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Feisal I of Syria

Faisal I
فيصل الأول
Faisal I of Iraq circa 1920.jpg
King Faisal of Iraq circa 1920
King of Syria
Reign 8 March 1920 – 24 July 1920
Predecessor Military occupation
Successor Monarchy abolished
Prime Ministers
King of Iraq
Reign 23 August 1921 – 8 September 1933
Predecessor Military occupation
Successor Ghazi I
Prime Ministers
Born (1885-05-20)20 May 1885
Mecca, Ottoman Empire
Died 8 September 1933(1933-09-08) (aged 48)
Bern, Switzerland
Burial Royal Mausoleum, Adhamiyah
Spouse Huzaima bint Nasser
Issue Princess Azza of Iraq
Princess Rajiha of Iraq
Princess Raifi'a of Iraq
King Ghazi I of Iraq
Full name
Faisal bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi
House Hashemite
Father Hussein bin Ali
Mother Abdiyah bint Abdullah
Religion Sunni Islam
Full name
Faisal bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi

Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi, (Arabic: فيصل بن الحسين بن علي الهاشمي‎‎, Fayṣal al-Awwal ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī; 20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933) was King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria or Greater Syria in 1920, and was King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 to 1933. He was the third son of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca, who had proclaimed himself King of the Arab lands in October 1916.

Faisal fostered unity between Sunni and Shiite Muslims to encourage common loyalty and promote pan-Arabism in the goal of creating an Arab state that would include Iraq, Syria and the rest of the Fertile Crescent. While in power, Faisal tried to diversify his administration by including different ethnic and religious groups in offices. However, Faisal’s attempt at pan-Arab nationalism may have contributed to the isolation of certain religious groups.

Faisal was born in Mecca, Ottoman Empire (in present-day Saudi Arabia) in 1885, the third son of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca. He grew up in Constantinople and learned about leadership from his father. In 1913, he was elected as representative for the city of Jeddah for the Ottoman parliament.

In 1916, on a mission to Constantinople, Faisal visited Damascus twice. On one of these visits he received the , joined with the Al-Fatat group of Arab nationalists.


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