Ghazi of Iraq

Ghazi I
King of Iraq
Reign8 September 1933 – 4 April 1939
PredecessorFaisal I
SuccessorFaisal II
Born(1912-03-21)21 March 1912
Makkah, Hejaz, Ottoman Empire (present-day Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia)
Died4 April 1939(1939-04-04) (aged 27)
Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
Burial
SpousePrincess Aliya bint Ali
IssueFaisal II
Names
Ghazi ibn Faisal
HouseHashemite
DynastyHashemites of Iraq
FatherFaisal I
MotherHuzaima bint Nasser
ReligionSunni Islam[1]
SignatureGhazi I's signature

Ghazi ibn Faisal (Arabic: غَازِيّ إبْنِ فَيْصَل, romanizedGâzî 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, and was the only son of Faisal I.[2] He died in a car crash in 1939.

  1. ^ "IRAQ – Resurgence in the Shiite World – Part 8 – Jordan & The Hashemite Factors". APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map. 2005.
  2. ^ "The Hashemite Royal Family". Jordanian Government. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2008.