Ghazi of Iraq
Ghazi ibn Faisal (Arabic: غَازِيّ إبْنِ فَيْصَل, romanized: Gâzî ibn-i Faysal) (21 March 1912 – 4 April 1939) 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 I | |||||
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| King of Iraq | |||||
| Reign | 8 September 1933 – 4 April 1939 | ||||
| Predecessor | Faisal I | ||||
| Successor | Faisal II | ||||
| Born | 21 March 1912 Makkah, Hejaz, Ottoman Empire (present-day Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia) | ||||
| Died | 4 April 1939 (aged 27) Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq | ||||
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| Spouse | Princess Aliya bint Ali | ||||
| Issue | Faisal II | ||||
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| House | Hashemite | ||||
| Dynasty | Hashemites of Iraq | ||||
| Father | Faisal I | ||||
| Mother | Huzaima bint Nasser | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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