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Fayṣal al-Awwal
Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi was a Hejazi statesman who served as the King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 until his death in 1933. A member of the Hashemite family, he was a leader of the Great Arab Revolt during the First World War, and ruled as the unrecognized King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria from March to July 1920 when he was expelled by the French.
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politics · King of Iraq from 1921 to 1933 · politician · military personnel · king · also Fayṣal al-Awwal, Faisal I, Faisal bin Husain, Faisal bun Hussein, Faisal I bin Al-Hussein bin Ali Al-Hashemi, al-Awwal
Born 20 May 1885 · Died 7 September 1933 · Q212486
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1933· 2 entries
Died 1933-09-07.
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In Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 48 and was succeeded by his eldest son Ghazi
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1932· 2 entries
The British mandate ended and Faisal was instrumental in making his country independent
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Presided over the independence of the Kingdom of Iraq upon the end of the British Mandate and the country's entry into the League of Nations
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1929· 1 entry
When bloody rioting broke out in Jerusalem between the Arab and Jewish communities, Faisal was highly supportive of the Arab position and pressured the British for a pro-Arab solution of the Palestine crisis
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1928· 1 entry
Criticized the policy of some of his ministers of seeking to fire all Jewish Iraqis from the civil service
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1927· 1 entry
And again in 1933 when they were reissued
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1925· 1 entry
After the Syrian Druze uprising, the French government began consulting Faisal on Syrian matters
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1921· 1 entry
Few people in Iraq even knew who Faisal was or had heard his name
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1920· 1 entry
The Syrian National Congress proclaimed Faisal king, rejecting the French claim to a Mandate for Syria
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1919· 1 entry
Emir Faisal led the Arab delegation to the Paris Peace Conference and, with the support of the knowledgeable and influential Gertrude Bell, argued for the establishment of independent Arab emirates for the predominantly
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1917· 1 entry
Faisal, desiring an empire for himself instead of conquering one for his father, attempted to negotiate an arrangement with the Ottomans under which he would rule the Ottoman vilayets of Syria and Mosul as an Ottoman vas
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1913· 1 entry
Was elected as representative for the city of Jeddah for the Ottoman parliament
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1885· 2 entries
Born 1885-05-20.
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The third son of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca
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