King faisal i of iraq biography definition

King of Iraq from to

Faisal I bin al-Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi (Arabic: فيصل بن حسين بن علي الهاشمي, Fayṣal al-Awwal bin al-Ḥusayn bin ʻAlī al-Hāshimī; 20 May ^[1][2] – 8 September ) was King of Iraq from 23 August until his death in A member of the Hashemite family, he was a leader of the Great Arab Revolt during the First World War, and ruled as the unrecognized King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria from March to July when he was expelled by the French.^[5]

The third son of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Emir and Sharif of Mecca, Faisal was born in Mecca and raised in Istanbul.

From to , with British assistance, he played a major role in the revolt against the Ottoman Empire. He helped set up an Arab government in Syria, based in Damascus, and led the Arab delegation at the Paris Peace Conference in In , the Syrian National Congress proclaimed Faisal king, rejecting the French claim to a Mandate for Syria.

In response, France invaded