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Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia (1975–1982); Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (1965–1975)."}],"related":[{"name":"Abdullah of Saudi Arabia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdullah-of-saudi-arabia"},{"name":"Salman of Saudi Arabia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/salman-of-saudi-arabia"},{"name":"Ibn Saud","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ibn-saud"},{"name":"Faisal of Saudi Arabia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/faisal-of-saudi-arabia"},{"name":"Fahd of Saudi Arabia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/fahd-of-saudi-arabia"},{"name":"Saud of Saudi Arabia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/saud-of-saudi-arabia"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/khalid-of-saudi-arabia-f35f53de9c.jpg","width":500,"height":654,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_Khalid_bin_Abdulaziz_(cropped)_(2).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Khalid of Saudi Arabia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_of_Saudi_Arabia","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q208301","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208301","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: King Khalid bin Abdulaziz (cropped) (2).jpg by Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_Khalid_bin_Abdulaziz_(cropped)_(2).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Khalid of Saudi Arabia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: King Khalid bin Abdulaziz (cropped) (2).jpg — Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Khalid of Saudi Arabia\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/khalid-of-saudi-arabia. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T11:48:10Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/khalid-of-saudi-arabia","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/khalid-of-saudi-arabia","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/khalid-of-saudi-arabia?lang=ne"}}