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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of 'Abd al-Ilah has received more than 626,353 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). 'Abd al-Ilah is the 5,919th most popular politician (up from 6,993rd in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 136th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, 'Abd al-Ilah ranks 5,919 out of 19,576. Before him are Wellington Koo, John I, Duke of Alençon, Jan Peter Balkenende, Ron Paul, Ordoño III of León, and Archduchess Barbara of Austria. After him are Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Cyrus Vance, Boris Pugo, Sayf al-Din Ghazi I, Kandalanu, and Emperor Daigo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, 'Abd al-Ilah ranks 84. Before him are Philip Abelson, Johannes Steinhoff, Loretta Young, Marika Rökk, Stanley Kramer, and Shih Kien. After him are Eddie Constantine, Haxhi Lleshi, Alexander Pokryshkin, Pinetop Perkins, Heinz Kohut, and Pierre Werner. Among people deceased in 1958, 'Abd al-Ilah ranks 37. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Duncan Edwards, Pál Maléter, Nuri al-Said, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Henri Farman. After him are Prince Oskar of Prussia, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Princess Louise of Orléans, Otto Abetz, and Franz Bardon.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, 'Abd al-Ilah ranks 154 out of 354. Before him are Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850), Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (1944), Abu Darda (580), Aqil ibn Abi Talib (590), Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen (1925), and Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah (580). After him are Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (1956), Saleh Al-Fawzan (1933), Abbad ibn Bishr (606), Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali (603), Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (690), and Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (567).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, 'Abd al-Ilah ranks 50. Before him are Idris I of Morocco (743), Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945), Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850), Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (1944), and Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah (580). After him are Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (1956), Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya (690), Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (567), Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr (650), Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1940), and Umayya ibn Abd Shams (null).

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