H.M. King Faisal in the Uniform of Commander-in-Chief of the 'Iraqi Army'

 

FAISAL
King of IRAQ

An Authorised and Authentic Study


By:
 Mrs. Steuart ERSKINE

 

With an appreciation by
Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.,

and a foreword by
His Excellency Ja'far Pasha al Askeri
(Iraqi Minister to the Court of St. James)

 

With 22 Illustrations & Rare Photographs
 

London:   First Edition  1933

 

 

Publisher/Year: LONDON, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., First edition, 1933.
Binding: Original Cloth Hardcover, 24x16cm.
Pages: 288
Illustrations: 22 Photo Illustrations.

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Beatrice Caroline (Mrs. Steuart) Erskine (?-1948)

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***   KING FAISAL of IRAQ  ***
BIOGRAPHY

 

***   Very Scarce    ***
&
***   Extremely Hard to Find  ***

 

From Author's Preface..

"  THE death of King Faisal of Iraq constitutes a loss so universally felt and so individually mourned that it is hard to find words to express the shock which the news of his sudden passing occasioned.  This Record of a busy life was at first considered necessary to re-write the book ; but, on reflection, it was decided to publish it as it was written with an additional chapter bringing the story up to its sad and unforeseen conclusion.  .."

Return of King Faisal from England, 1928

Contents ...

Part I.        Sherif Faisal and the Great War.

  1. Ta'if

  2. Constantinople

  3. From one Tyranny to another

  4. Pan Arabia

  5. A King's Messenger

  6. War

  7. Cairo

  8. The Beginning of an Epic

  9. The Northern Army

  10. The Mesopotamian Campaign

  11. The Sykes-Picot Agreement

  12. The Push Northward

  13. Damascus

  14. A House Divided

  15. Syria and Downing Street

Part II.        The King of Iraq and his Country.

  1. Interlude

  2. Retrospect

  3. The Mandate

  4. Baghdad

  5. An Arab King

  6. Minorities

  7. The First Year

  8. The First Treaty

  9. The Protocol

  10. Family Affairs

  11. The Constitution

  12. The Iraq Army

  13. Tigris

  14. Oil

  15. Ur of the Chaldees

  16. The Assyrians

  17. The Growing State

  18. Peaceful Penetration

  19. Air

  20. Educational Problems

  21. A Day in the Life of the King

  22. The Problem of Race

  23. International Relations

  24. Modern Baghdad

  25. The New Iraq

  26. Iraq Independent

  27.  Iraq in London

H.M. King Faisal and King Ali with Dr. Rabindranath Tagore,  Baghdad

Illustrations ...

  • H.R.H. the Amir Faisal.

  • Street in Mecca with Gate of the Haram in which the Ka'aba is enclosed.

  • Panoramic View of Mecca

  • Camp Pilgrims at Arafa

  • Royal Palace, Mecca

  • Bedawin Encampment

  • H.R.H. the Amir Faisal with Mohammed Rustem Bey Haider, Brig.General Nouri Pasha as Said, Captain Pisani, Colonel T. E. Lawrence, and Captain Fahsin Bey Qadri at the Peace Conference, 1919.

  • H.M. King Faisal on his favourite black Charger

  • A Street in Baghdad

  • H.R.H. the Crown Prince Ghazi

  • View of Baghdad

  • Entrance Gate of the Mosque Kadhimain

  • H.M. King Faisal and King Ali with Dr. Rabindranath Tagore, Baghdad

  • Return of King Faisal from England, 1928

  • The Tigris at Baghdad

  • Meeting of King Faisal with Ibn Sa'ud on Board H.M.S. "Lupin"

  • H.M. King Faisal with H.M. King Ibn Sa'ud and H. E. Sir Francis Humphrys on Board H.M.S. "Lupin" in the Persian Gulf

  • H.M. King Faisal with H.M. the Sultan of Persia

  • H.M. King Faisal Driving with H.M. King George from Victoria Station to Buckingham Palace, June 1933

  • H.M. King Faisal received by Dr. Foxley Norris at Westminster Abbey, June 1933

  • H.M. King Faisal in the Uniform of Commander-in-Chief of the 'Iraqi Army'

  • The Late King Faisal lying in State at Berne, September 8, 1933.

H.R.H. the Amir Faisal with Mohammed Rustem Bey Haider, Brig.General Nouri Pasha as Said, Captain Pisani,
Colonel T. E. Lawrence, and Captain Fahsin Bey Qadri at the Peace Conference, 1919.
 

A Street in Baghdad
 

Entrance Gate of the Mosque Kadhimain
 

H.R.H. the Crown Prince Ghazi
 

View of Baghdad
 

H.M. King Faisal with H.M. the Sultan of Persia
 

 H.M. King Faisal with H.M. King Ibn Sa'ud and H. E. Sir Francis Humphrys
on Board H.M.S. "Lupin" in the Persian Gulf
 

H.M. King Faisal Driving with H.M. King George from
Victoria Station to Buckingham Palace, June 1933
 

The Tigris at Baghdad
 

H.M. King Faisal received by Dr. Foxley Norris
at Westminster Abbey, June 1933
 

Meeting of King Faisal with Ibn Sa'ud on Board H.M.S. "Lupin"
 

The Late King Faisal lying in State at Berne, September 8, 1933
 

H.M. King Faisal on his favourite black Charger ( Signed & dated)

Condition ...

Browned end papers, corner slightly rubbed, otherwise book in very good condition, considering rarity.

             

 

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