Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein

Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein الشريف علي بن الحسين
Sharif Ali Bin Al Hussein (Jim Wallace, 2002)
Personal details
Born	1956 (age 60–61) Baghdad, Iraq
Mother	Princess Badia
Religion	Sunni Islam

Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein (Arabic: الشريف علي بن الحسين‎‎; born in 1956, in Baghdad, Iraq) is currently the leader of the Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy political party and claims to be the legitimate heir to the position of King of Iraq, based on his relationship to the last monarch, the late King Faisal II.

After the loss of Mecca, Sharif Ali's parents settled in Iraq where the sister of his mother Badia was queen consort. He was born in Iraq and his maternal first cousin was Faisal II of Iraq, the last king of Iraq, and his maternal grandfather was Ali bin Hussein, last king of Hejaz.

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.