Faisal II

or Feisal II, Faisul II

noun

1. 1935–58, king of Iraq 1939–58 (grandson of Faisal I).

Faisal II

noun

1. Faisal II19351958MIraqiPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1935–58, last king of Iraq (1939–58)

Example Sentences

Iraqis still bitterly recall the British invasion during World War II and many view the 1958 coup that deposed Faisal II with pride.

From Washington Times

Both were buffeted by the wave of Arab nationalism that erupted after World War II. Abdullah was assassinated by a Palestinian nationalist in Jerusalem in 1951, and Iraq’s King Faisal II was deposed and killed in a bloody 1958 coup.

From Washington Times

Both were buffeted by the wave of Arab nationalism that erupted after World War II. Abdullah was assassinated by a Palestinian nationalist in Jerusalem in 1951, and Iraq’s King Faisal II was deposed and killed in a bloody 1958 coup.

From Seattle Times

Iraqis still bitterly recall the British invasion during World War II and many view the 1958 coup that deposed Faisal II with pride.

From Seattle Times

Growing up in a prominent Iraqi family, he had nurtured political ambitions of his own and was a childhood playmate of King Faisal II, whose execution during a 1958 revolution led Mr. Kirdar to immigrate to the United States.

From Washington Post