Abstract is: Faisal II (Arabic: الملك فيصل الثاني el-Melik Faysal es-Sânî) (2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution. This regicide marked the end of the thirty-seven-year-old Hashemite monarchy in Iraq, which then became a republic. The only son of King Ghazi of Iraq and Queen Aliya, Faisal acceded to the throne at the age of three after his father was killed in a car crash. A regency was set up under his uncle Prince 'Abd al-Ilah. In 1941, a pro-Axis coup d'état overthrew the regent. The British responded by initiating an invasion of Iraq a month later and restored 'Abd al-Ilah to power. During the Second World War, Faisal was evacuated along with his mother to the United Kingdom, where he attended Harrow School. The regency ended in May 1953 when Faisal came of age. Faisal's reign grew increasingly unstable against a backdrop of economic inequality coupled with the rise of Communism, anti-imperialist sentiment and mounting Pan-Arab nationalism. The overthrow of the Egyptian monarchy in 1953 and the formation of the United Arab Republic in February 1958 only provided further impetuses to revolution. The Hashemite Arab Federation was formed between Iraq and Jordan in February 1958 with Faisal as its head, which did not quell widespread opposition. In July 1958, a group of Royal Iraqi Army officers led by Abd al-Karim Qasim mounted a coup d'état and overthrew the monarchy. Faisal was executed along with numerous members of his family in the process.
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P268 | Bibliothèque nationale de France ID | 165184243 |
P1711 | British Museum person or institution ID | 156528 |
P5019 | Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID | feisal-feisal-ii |
P8313 | Den Store Danske ID | Faysal_2. |
P701 | Dodis ID | P14787 |
P1417 | Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID | biography/Faysal-II |
P3219 | Encyclopædia Universalis ID | faysal-ii |
P2163 | FAST ID | 486356 |
P535 | Find a Grave memorial ID | 47180059 |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/01clxv |
P1819 | genealogics.org person ID | I00586191 |
P227 | GND ID | 124649033 |
P10297 | Google Arts & Culture entity ID | m01clxv |
P12385 | Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID | faysal-ii-de-liraq |
P1296 | Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme) | 0026203 |
P1741 | GTAA ID | 222805 |
P9943 | Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID | person/497613257964 |
P7982 | Hrvatska enciklopedija ID | 18863 |
P269 | IdRef ID | 262253488 |
P213 | ISNI | 0000000037857842 |
P409 | Libraries Australia ID | 49782912 |
P244 | Library of Congress authority ID | nb2002094152 |
P10242 | Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID | 02131/eu_f_0209/f0209 |
P1284 | Munzinger person ID | 00000004867 |
P949 | National Library of Israel ID (old) | 000559242 |
P8189 | National Library of Israel J9U ID | 987007283516905171 |
P1816 | National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID | mp98113 |
P1315 | NLA Trove people ID | 1526249 |
P11835 | Numista ruling authority ID | 3858 |
P7305 | Online PWN Encyclopedia ID | 3899645 |
P12582 | Oxford Reference overview ID | 20110803095808799 |
P4293 | PM20 folder ID | pe/004941 |
P8349 | Proleksis enciklopedija ID | 56049 |
P3430 | SNAC ARK ID | w65j88bq |
P4342 | Store norske leksikon ID | Feisal_2 |
P7314 | TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi ID | faysal-ii |
P6404 | Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID | faysal-ii |
P1225 | U.S. National Archives Identifier | 10609537 |
P214 | VIAF ID | 25542089 |
P7666 | Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID | feisalis-ii |
P2949 | WikiTree person ID | الهاشمي-6 |
P10832 | WorldCat Entities ID | E39PBJdh6RgvgMqMRm8yfbFtKd |
P166 | award received | Royal Victorian Order | Q94050 |
Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud | Q93923 | ||
Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit | Q17200049 | ||
Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows | Q28870388 | ||
Order of al-Hussein bin Ali | Q2010500 | ||
Royal Victorian Chain | Q2171187 | ||
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Q2297608 | ||
Order of Pahlavi | Q2399167 | ||
Supreme Order of the Renaissance | Q3885164 | ||
Grand Order of the Hashimites | Q3885217 | ||
Order of the Two Rivers | Q3885229 | ||
Order of Independence | Q3885294 | ||
Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum | Q5357263 | ||
P509 | cause of death | mass shooting | Q21480300 |
P27 | country of citizenship | Arab Federation | Q146713 |
Kingdom of Iraq | Q149805 | ||
P1343 | described by source | Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978) | Q17378135 |
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia | Q2657718 | ||
P69 | educated at | Sandroyd School | Q7416885 |
Harrow School | Q1247373 | ||
P53 | family | Hashemites | Q1774915 |
P22 | father | Ghazi of Iraq | Q314784 |
P735 | given name | Faisal | Q18978328 |
Faisal | Q18978328 | ||
P157 | killed by | ??? | Q22934547 |
P1196 | manner of death | homicide | Q149086 |
P1050 | medical condition | asthma | Q35869 |
P241 | military branch | Royal Air Force | Q165862 |
P25 | mother | Aliya bint Ali | Q2914533 |
P1559 | name in native language | فيصل الثاني | |
P106 | occupation | king | Q12097 |
military personnel | Q47064 | ||
P119 | place of burial | Iraq Royal Cemetery | Q16128350 |
P39 | position held | King of Iraq | Q3254084 |
P1038 | relative | Hussein I of Jordan | Q146906 |
'Abd al-Ilah | Q307540 | ||
P140 | religion or worldview | Islam | Q432 |
Sunni Islam | Q483654 | ||
P21 | sex or gender | male | Q6581097 |
P641 | sport | judo | Q11420 |
FileName: Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958).svg
Description: Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958).
Artist: Samhanin
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FileName: قبر الملك فيصل الثاني.jpg
Description: قبر الملك فيصل الثاني 1936-1958 في المقبرة الملكية والواقعة في حي الأعظمية في بغداد
Artist: Zaid isam
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