King Faisal

Faisal was born in Riyadh in 1904, the son of Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud, founder of Saudi Arabia. His mother, Tarfa bint Abdullah, a member of the leading religious family of the Al al-Shaikh, died when he was 6 months old, and he was raised by his maternal grandfather, who taught him the Qoran and the principles of the Islamic religion, an education which left an impact on him for the remainder of his life.