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(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud died at dawn on Saturday abroad, the country's royal court said in a statement carried by state media.

Sultan, who was thought to be aged about 86, had been in the United States for medical treatment since June.

As well as heir to the throne of the world's top oil exporter, he had been defense minister and minister of aviation for about four decades.

"With deep sorrow and sadness the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz mourns the death of his brother and his Crown Prince Sultan... who died at dawn this morning Saturday outside the kingdom following an illness," said the statement carried on state news agency SPA and state television.

Saudi television broke its schedules early on Saturday to broadcast Koranic verses accompanied by footage of the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam's holiest site.

Funeral services will be held in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday, SPA said.

Widely thought to be next in line after Sultan is Interior Minister Prince Nayef, who was named second-deputy prime minister in 2009.

King Abdullah is in his late 80s and underwent back surgery earlier this month but has been pictured since then in apparently good health.

The king was absent for three months late in 2010 while he underwent treatment for a herniated disc that caused blood to accumulate around his spine.

Prince Nayef, who is in his late 70s, has a reputation as being more conservative than either the crown prince or king.

Unlike in European monarchies, the line of succession does not move directly from father to eldest son, but has moved down a line of brothers born to the kingdom's founder Ibn Saud, who died in 1953.

(Reporting By Angus McDowall and Matthew Jones; Editing By Sami Aboudi)

tyrants are falling like flies nowadays!

the prediction is coming true..according to islamic prediction (not sure its true) after this king Abdallah dies the saudi family will fight over whos gona rule the country they will be three different man claiming to be the king one in sharqiah (eastern side), najd and Hijaz during that time the Mahdi will come out

Its sad these weak bitches rule the land where Islam was founded.

ciyaal_warta wrote:the prediction is coming true..according to islamic prediction (not sure its true) after this king Abdallah dies the saudi family will fight over whos gona rule the country they will be three different man claiming to be the king one in sharqiah (eastern side), najd and Hijaz during that time the Mahdi will come out

How about some proof Sxb???

I think we gotta see more signs of the day of judgement b4 Mahdi comes.

ciyaal_warta wrote:the prediction is coming true..according to islamic prediction (not sure its true) after this king Abdallah dies the saudi family will fight over whos gona rule the country they will be three different man claiming to be the king one in sharqiah (eastern side), najd and Hijaz during that time the Mahdi will come out

i dont know about the Madhi part but definitely they will fight over the throne when the king passes away. the problem is that its coming too soon, we all expected that Prince Sultan will rule for sometime after king Abdullah dies and will somehow figure out to solve this dilemma, but Sultaan is now dead and Abdullah is too old hes not aware of anything. it was actually Sultaan who used to run things for current king and the previous one also.

AUN

It's shocking that only one person has said AUN, in this thread, to a fellow muslim who died.

Ilaahay ha unaxariisto.

Cumar-Labasuul wrote:It's shocking that only one person has said AUN, in this thread, to a fellow muslim who died.

Ilaahay ha unaxariisto.

WE MJs HAVE SOULS...
AUN

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her condolences over the death, saying U.S.-Saudi ties are strong.

“The Crown Prince was a strong leader and a good friend to the United States over many years, as well as a tireless champion for his country,” Clinton said during a visit to Tajikistan, in the first official U.S. comment on his death.

tightrope wrote:

Cumar-Labasuul wrote:It's shocking that only one person has said AUN, in this thread, to a fellow muslim who died.

Ilaahay ha unaxariisto.

WE MJs HAVE SOULS...
AUN

Ina-lilaah AUN,,,

What Muslim? These clowns are a huge reason why the West has such a strong choke hold on the ummah.

Cumar-Labasuul wrote:It's shocking that only one person has said AUN, in this thread, to a fellow muslim who died.

Ilaahay ha unaxariisto.

i said it but i didn't type it