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Arriving in the U.S. for a five-week visit, his first, the boy King of Iraq, Feisal...
...three-man regency council to govern Jordan. The regency, Abul Huda said, would rule until Talal could return to his throne or until young Crown Prince Hussein becomes 18 next May. Hussein is now in school at Harrow (Churchill's alma mater) along with his cousin, King Feisal of Iraq...
...needs both badly, for he has enemies as far as one can see across the Arabian sand and jebel. Finance Minister Abdullah Al-Soliman, trusted confidant of the King and the most powerful man in the country outside the royal family, would rather see 46-year-old Foreign Minister Feisal, Ibn Saud's second son, succeed to the throne. So would the British...
...Sherif Hussein, ruler of the kingdom, out of the Hejaz, and the holy city of Mecca. Hussein, a haughty old man who was head of the Hashemite clan, went into bitter exile in Cyprus. He filled his two sons, who were to become King Abdullah of Jordan and King Feisal I of Iraq, with hatred of the usurper. Abdullah's son Talal, then 13, heard his grandfather's promises of vengeance on Ibn Saud...
Emir Abdul Illah (38), Regent of Iraq, has ruled the country since 1939, on behalf of his nephew, King Feisal II (16). Moderately able, but without stature or drive. Favorite pastime: driving through Bagdad in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee state coach (which he bought in 1949, insured...