Faisal I

noun

1. 1885–1933, king of Syria 1920; king of Iraq 1921–33.

Faisal I

/ ˈfaɪsəl /

noun

1. Faisal I18851933MIraqiSyrianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1885–1933, king of Syria (1920) and first king of Iraq (1921–33): a leader of the Arab revolt against the Turks (1916–18)

Example Sentences

More than a decade later, the king that she helped install in power, Faisal I, wrote: “With my heart filled with sadness, I have to say that it is my belief that there is no Iraqi people inside Iraq. There are only diverse groups with no national sentiments. They are filled with superstitious and false religious traditions with no common grounds between them.”

From New York Times

Yale University Press; 634 pages; $45 and £35. Buy from Amazon.com; Amazon.co.uk History has not been kind to King Faisal I of Iraq.

From Economist

Not long after speaking with Faisal, I visited Rahimi in his opulent Pul-i-Khumri office, where each wall was lined with plush leather couches on which petitioners could wait to be invited into a much smaller and less stately room for private conversation.

From New York Times

That period ended at last in 1920, when Syria became an independent monarchy under King Faisal I of the Hashernite royal family.

From Time Magazine Archive