Just a few hours after the death of the Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on early hours Friday at the age of 90, Jihadists of the Islamic State claimed that the deceased was a “US servant”.

International media report that the Islamic State extremists condemned King Abdullah for his ties with the US and for conspiring with American governments to kill Muslims.

According to further reports, the 90 year old King had begun the battle against Al Qaeda, when about ten years ago the extremists had launched attacks in the kingdom.

Following Muslim tradition, the king was buried within 12 hours of his death and he was placed to rest alongside his father and other past Saudi kings.

Leaders of state and government and foreign leaders attended the funeral ceremony of the of Abdullah held at noon Friday.

King Abdullah has been a powerful U.S. ally in the fight against al Qaeda and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom. He was the richest head of state in the world, with a personal fortune of about 20 billion dollars.

Pictures of his burial have already been released, while his brother will take over.