Abdul-Karim Qasim
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Abdul Karim Qasim Mohammed Bakr Al-Qaraghuli Al-Zubaidi was an Iraqi military officer and statesman who served as the Prime Minister and de facto leader of Iraq from 1958 until his overthrow in 1963.
Qasim in 1961
Qasim (back row, left of centre) and other leaders of the revolution, including Abdul Salam Arif (back row, second from left) and Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (back row, fifth from left). Also included is Ba'athist ideologue Michel Aflaq (front row, first from right).
Qasim with future president of Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani
Qasim with Mustafa Barzani
Faisal II
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Faisal II 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
Abdul-Karim Qasim
…courses of action during military exercises. In the “July 14 Revolution” of 1958, he was one of the leaders of the “Free Officers” who overthrew King Faisal II and ended the monarchy in Iraq. The king, much of his family and members of his government were murdered. The reason for the fall of the monarchy was…
Faisal in the 1950s
King Faisal II at the age of 5
King Faisal II of Iraq c. 1944
Prince Abdullah (holding hat) at Mount Vernon, U.S. He was the regent of his nephew Faisal during his infancy. They were both killed during the 1958 coup.