - July 14, 1958) was the last king of Iraq from April 4, 1939 to 1958.
He was the son of the second king of Iraq, Ghazi, who was killed in an automobile accident when Faisal was three. For most of his reign his uncle Abdul Illah ruled as regent (until Faisal came of age in 1953).
As a teen, Faisal attended Harrow School in the United Kingdom, together with his cousin King Hussein of Jordan. The two boys were close, and reportedly planned even then to merge their two realms to counter what they considered the threat of militant pan-Arab nationalism.
After neighboring Syria joined with Nasser's Egypt in the United Arab Republic, the two kingdoms came together in February 1958. Faisal, as the senior member of the Hashemite family, became the head of the newly created Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan.
The plan foundered when Hussein requested Iraqi military assistance, and the Iraqi army marched into Baghdad and proclaimed a republic. Though he was promised safe conduct into exile, the army executed the young king and the family that had gathered around him.
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Faisal of Saudi Arabia

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Faisal (1906 - March 25, 1975) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975.
He was born in Riyadh, the fourth son of Ibn Saud in 1906. In 1926 he became Governor of Hijaz. On March 4, 1964, he became Regent and, on November 2 that year, became king after his brother Saud was deposed.
In 1973 he started a program intended to increase the military power of Saudi Arabia.
He was shot and killed by his nephew, Faisali bin Musad, on March 25, 1975. He was succeeded on the throne by his brother Khalid.
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Synonym: Faisal

Synonym: Faisal ibn Abdel Aziz al-Saud (n). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: King Faisal Foundation (social sciences).

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Photo Album: Faisal

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Amir Khalid and Amir Faisal (left to right), sons of King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Digital Photo Gallery: Faisal

"Faisal Mosque Islamabad" by Umayr Sahlan Masud
Commentary: "Image of Faisal mosque in Islamabad."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Faisal

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Saudi Arabia	In 1964, Saud abdicated in favor of his half-brother, Faisal, who had served as Foreign Minister. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	Proclaimed King in 1964 by senior royal family members and religious leaders, Faisal also continued to serve as Prime Minister. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	The Commission operates under the umbrella of the Supreme Economic Council and is headed by Prince Abdullah Bin Faisal Bin Turki. (references)
Political Rights	Saudi Arabia	Since the assassination of King Faisal in 1975, Saudi kings have reduced the frequency of their personal contacts with the public. (references)
Trade	Bangladesh	The 12 foreign private bank branches are American Express Bank, Citibank, Credit Agricole Indosuez, Standard Chartered Grindlays Bank, State Bank of India, Muslim Commercial Bank, Hanvit Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, Scotia Bank, Hong Kong Shanghai Bank, Al Faisal Islamic Bank, and Habib Bank. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Faisal

"Faisal" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 74.42% of the time. "Faisal" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	74.42%	32	61,292
Noun (singular)	25.58%	11	106,044
Total	100.00%	43	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Faisal

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "Faisal": al-faisal.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Faisal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
faisal	25	center faisal hospital king research specialist	3
faisal king	20	faisal mosque	3
faisal hospital king	10	faisal foundation king	2
faisal hospital king specialist	10	al faisal	2
al faisal michelle	6	al faisal turki	2
faisal tehrani	5	ali bu faisal	2
faisal king university	5	bank egypt faisal islamic	2
al faisal michille	4	faisal hospital king military	2
bank faisal islamic	4	01 faisal	2
faisal ii king	4	faisal iqbal	2
faisal khan	3	al faisal khamis	2
bank faisal	3	abad faisal	2
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Anagrams: Faisal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-f-i-l-s"
	-1 letter: alfas, alias, alifs, fails.
	-2 letters: aals, ails, alas, alfa, alif, fail, fila, fils, sail, sial.
	-3 letters: aal, aas, ail, ais, ala, als, fas, fil, ifs, las, lis, sal.
	-4 letters: aa, ai, al, as, fa, if, is, la, li, si.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-f-i-l-s"
	+1 letter: alfakis, facials, fascial.
	+2 letters: alfaquis, fantails, fatalism, fatalist, khalifas, tailfans.
	+3 letters: alfaquins, califates, fairleads, fallacies, familiars, fatalisms, fatalists, fayalites, franglais, kalifates, rafflesia, rainfalls, taffrails.
	+4 letters: affiliates, aflatoxins, alfilarias, alkalifies, factorials, factualism, factualist, fairylands, fallacious, fascicular, fatalistic, fatalities, filariases, filariasis, rafflesias, rauwolfias.
	+5 letters: antifungals, facilitates, factualisms, factualists, fairleaders, fallaleries, falsifiable, familiarise, fantastical, fasciculate, fashionable, fashionably, flagrancies, floatations, fraxinellas, inflatables, sacrificial, satisfiable, scalariform, stagflation.
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