Faisal I

Faisal bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi (1885 – 1933) was for a short time King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria in 1920, and was then King of the Kingdom of Iraq from 1921 to 1933. He was a member of the Hashemite dynasty.

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Fertile Crescent

Middle Eastern History

King Faisal I of Iraq-Faisal fostered unity between Sunni and Shiite Muslims to encourage common loyalty and promote pan-Arabism in the goal of creating an Arab state that would include Iraq, Syria and the rest of the Fertile Crescent. While in power, Faisal tried to diversify his administration by including different ethnic and religious groups in offices. However, Faisal’s attempt at pan-Arab nationalism may have contributed to the isolation of certain religious groups.

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King Faisal of Iraq

Ghazi I, King of Iraq from 1933 to 1939

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Faisal I, king of Iraq from 1921 to 1933

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The Taking of Akaba - 1917 - T.E. Lawrence, Auda abu Tayi, Prince Feisal, Port of Aqaba

Prince Feisal, third son of Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, who, with Lawrence of Arabia as an advisor, led the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire. Lowell Thomas

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King Faisal I of Iraq

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Eon Images | King Faisal of Iraq visits Jerusalem in 1933

King Faisal of Iraq visits Jerusalem in 1933, his last visit there before he died.

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Iraq: Three Kings on Coins

Ghazi bin Faisal was born in 1912. He became the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq from 1933 to 1939, having been briefly Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Syria in 1920. He was born in Mecca (in present-day Saudi Arabia), the only son of Faisal I, the first King of Iraq.

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Iraq: Three Kings on Coins

In 1932 the young Kingdom of Iraq switched from the Indian rupee to its own currency, the Iraq dinar. The new coins carried a portrait of Faisal I.

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Faisal I of Iraq - Wikipedia

Faisal I of Iraq and Mustafa Kemal, Ankara, 1931