RIYADH: The funeral prayers of Saudi Arabia´s elderly King, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has been offered at Prince Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh on Friday.

 

Elders of Saudi Royal family, leaders of Islamic world and others attended the funeral of King Abdullah. He will be buried at historical graveyard Al-Aud.

 

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif represented Pakistan and also attended the funeral prayers.

 

King Abdullah died on Friday and was replaced by his half-brother Salman as the absolute ruler of the world´s top oil exporter and the spiritual home of Islam.

 

The royal court said in a statement that Abdullah, believed to be around 90, died at 1:00 am local time (2200 GMT), expressing its "great sadness and mourning".

 

Salman, 79, had been defence minister and previously governor of the capital Riyadh.

 

Another of the late monarch´s half-brothers, Moqren, was named the new crown prince.