| He served as the head of the Iraqi monarchy—the | |
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| As a family originating in the Hejaz, the House of Hashim was foreign to Iraq | The Hashemites were largely opposed by the and |
In order to establish a pro-British , a dynasty of Hashemite kings from the was established, beginning with who was the son of.
27| The appointed them as Iraq's after a in 1921 | Under , the people rebelled and Iraq showed itself a hard land to govern |
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