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'Abd al-Ilah

1913 - 1958

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Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz (Arabic: عبد الإله بن علي الهاشمي) (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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. 'Abd al-Ilah is the 5,952nd most popular politician (down from 5,918th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 154th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, 'Abd al-Ilah ranks 5,952 out of 19,576. Before him are Marino Faliero, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Infante Carlos of Spain, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Mathilde Kschessinska, and Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After him are Walter Warlimont, Lucius Julius Caesar, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden, Chungsuk of Goryeo, and Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, 'Abd al-Ilah ranks 82. Before him are Boris Pahor, Bruno Pontecorvo, Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Sergey Mikhalkov, Roger Caillois, and Israel Gelfand. After him are Méret Oppenheim, Paul Grice, Barrington Moore Jr., Mary Leakey, Osvaldo Moles, and Alexander Pokryshkin. Among people deceased in 1958, 'Abd al-Ilah ranks 38. Before him are Petru Groza, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Nuri al-Said, Alfred Weber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Pál Maléter. After him are Henri Farman, Wilhelm Zaisser, Duncan Edwards, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Princess Louise of Orléans, and Johnston McCulley.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, 'Abd al-Ilah ranks 137 out of 354. Before him are Al-Waqidi (747), Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (600), Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud (1933), Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl (598), Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945), and Abdallah ibn Sa'd (650). After him are Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928), 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (616), Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (1944), Al-Khansa (575), Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh (580), and Al-Mughira (600).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, 'Abd al-Ilah ranks 46. Before him are Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz (1910), Muhammad bin Nayef (1959), Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (600), Sa'd ibn Mu'adh (590), Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud (1933), and Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945). After him are Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928), Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (1944), Al-Mughira (600), Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), Suhayl ibn Amr (556), and Umayya ibn Abd Shams (null).

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