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Nuri al-Sa'id |
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Nuri al-Sa'id(born 1888, Baghdad, Iraq—died July 14, 1958, Baghdad) Iraqi soldier and longtime prime minister of Iraq. He entered the army in 1909, when Iraq was a province of the Ottoman Empire. Captured by the British during World War I (1914–18), he joined a British-backed Arab revolt against the Ottomans. After the war he joined the Iraqi government under the Hashimite king Faysal I. Prime minister on 14 different occasions, he was pro-British and supported the monarchy. In 1958 he supported a union with Jordan that was strongly opposed by the military. He was killed in the coup that followed. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 41) In February 1940, Prime Minister Nuri al-Sa'id presented his resignation to 'Abd al-Ilah, the regent, after a series of political crises that seemed to have extremely weakened the government. |
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