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, and was the only son of Faisal I. He died in a car accident
Formal portrait, c. 1933–1939
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
Abd al-Ilah
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Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz was the son of King Ali of Hejaz and 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
Ghazi of Iraq
…because of his plans for the unification of Iraq with Kuwait. Faisal, Ghazi's only son, succeeded him as King Faisal II. Because Faisal was underage, Prince Abdul Ilah served as regent until 1953. On 25 January 1934, King Ghazi married his first cousin, Princess Aliya bint Ali, daughter of his uncle King Ali of Hejaz…
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.