Chapter 283: Condolence
Halid bin Abdulaziz was born in 1913 in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. He was the fifth son of Abdul Aziz, the founding king of modern Saudi Arabia. Participated in the military campaign to create the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He became Deputy Prime Minister in 1962 and became Crown Prince and First Deputy Prime Minister in March 1965.
In March 1975, after the assassination of King Faisal, he succeeded to the throne and served as prime minister, and has remained until now.
Saudi Arabia is a theocratic monarchy, and the Qur'an and Muhammad's hadith are the basis for the state's law enforcement. The king was a servant of the two holy places of Medina and Mecca, and in many cases, the throne was passed on not to his own son, but to his brother. For example, now, Khalid's younger brother Fahd was appointed crown prince very early, and due to Khalid's illness, the affairs of the Saudi state have long been handed over to Fahd to deal with. Khalid finally survived the call of the dead seed and died at the end of the Lebanese war. The entire Arab world mourns the death of the old king, and this year, it was this old king, together with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who hatched a round of oil production cuts to counter the opposition of Western countries to support Israel, which played a great role in the frontal battlefield. Now that the Israeli invasion has been repelled once again, fellow Islamists in all countries are once again remembering him.
Zhang Feng took a special plane and landed in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, but what surprised him a little was that the whole country did not express excessive condolences. Something like the flag-lowering at half-mast in the previous life didn't appear at all. "Tariq" Zhang Feng said to the people around him: "Why don't you hold a mourning ceremony to lower the flag at half-mast." Looking at the green flag still flying at the airport, with the Islamic quote written in white Arabic: "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah", the sword painted below folded in the wind.
Who knows, just asking, I saw Tariq look around in surprise, fortunately, His Excellency Qusay's voice was relatively small, and was not heard "His Excellency Qusay" Tariq whispered: "In Saudi Arabia, the flag will never be lowered at half-mast to mourn, because the flag has the words "Everything is not God, only Allah, Muhamgo is the messenger of Allah", which would be considered blasphemous. "I really didn't think that His Excellency Bensai, who was psychic in the military, didn't know this kind of etiquette.
Moreover, it is an act of excessive worship to sacrifice the graves of the dead, so the tombs of the Saudi kings are not distinguishable from others. Moreover, Saudi Arabia will not hold a memorial service for the king, but we respect the old king very much, so we came to mourn the king. Tariq then addressed the Lord Qusay, saving the chief who really did not know etiquette from having a problem.
"Got it." Zhang Feng said that he remembered the reality that the cemetery in later generations was more expensive than the house, and it turned out that this was really heaven.
In a special car, they came to the Saudi royal palace.
At this time, in the palace of Shat, envoys from various countries had arrived, Zhang Yi saw that Prince Fahd of Kuwait he knew was also present, as well as the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Jordan, Syria, Pakistan... One, it seems that I came too late. In addition to this life, there are also representatives of Western countries, and even the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia also arrived at the scene. However, there is a clear split between the United States and other Western countries, which are automatically separated from those from Arab countries.
Just after a war, the country that has been fighting too the issue of Israel and Pakistan, and the other side has also dispatched aircraft carriers to deter and support Yasir, how can it have a good impression of the United States and other countries for the West to go home.
At this time, King Hao Hede was in the hall, expressing his gratitude to the arrival of the talkers from all over the world.
"On behalf of my fellow Muslims in Iraq, I would like to express my condolences and condolences to the members of the royal family. Ask Allah to lift up his taste. Zhang Yi looked at King Fahd Hui, who was wearing traditional Arab clothes and a turban, and said quietly. Thank you, Your Excellency Qusay, our Muslim brothers. King Khalid replied, "King Khalid will be buried in the cemetery in the center of Riyadh, and our people will always remember King Khalid." ”
"Please mourn." Zhang Feng said that he was about to retreat, but found that Fahd was behind the king, and in a row of family members, the little girl Sarah was squeezing her eyes at herself, although her face was covered in Yue's headscarf, Zhang Feng still saw that it was Sarah.
This princess, is flirting with herself? Zhang Yi thought about the purpose of this trip and felt a little surprised. The funeral of a Muslim proceeds very quickly, and the Shariah says:
"Let the dead be swift with care, and if they are happy, let them be blessed as soon as possible, and if they are unfortunate, keep them out of Hell as soon as possible." "If you die in the morning, you shall not rest for noon, and if you die in the evening, you shall not stay overnight."
Therefore, although it was the king's funeral, it was also held in the afternoon of the same day.
Because the funeral was simple, everyone did not go along, only a few of King Khalid's immediate family members accompanied.
'Tariq, why is the funeral so simple?' Zhang Yi couldn't help but ask when he saw that the funeral was over so simply. The Qur'an says, "All flesh will taste death, and I will test you with good and evil, and you will be called to Me." Tariq told his chief very seriously, "Death is a person's final and inevitable destination, the disappearance of ** and the sublimation of the spirit, not the end of life, but the rebirth." At the mention of the word rebirth, Zhang Feng suddenly felt a chill, did he himself be reborn into this world. So where is his destiny.
Representatives of Western countries just came to join in the fun, and after the funeral, they left the palace.
Zhang Yi felt that his trip was over, and he didn't even have the ritual of bowing in front of the spirit of the deceased, it was too relaxed, and he was about to leave when he heard a voice say; "Your Excellency Qusay, the king invites you to a meeting."
Attend meetings. Zhang Feng thought for a while in his heart, and didn't say that there was any meeting to be held. He looked dazed. However, the person in front of him he knew was Saudi Arabia's Minister of Defense, Prince Sultan.
"Okay, then I'll go right away." Since you are here, since the king you trust, then go yourself, Zhang Yi thought about it, and walked around the huge palace with Prince Suldan, and the guards became more and more prolific, and finally, he came to a side hall in the middle of nowhere. "You can't go in." Prince Su Erdan stopped Zhang Yi's bodyguards.
'No, I must keep your Excellency Qusayy safe at all times. Serad said.
"It doesn't matter, I believe in King Fahd and Prince Sultan." Zhang Feng said that he knew that this was probably an important meeting, so he would prevent his Bao Jin from entering, which was also very normal Zhang Yi's self-confidence infected Serad, who knew that his chief had a strong sense of judgment.
Zhang Yi pushed open the door, and the first thing he saw was Arafat!
"Uncle Yasir" Zhang Feng said in surprise: "Why are you here." ”
At this time, although the Israeli army withdrew from Lebanon, Israel will definitely not admit defeat and may come back at any time, and Arafat actually came to Saudi Arabia at this time?
"Khalid is a good friend of ours in Palestine. Now he has left us as his old friend. I have to come and offer my condolences. Dan. It's still a step too late." Arafat sighed.
As the leader of the PLO, at this time, it is indeed very dangerous to leave the PLO, so the trip to Alakhor is very secretive, and he came again via Syria, so he came late.
Because there were Westerners in the hall, it was inconvenient for Arafat to show up, so he met the new King Fahd after the funeral. The two have also been friends for many years, and after this battle, Alahot thanked Saudi Arabia for leading OPEC members to use oil as a weapon to attack Western countries that support Israel.
And Iraq's Excellency Qusay, this time sent a small team to deal a heavy blow to Israel's attack, which made Alahhot sigh, if it were not for the small team of His Excellency Qusay, I am afraid, Syria would have been unable to hold out for a long time, and Israel would not have suffered a heavy defeat, and this war has not been fought to the point of being fought.
Therefore, Arafat very much wants to personally express his gratitude to this teenager who suddenly rose to prominence in Iraq.
"Yes, King Khalid is a hero of our Arab world, a senior whom I admire." Zhang Feng said that he remembered that the oil production cut held this time was also when the seriously ill King Khalid was sober, nodding in agreement, King Khalid is a respected predecessor in the Arab world, in him, showing the hospitality, tolerance and generosity of the Saudis, the coexistence of boldness and wisdom.
"If you want to talk about heroes, Your Excellency Qusay is the hero of our Arab world, your battle example is simply too bright locust, in the Bekaa Valley, Israel's air force strength was consumed by you, and you actually came up with a way to use fishing boats to not hit Israeli AWACS." Prince Surtan said that as Minister of National Defense, he was more concerned about every detail of the war.
"The elders have praised you." Zhang Feng said: "Ba Boots Sidan is our Islamic brothers, we must support them, our Islamic world, must be united, otherwise, it will be divided by Western countries, and then, to bully us at will, we must be strong to support our own blue sky." ”
"Well, well said!" Fahd said that he had felt that this Qusay Excellency was by no means a thing in the pool, and that this person's vision was already so broad. Fahd's eyes were full of approval.
Fahd knows that the ten young people in front of him can send their own troops to support the Syrian army on the battlefield, regardless of their past suspicions, which requires a lot of courage, and everyone in the Arab world knows the contradictions between Syria and Iraq. However, the person in front of him, who has taken the first step, the Islamic countries, are all brothers, and they should be united!
"Your Excellency Qusay, thank you for your help to our PLO in this war," Arafat said.
Zhang Feng hurriedly replied: "Uncle Yasir, if you say so, it will be too foreign, I also said just now that we are all Islamic brothers, and we should be united." Speaking of this, Zhang Yi suddenly remembered something and said: "However, you should also note that in the PLO, unity is also very important. ”
The PLO led by Alakhott, the essence of which is a united front organization, its members can retain their own organizational structures under the condition of abiding by the Palestinian national charter, what lightning, PPLA, DPR, and PLOF, and in the history of later generations, it has had many splits, which have greatly offset its own strength.
Arafat's heart was shocked, and he also knew what the other party was talking about.
"So what should we do with your Excellency Qusay," Arafat asked, "to make the Fatah organization stronger." Zhang Feng said. The Fatah organization is Arafat's watchman army. Among the various military organizations in Palestine, Fatah is the largest, and the Fatah organization is already very strong. Arafat said.
No, we have to make him stronger. Zhang Feng said Xiao. Arafat reminisced about what it meant to be stronger.
Powerful, this word, also echoed in the mind of Prince Surdan, he remembered that this time threatened by the American aircraft carrier, the Saudi army, actually dared to stay honestly, did not dare to have any behavior that provoked the other party, but Iraq, actually dared to respond, Saudi Arabia is rich, but lacks a blood surname!
In Zhang Feng's mind, another thing came to mind, and he could make some articles through the death of King Khalid this time!
"Your Royal Highness, this time King Khalid died, I heard that the price of oil in the international oil futures market has begun to rise again." Zhang Feng said.
As various Western countries began to change their attitudes, OPEC members began to gradually increase production, which auspicious, the market began to stabilize, crude oil prices began to fall, but it still did not reduce to the level of the war, but the good times did not last long, with the news of the death of King Khalid Hui, some shrewd oil businessmen, thinking of the oil crisis that had just occurred, began to use their brains again, they speculated on oil loans, and oil prices began to rise.
Saudi Arabia has the world's largest oil reserves, and his every move will affect the nerves of the world.
"Do you mean to say" Fahd can also see that this Lord Qusay has a lot of ideas in his head!
"The speculation of those international investors and businessmen has nothing to do with us, as long as we gradually increase the production of oil, and do not return to the level before the summer war at once, then, the price of oil, even if it does not rise, will definitely not fall, the international oil price is too low, we have suffered a lot!"
The death of King Hui of Saudi Arabia has mourned the whole country, and even the workers in the oil fields are so sad that they can't go to work, which shows that King Khalid is loved by the people!
(To be continued)