[3] Saud's rule as well as that of his brother Abdullah witnessed civil war between these rulers, leading to the end of the second Saudi state after an invasion of Ottomans early in the 19th century.

[2] Abdullah bin Faisal was the acting secretary general between 1975 and 1977 at the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu immediately after established by King Khalid in 1975.

[17] It was speculated that since he was frustrated with the government's bureaucratic approach and the slow pace of the reforms in the country, he left the SAGIA.

[18] Since he had knowledge of the Italian economy, he was regarded as the most appropriate figure to support the commercial relations between Saudi Arabia and Italy.

[19] During his tenure at the SAGIA Prince Abdullah strongly supported both liberal policies and privatization in the Saudi Arabia's economy.

[17] However, this goal was not achieved at that time because of Saudi Arabia's protectionist policies towards the industries of oil production and telecommunications, and its inability to produce a formal trade agreement with the United States.