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{{Infobox monarchy
| royal_title        = King
| realm              = Iraq
| native_name        = ملك العراق
| border             = <!-- Optional. Accepted values: provincial / federal / imperial -->
| coatofarms         = Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958).svg
| coatofarms_article = Coat of arms of Iraq
| coatofarms_link    = <!-- Optional. If {{{coatofarms}}} field is used. -->
| type               = other
| his/her            = His
| image              = Faisal II of Iraq, 1950s (3x4 cropped).jpg
| caption            = '''Longest reigning<br>[[Faisal II]]'''<br>4 April 1939 – 14 July 1958
| other              = <!-- Optional. Other caption below incumbent's name instead of enthronement date. -->
| image2             = <!-- Optional. Just the image name, no File: or Image: coding -->
| caption2           = <!-- Optional. -->
| incumbent2         = <!-- Optional. for a co-principality -->
| incumbent2since    = <!-- Optional. Enthronement date. -->
| other2             = <!-- Optional. Other caption below co-incumbent's name instead of enthronement date. -->
| heir_apparent      = <!-- Optional. -->
| heir_presumptive   = <!-- Optional. -->
| first_monarch      = [[Faisal I of Iraq|Faisal I]]
| last_monarch       = [[Faisal II]]
| formation          = 23 August 1921
| abolition          = 14 July 1958
| residence          = [[Republican Palace, Baghdad|Royal Palace]], [[Baghdad]]
| appointer          = [[Hereditary monarchy|Hereditary]]
| pretender          = [[Ra'ad bin Zeid]]
| website            = <!-- Optional. -->
}}

The '''king of Iraq''' ({{langx|ar|ملك العراق|''Malik al-‘Irāq''}}) was [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]]'s [[head of state]] and [[monarch]] from 1921 to 1958. He served as the head of the Iraqi monarchy—the [[Hashemites|Hashemite dynasty]]. The king was addressed as [[Majesty|His Majesty]] ({{langx|ar|صاحب الجلالة|link=no}}).

==History==
{{further|History of Iraq|Kingdom of Iraq}}
In the [[aftermath of World War I]] and the [[dissolution of the Ottoman Empire]], the three provinces (''[[vilayet]]s'') of [[Ottoman Iraq]] came under the control of the United Kingdom. Under [[Mandate for Mesopotamia|British occupation]], the people rebelled and Iraq showed itself a hard land to govern. In order to establish a pro-British [[Client state|client regime]], a dynasty of Hashemite kings from the [[Hejaz]] region was established, beginning with [[Faisal I of Iraq|Faisal I]] who was the son of [[Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz|Hussein bin Ali]]. As a family originating in the [[Hejaz]], the [[Hashemites]] was foreign to Iraq. The [[Government of the United Kingdom|British Government]] appointed them as Iraq's [[royal family]] after a [[1921 Iraqi monarchy referendum|plebiscite]] in 1921.<ref>{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Terry H.|authorlink=Terry H. Anderson|title=Bush's Wars|url=https://archive.org/details/bushswars00ande|url-access=limited|year=2011|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=9780199747528|page=[https://archive.org/details/bushswars00ande/page/n32 12]}}</ref> The Hashemites were largely opposed by the [[Iraqis|Iraqi]] [[Shia Islam in Iraq|Shiites]] and [[Kurds in Iraq|Kurds]]. The [[Kingdom of Iraq]] existed until an [[Iraqi nationalism|Iraqi nationalist]] [[coup d'état]] in 1958 known as the [[14 July Revolution]] established the [[Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)|Iraqi Republic]].

==King-designate of Iraq (1920)==
{{Succession table monarch
| name1        = '''[[Abdullah I of Jordan|Abdullah]]'''
| nickname1    =
| native1      = {{lang|ar|عبد الله الأول بن الحسين}}
| life1        = {{Birth date|1882|2|2|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|1951|7|20|1882|2|2|df=y}}
| reignstart1  = 1920
| reignend1    = 1920
| notes1       = Designated by [[Cairo Conference (1921)|Cairo Conference]]. Never took throne.<br />Son of [[Hussein bin Ali, King of Hejaz|Hussein bin Ali]]
| family1      = Hashemite
| image1       = Abdullah, King of Jordan between 1939 and 1945 from Cecil Beaton Photographs- Political and Military Personalities- CBM1666 (cropped).jpg
| alt1         = Abdullah I of Jordan
}}

==Kings of Iraq (1921–1958)==
{{Succession table monarch
| name1       = '''[[Faisal I of Iraq|Faisal I]]'''
| nickname1   =
| native1     = {{lang|ar|فيصل الأول}}
| life1       = {{Birth date|1883|5|20|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|1933|9|8|1883|5|20|df=y}}
| reignstart1 = 23 August 1921
| reignend1   = 8 September 1933<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1933/09/09/archives/feisal-of-iraq-dies-suddenly-in-berne-suffers-heart-attack-after.html|title=FEISAL OF IRAQ DIES SUDDENLY IN BERNE|date=9 September 1933|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref>
| notes1      = Previously [[List of Syrian monarchs|King of Syria]] for a short period in 1920.<br />Brother of Abdullah
| family1     = Hashemite
| image1      = King-faisal-i-of-iraq-kopiya (3x4 cropped).jpg
| alt1        = Faisal I of Iraq
| name2       = '''[[Ghazi of Iraq|Ghazi I]]'''
| nickname2   =
| native2     = {{lang|ar|غازي الأول}}
| life2       = {{Birth date|1912|3|21|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|1939|4|4|1912|3|21|df=y}}
| reignstart2 = 8 September 1933
| reignend2   = 4 April 1939<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/04/04/archives/king-ghazi-of-iraq-killed-in-an-automobile-accident-ruler-27.html|title=King Ghazi of Iraq Killed In an Automobile Accident|date=4 April 1939|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref>
| notes2      = Son of Faisal I
| family2     = Hashemite
| image2      = Ghazi I Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg
| alt2        = Ghazi I of Iraq
| name3       = '''[[Faisal II]]'''
| nickname3   =
| native3     = {{lang|ar|فيصل الثاني}}
| life3       = {{Birth date|1935|5|2|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|1958|7|14|1935|5|2|df=y}}
| reignstart3 = 4 April 1939
| reignend3   = 14 July 1958<br />{{small|(deposed and executed)}}
| notes3      = Son of Ghazi I
| family3     = Hashemite
| image3      = Faisal II of Iraq, 1950s (3x4 cropped).jpg
| alt3        = Faisal II of Iraq
}}

==Timeline==
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  bar:FaisalI  from: 1921 till: 1933 color:king   text:"[[Faisal I of Iraq|Faisal I]]"
  bar:GhaziI   from: 1933 till: 1939 color:king   text:"[[Ghazi of Iraq|Ghazi I]]"
  bar:FaisalII from: 1939 till: 1958 color:king   text:"[[Faisal II]]"

  bar:Abdullah from: 1939 till: 1941 color:regent text:"[[Abd al-Ilah]]"
               from: 1941 till: 1953 color:regent
  bar:Sharaf   from: 1941 till: 1941 color:regent text:"[[Sharaf bin Rajeh]]"

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}}

==Royal standard==
{{See also|Flag of Iraq}}
[[File:Royal Standard of Iraq (1930-1958).svg|thumb|center|220px|Royal Standard of the King]]

==See also==
{{Commons category|Kings of Iraq}}
* [[Mesopotamia]]
** [[List of Mesopotamian dynasties]]
* [[List of Assyrian kings]]
* [[List of kings of Akkad]]
* [[List of kings of Babylon]]
* [[Regent of Iraq]]
* [[President of Iraq]]
** [[List of presidents of Iraq]]
* [[List of Sunni dynasties]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kings of Iraq}}
{{Iraq topics}}

[[Category:Lists of monarchs|Iraq]]
[[Category:Iraqi monarchy|Kings]]
[[Category:Politics of Iraq|Kings]]
[[Category:Kings of Iraq| ]]
[[Category:House of Hashim| ]]
[[Category:Iraq history-related lists|Kings of Iraq]]