Iraqi Boy-King Faisal II's drawings shed light on country's past
The pictures shine a light on a tumultuous period in Iraq’s modern history, including the life - and gruesome death - of the king. Born in 1935, Faisal II became the youngest reigning monarch in the world when he took the throne as an infant after the mysterious death of his father King Ghazi in a car accident in April 1939. For nearly 20 years, the young king ruled Iraq through a period of extreme turmoil, including the Second World War. But the king’s life was cut short when he was shot dead on July 14 1958 in a coup staged by a group of army officers to establish the first Iraqi Republ...
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