King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi Arabia ke teesre King the. Unka janam 14 April 1906 ko Riyadh mein hua tha. Unhe ek bahut hi samajhdar aur durdarshi neta mana jata hai jinone Saudi Arabia ko ek registani ilake se modern desh banne ki raah dikhayi.
Faisal apne pita King Abdulaziz ke teesre bete the. Unki maa Tarfa bint Abdullah thi, jo Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ke khandan se thi. Unhone bachpan mein hi Quran aur Islamic law ki shiksha apne nana se hasil ki. Unhe bachpan se hi ghudsawari aur yuddh kala mein maharat hasil thi.
King Faisal ne 1926 mein Viceroy of Hejaz ke roop mein kaam shuru kiya. 1930 mein wo desh ke pehle Videsh Mantri (Foreign Minister) bane. Unhone United Nations ki sthapna mein bhi Saudi Arabia ka pratinidhitwa kiya tha. 1964 mein, unke bade bhai King Saud ke hatne ke baad, Faisal Saudi Arabia ke King bane.
King Faisal ne Saudi Arabia mein kayi krantikari badlav kiye:
King Faisal ne 1973 ke Arab-Israeli yuddh ke waqt Israel ka saath dene wale deshon ko tel dena band kar diya. Isse puri duniya mein 'Oil Crisis' paida ho gaya. Is faisle ne Saudi Arabia ko duniya ki ek badi takat bana diya.
25 March 1975 ko, King Faisal ki hatya unke hi bhatije Prince Faisal bin Musaid ne Riyadh ke Royal Palace mein ek majlis ke dauran kar di. Unke jaane se puri Islamic duniya mein shok ki lahar daud gayi thi. Unhe Riyadh ke Al Oud cemetery mein dafnaya gaya.