Faisal I of Iraq (born 1883)

Faisal I

King of Iraq from 1921 to 1933

Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali Al-Hashemi was 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…