Faisal II King of Iraq

Standard Name: Faisal II,, King of Iraq

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Textual Production Jan Morris
The occasion for its writing was a press conference at which King Hussein of Jordan announced the assassination of his cousin King Faisal of Iraq
Johns, Derek. Ariel. A Literary Life of Jan Morris. Faber and Faber, 2016.
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(in the republican revolution of July 1958).

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14 July 1958: Iraq became a republic after a bloody military...

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14 July 1958

Iraq became a republic after a bloody military coup against the British-backed monarchy; Faisal II and his family were killed.
Glass, Charles. “Iraq Must Go!”. London Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2002, pp. 12-13.
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