Faisal I — English Wikipedia

English Wikipedia article on Faisal I bin Hussein (20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933), third son of Sharif Hussein, commander of the Northern Army in the Great Arab Revolt, King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria from March to July 1920 until the French expelled him after Maysalun, then King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 until his death by heart attack at Bern; it recounts his agreement with Weizmann, his policy of unity between Sunni and Shia, Iraq's independence in 1932, and his relations with Iraq's religious communities.