Abd al-Ilah
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Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz, was a cousin and brother-in-law of King Ghazi of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq and was regent for his nephew King Faisal II, from 4 April 1939 to 23 May 1953, when Faisal came of age. Abd al-Ilah also held the title of Crown Prince of Iraq from 1943 to 1953.
Portrait by Cecil Beaton, c. 1939-45
Abd al-Ilah (holding hat) at Mount Vernon in 1945
One side of the Anshas conference, from right to left: Abdullah I of Jordan, Farouk I of Egypt and Sudan, Syrian president Shukri al-Quwatli, Abd al-Ilah, and crown prince Saud of Saudi Arabia, Anshas, 1946
Mutilated corpse of Abd al-Ilah hanging from a balcony.
Ghazi of Iraq
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Ghazi ibn Faisal was King of Iraq from 1933 to 1939 having been briefly Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Syria in 1920. He was born in Mecca, the only son of Faisal I. He died in a car crash in 1939.
Ghazi of Iraq
The then Crown Prince Ghazi of Iraq in 1927 (centre of the front row)
King Ghazi postage from 1949
King Ghazi and Emir Saud on horses.