Abd al-Karim Qasim
On July 14, 1958, when Colonel Abdul Karim Qassim took control of the Kingdom of Iraq by a "coup d'état", the royal family was ordered to leave the palace in Baghdad: King Faisal II; Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah; Princess Hiyam, Abdul Ilah's wife; Princess Nafissa Abdul Ilah’s mother; Princess Abdiya, the king’s maternal aunt; and several servants. When they all arrived in the courtyard, they were told to turn towards the palace wall, and they were all shot down by Captain Abdus Sattar As Sab’, a member of the coup led by Colonel Abd al-Karim Qasim. Nuri as-Said, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Iraq, was killed by supporters of Colonel Abd al-Karim Qasim on July 15, 1958.