List of kings of Iraq

King of Iraq
Faisal II
Details
Style His Majesty
First monarch Faisal I
Last monarch Faisal II
Formation 23 August 1921
Abolition 14 July 1958
Residence Royal Palace, Baghdad, Iraq
Appointer Hereditary
Pretender(s) Ra'ad bin Zeid

The King of Iraq (Arabic: ملك العراق, Mālik al-‘Irāq) was Iraq's head of state and monarch from 1921 to 1958. He served as the head of the Iraqi monarchy—the House of Hashim. The King was addressed as His Majesty (صاحب الجلالة).

History

After World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the three provinces (vilayets) of Ottoman Iraq came under the control of the United Kingdom. Under British occupation, the people rebelled and Iraq showed itself a hard land to govern. In order to establish a pro-British client regime, a dynasty of Hashemite kings from Hejaz was established, beginning with Faisal I who was the son of Hussein bin Ali. As a family originating in the Hejaz, the House of Hashim was foreign to Iraq. The British Government appointed them as Iraq's royal family after a rigged plebiscite.[1] The Hashemites were largely opposed by the majority Iraqi Shi'is and Kurds. The Kingdom of Iraq existed until an Iraqi nationalist coup d'état in 1958 known as the 14 July Revolution established the Republic of Iraq.

King-designate of Iraq (1920)

NameLifespanReign startReign endNotesFamilyImage
Abdullah
عبد الله الأول بن الحسين		February 1882 – 20 July 1951
(aged 69)		19201920Designated by Cairo Conference. Never took throneHashemiteAbdullah I of Jordan

Kings of Iraq (1921–1958)

NameLifespanReign startReign endNotesFamilyImage
Faisal I
  • فيصل الأول
(1883-05-20)20 May 1883 – 8 September 1933(1933-09-08) (aged 50)23 August 19218 September 1933Previously King of Syria for a short period in 1920. Brother of AbdullahHashemiteFaisal I of Iraq
Ghazi I
  • غازي الأول
(1912-03-21)21 March 1912 – 4 April 1939(1939-04-04) (aged 27)8 September 19334 April 1939Son of Faisal IHashemiteGhazi I of Iraq
Faisal II
  • فيصل الثاني
(1935-05-02)2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958(1958-07-14) (aged 23)4 April 193914 July 1958
(deposed)		Son of Ghazi IHashemiteFaisal II of Iraq

Timeline

Faisal II of IraqGhazi of IraqFaisal I of Iraq

Royal Standard

Royal Standard of the King

See also

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Terry H. (2011). Bush's Wars. Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780199747528.
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