Person1885 – 1933
Faisal I of Iraq
Also called: Faisal bin Hussein, Feisal
Son of Hussein bin Ali and a commander of the Arab Revolt, briefly King of Syria (1920) and then King of Iraq (1921–1933)
Where they went
3 related events
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With British support, Sharif Hussein of Mecca rose against the Ottoman Empire; Arab forces took Aqaba and entered Damascus in 1918.
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After the war the Allies divided the Ottoman Empire’s Arab lands as League of Nations mandates: France took Syria and Lebanon, Britain Iraq, Palestine and Transjordan.
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Iraq, a British mandate, became independent on joining the League of Nations—the first mandate to do so—though Britain kept military bases and oil interests.
Related works
- Film: Lawrence of ArabiaDramatizedFilm · 1962 · David Lean
Dramatized works (films, dramas, novels) may differ from the historical record.
People who appear alongside
- Hussein bin Ali1854 – 1931
Sharif of Mecca who, after his correspondence with Britain, launched the Arab Revolt in 1916 and became King of the Hejaz
- T. E. Lawrence1888 – 1935
British archaeologist and intelligence officer who served as liaison to the Arab Revolt and became known as "Lawrence of Arabia"
Themes this person appears in
- National Movements in Asia and Africa1915 – 1948
From the Hussein–McMahon correspondence to the founding of Israel — three decades in which India, West Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa, swept up in the tide of self-determination after the First World War, pressed toward independence and modernization