The funeral for Saudi King Abdullah got under way Friday with foreign leaders gathering in a cavernous mosque in the capital.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif joined Gulf leaders for the funeral prayer at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah mosque in Riyadh, television pictures showed.
Abdullah's covered body was borne on a simple litter carried by men wearing traditional red-and-white checked shemagh head gear, following the mid-afternoon Asr prayers.
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani, and Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah were among other leaders at the funeral which followed the ailing Abdullah's death, at the age of about 90, early Friday.
Surce: AFP