Word: illah
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...authority, Lebanon's Christian, Western-minded Foreign Minister Charles Malik (dubbed "the good Malik" to distinguish him from his onetime U.N. colleague, Russia's Jacob Malik) planned Washington conferences with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Next month, to discuss military assistance, will come Crown Prince Abdul Illah, who held the throne of Iraq as regent for his nephew Feisal, has stayed on as young (21) Feisal's adviser. In April will appear the erring, independent son of Communism, Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito, on a visit that will doubtless cause repercussions as violent...
Britain's most loyal ally in the Middle East, Iraq's young (21) King Feisal II, jubilantly showed up at Buckingham Palace for a state visit to a power behind his throne. Flanked by his uncle, Crown Prince Abdul Illah, little Feisal posed for an official photograph, looking delighted as a 21-year-old with his gleaming white uniform, the attention he was getting and the company he was keeping-the Duke of Edinburgh (caparisoned as an Admiral of the Fleet) and Queen Elizabeth II, a crownless standout amidst the profusion of feathers, ribbons, tassels and gold braid...
...next day, which might have brought revolution, did not. By that time Regent Abdul Illah had summoned up his nerve and named a new Premier: Iraq's aggressive, muscular Lieut. General Nurid-din Mahmoud, 53, the army chief of staff. In a few hours armored cars and cavalry began pouring into the city; the Communists slithered away, and Baghdad quieted...
...that resentment. Rioting Iraqi shouted "Down with Foreign Imperialism!" and "Down with Forged Elections!", stoned the windows of the British Embassy and swarmed into the offices of the U.S. Information Service, setting it afire. Some 60 civilians and policemen were wounded and eleven or more killed. Regent Abdul Illah hastily appointed his army chief of staff, General Nur El Din Mahmoud, as Premier. General Mahmoud declared martial law in Baghdad Province, and a measure of order was restored by tear gas and armored-car patrols...
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...