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| Abd al-Ilah | |
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| Crown Prince | |
 Portrait by Cecil Beaton, c. 1939-45 | |
| Regent of the Kingdom of Iraq | |
| Regency | 4 April 1939 – 1 April 1941 |
| Monarch | Faisal II |
| Regency | 1 June 1941 – 2 May 1953 |
| Monarch | Faisal II |
| Crown Prince of Hejaz | |
| Tenure | 3 October 1924 – 19 December 1925 |
| Monarch | Ali bin Hussein I |
| Predecessor | Ali bin Hussein |
| Crown Prince of Iraq | |
| Tenure | 10 November 1943 – 14 July 1958 |
| Monarch | Faisal II |
| Predecessor | Faisal II |
| Born | 14 November 1913 Ta'if, Hejaz Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 14 July 1958 (aged 44) Baghdad, Arab Federation |
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| House | House of Hashem |
| Father | Ali of Hejaz |
| Mother | Nafissa Khanum |
| Religion | Sunni Islam[1] |
Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz (Arabic: عبد الإله بن علي الهاشمي) GCB, GCMG, GCVO (Arabic: عبد الإله; also written Abdul Ilah or Abdullah; 14 November 1913 – 14 July 1958) was 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 23 May 1953, when Faisal came of age. Abd al-Ilah also held the title of Crown Prince of Iraq from 1943 to 1953.[2]
Abd al-Ilah was killed along with the rest of the Iraqi royal family in the 14 July Revolution in 1958 that ended the Hashemite monarchy in Iraq. His body was mutilated, dragged across the streets of Baghdad, and eventually burnt.
- ^ "IRAQ – Resurgence in the Shiite World – Part 8 – Jordan & The Hashemite Factors". APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map. 2005. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "'Abd al-Ilah". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-Ak – Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2010. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.