page_title: Faisal II of Iraq
section_title: Birth and early years
hierarchical_section_title: Faisal II of Iraq / Family and early life / Birth and early years
caption_attribution_description: English: King Faisal II of IraqNederlands: Faisal II van Irak, het model waarop Abdallah is gebaseerd
context_page_description: Faisal II was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was murdered during the 14 July Revolution together with numerous members of his family. This regicide marked the end of the thirty-seven-year-old Hashemite monarchy in Iraq, which then became a republic.
context_section_description: Faisal was the only son of King Ghazi of Iraq, and his wife Queen Aliya, second daughter of 'Ali bin Hussein, King of the Hijaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca.  Faisal's father was killed in a mysterious car crash when he was three years old; his uncle 'Abd al-Ilah served as regent until Faisal came of age in 1953.
  King Faisal II was the model used by Belgian comic writer Hergé for his character Prince Abdullah of Khemed in The Adventures of Tintin. He suffered from asthma.
caption: King Faisal II at the age of 5
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