Nuri al-Said
Feisal's grandfather, al-Hajj Mahmoud al-Istrabadi, had been one of the drafters of Iraq's first constitution in 1925. His aunt, Lam'an Amin Zaki, had been in the delegation of women that went to Istanbul to seek the hand of the future wife of King Feisal II, who was later killed in the coup. During the coup, in July 1958, Feisal's grandmother Bibiya al-Istrabadi tried to smuggle Prime Minister Nuri al-Said to safety. She was killed in the attempt, along with al-Said, when they were discovered leaving Baghdad.