Ghazi of Iraq
Appearance
Ghazi I | |||||
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King of Iraq | |||||
Reign | 8 September 1933 – 4 April 1939 | ||||
Predecessor | Faisal I | ||||
Successor | Faisal II | ||||
Born | Makkah, Hejaz, Ottoman Empire | 21 March 1912||||
Died | 4 April 1939 Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq | (aged 27)||||
Burial | |||||
Spouse | Princess Aliya bint Ali | ||||
Issue | Faisal II | ||||
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House | Hashemite | ||||
Dynasty | Hashemites of Iraq | ||||
Father | Faisal I | ||||
Mother | Huzaima bint Nasser | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam[1] |
Ghazi ibn Faisal (Arabic: غازي ابن فيصل, romanized: Gâzî ibn-i Faysal) (21 March 1912 – 4 April 1939) was the King of Iraq from 1933 to 1939. He was the only son of Faisal I,[2] the first King of Iraq.
He was killed in a car crash on 4 April 1939 in Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq at the age of 27.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "IRAQ – Resurgence in the Shiite World – Part 8 – Jordan & The Hashemite Factors". APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map. 2005.
- ↑ "The Hashemite Royal Family". Jordanian Government. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
- ↑ Safa Khulusi, Ma'ruf Al-Rusafi (1875–1945). The Muslim World, Hartford Seminary Foundation, LXVII No.1, 1977.