Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh | |
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| Native name | صلاح الدين الصباغ |
| Born | 1889 Mosul, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 16 October 1945 (aged 55–56) Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
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| Years of service | 1915–1918, 1921–1941 |
| Battles / wars | First World War Anglo-Iraqi War  |
Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh (Arabic: صلاح الدين الصباغ;[1] 1889 – 16 October 1945) was an Iraqi Army officer and Arab nationalist that led the Golden Square group which had opposed the government at the time and had highly influenced politics between the years of 1939 and 1941.[2]
- ^ al-Sabbagh, Salah al-Din (1956). Fursan al-Urubah fi al-Iraq. Damascus: al-Shabab al-Arabi. p. 21.
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