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The Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq (Arabic: المملكة العراقية الهاشمية, romanized: al-Mamlakah al-ʿIrāqiyyah ʾal-Hāshimiyyah, lit. ' Iraqi Hashemite Kingdom ' ) was a state located in the Middle East from 1932 to 1958.
Abdullah, became the emir of Transjordan in 1921 and king of Jordan in 1946, and whose descendants continue to rule the kingdom known ever since as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Faisal, briefly proclaimed King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria in 1920, became King of Iraq in 1921.
Iraq is a kingdom ruled by a Sunni Arab government founded on the wreckage of Ottoman rule. ... Simon, Reeva S. (June 1974). "The Hashemite 'Conspiracy': Hashemite ...
In order to establish a pro-British client regime, a dynasty of Hashemite kings from the Hejaz region was established, beginning with Faisal I who was the son of Hussein bin Ali. As a family originating in the Hejaz, the Hashemites was foreign to Iraq. The British Government appointed them as Iraq's royal family after a plebiscite in 1921. [1]
The Hashemite Arab Federation was a short-lived confederation that lasted from 14 February to 2 August 1958, between the Hashemite kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan. Although the name implies a federal structure, it was de facto a confederation .
Al-Said looked to the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq's growing oil revenues to fund and propel development. [6] He determined that 70 percent of Iraq's revenue from oil was to be set aside for infrastructure development by a Development Board with three foreign advisors out of six total members.
The treaty was designed to allow for Iraqi self-government while giving the British control of Iraq's foreign policy. It was intended to conclude an agreement made at the Cairo Conference of 1921 to establish a Hashemite Kingdom in Iraq.
Students at Iraq's College of Pharmacy followed suit on 26 October. The Iraqi Communist Party , which had been behind the 1948 riots , played a leading role in the disturbances. [ 2 ] Though the protesters were emphatically anti-monarchical, they were positively disposed to the military, a symbol of national unity and Iraqi independence. [ 3 ]