King Faisal II of Iraq

Faisal II was the last sovereign of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq. He was born in 1939 and was the only son of King Ghazi and Queen Alia. When he was 3-years-old his father died in a suspect car crash and Faisal II became King of Iraq with his uncle serving as regent. When he came of age he was a serious and careful monarch, intent on Iraq having friendly relations with foreign nations and becoming a modern, prosperous country. To that end he used the oil revenues of the country to build up the infrastructure of Iraq and invest in numerous projects to develop and modernize. However, he was plagued by the new communist party and the precedent set by the overthrow of the King of Egypt. In 1958 republican radicals led a coup against the 23-year-old king, deposing him and brutally murdering almost the entire family. Since then Iraq has been ruled by a succession of dictators.

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[ykp62]

I love your video. Iraq was better when it was ruled by  a King.

[MadMonarchist]

Thanks, I fully agree. Far too many people act like there was no life before Saddam Hussein; they define Iraq only by his regime and that's atrocious. Iraq was a perfectly free and modern parliamentary democracy as a kingdom.

[ilovekingfaisal2]

That was great video... thanks for sharing...and long live kingdom of iraq.

[jimjim2000ify]

always though of king feisal as some roamnov figure in his history but seems a nice guy born a month after those terrible events of 1958

[ThePectoralis]

No xandrixo...it was not a" revolution"...it was a coup by a couple of psychopathic officers who incited the bored and nothing else to do -mob into a state of mass hysteria......

[IraqiShammar]

May God bless the House of Hashem of Iraq. They were the best thing that happened to Iraq but they were taken away from us. One day I hope they return and rule our lands once again. Rest in Peace King Fasial II my God bless you!

[fadiiraqi]

Rest in Peace King Faisal II of Iraq , Fadi form Iraq

[kingfasail]

الله يرحم الملك وايامه ياريت لو ترجع

[AhmadAshi]

May his soul rest in peace :(

[issareign]

too bad they lied to him and backstabbed him, we could have had a great arab nation, buts thats why they double crossed us, we would be just another germany pre world war 1 and would have to be taken down. fucking bastards.

[cghgrn123]

long live Hashemite

[NLFonsseals]

@godwinpeake no Saddam.

[godwinpeake]

God bless the Hashemite Monarchy of Iraq. How much better if it had survived!