"the boy was suspected to be ""the King's boon companion in debauchery"" and the Queen therefore had a ""deep aversion"" to the boy. The King was in a panic after this incident, fearing imminent assassination. o Ghazi of Iraq Ghazi bin Faisal ( ""Ġāzī bin Fayṣal"") (2 May 1912 – 4 April 1939) was the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq from 1933 to 1939 having been briefly Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Syria in 1920. He was born in Mecca, the only son of Faisal I, the first King of Iraq. Ghazi was the only son of"
"Abbas II of Egypt Abbas II Helmy Bey (also known as ""‘Abbās Ḥilmī Pasha"", ) (14 July 1874 – 19 December 1944) was the last Khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt and Sudan, ruling from 8 January 1892 to 19 December 1914. In 1914, after Turkey joined the Central Powers in World War I, the nationalist Khedive was removed by the British, then ruling Egypt, in favor of his more pro-British uncle, Hussein Kamel, marking the ""de jure"" end of Egypt's four-century era as a province of the Ottoman Empire, which had begun in 1517. Abbas II (full name: Abbas Hilmy),"
"Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1845–1928) ( / ALA-LC: ""‘Abd ar Raḥman bin Fayṣal"") was the last ruler of the Emirate of Nejd, Second Saudi State. He was the youngest son of Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud and the father of Ibn Saud, who founded the modern Saudi Arabia. When Abdul Rahman's brothers — Saud and Abdullah — were struggling for power in 1865, Abdul Rahman and his brother Muhammad tended to align themselves with Saud. In 1871, after Saud had taken the capital Riyadh. Abdul Rahman was sent to Baghdad to negotiate"
"Khosrow II Khosrow II (Chosroes II in classical sources; Middle Persian: ""Husrō(y)""), entitled ""Aparvēz"" (""The Victorious""), also Khusraw Parvēz (New Persian: ), was the last great king of the Sasanian Empire, reigning from 590 to 628. He was the son of Hormizd IV (reigned 579–590) and the grandson of Khosrow I (reigned 531–579). He was the last king of Persia to have a lengthy reign before the Muslim conquest of Iran, which began five years after his death by execution. He lost his throne, then recovered it with Roman help, and, a decade later, went on to emulate the feats"
"Khasekhemwy Khasekhemwy (ca. 2690 BC; """", also rendered ""Kha-sekhemui"") was the final king of the Second dynasty of Egypt. Little is known about him, other than that he led several significant military campaigns and built the mudbrick fort known as Shunet El Zebib. His Horus name """" can be interpreted ""The Two Powerful Ones Appear"", but the name is recorded in many variants, such as ""Ḥr-Ḫꜥj-sḫm"" ""Horus, he whose power appears"", "" ḫꜥj sḫm.wj ḫtp nṯrwj jm=f"" ""the two powers appear in that the ancestors rest within him"" (etc.) Khasekhemwy ruled for close to 18 years, with a ""floruit"" in"
"Hoshea ""See also Hosea, who has the same name in Biblical Hebrew."" Hoshea (; ) was the last king of the Israelite Kingdom of Israel and son of Elah (not the Israelite king Elah). William F. Albright dated his reign to 732–721 BC, while E. R. Thiele offered the dates 732–723 BC. Assyrian records confirm the Biblical account of how he became king. Under Ahaz, Judah had rendered allegiance to Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria, when the Northern Kingdom under Pekah, in league with Rezin of Damascus, had attempted to coerce the Judean king into joint action against Assyria. Hoshea, a"
"also small, glazed objects, carnelian beads, model tools, basketwork and a large quantity of seals. Khasekhemwy built a fort at Nekhen, and at Abydos (now known as Shunet ez Zebib) and was buried there in the necropolis at Umm el-Qa'ab. He may also have built the Gisr el-Mudir at Saqqara. Khasekhemwy's wife was Queen Nimaathap, mother of the King's Children. They were the parents of Djoser and Djoser's wife Hetephernebti. It is also possible that Khasekhemwy's son was Sanakhte. Khasekhemwy Khasekhemwy (ca. 2690 BC; """", also rendered ""Kha-sekhemui"") was the final king of the Second dynasty of Egypt. Little is"
"Second Dynasty of Egypt The Second Dynasty of ancient Egypt (or Dynasty II, c. 2890 – c. 2686 BC) is the latter of the two dynasties of the Egyptian Archaic Period, when the seat of government was centred at Thinis. It is most known for its last ruler, Khasekhemwy, but is otherwise one of the most obscure periods in Egyptian history. Though archaeological evidence of the time is very scant, contrasting data from the First and Third Dynasties indicates important institutional and economic developments during the Second Dynasty. For the first five pharaohs, sources are fairly close in agreement: But"
"Nepherites II Nepherites II or Nefaarud II was the last pharaoh of the feeble and short-lived Twenty-ninth Dynasty (399/8–380 BC), the penultimate native dynasty of Egypt. An ""ineffectual"" ruler, Nepherites II became pharaoh of Egypt in 380 BC after the death of his father Hakor (393–380 BC) and was deposed and likely killed by the rebel prince Nakhtnebef of Sebennytos – the future Nectanebo I, an Egyptian military officer, after ruling Egypt for only 4 months, from June to September 380 BC. King Hakor had already to face, towards the end of his reign, frequent riots likely inspired by Nectanebo."
"with another Israelite splinter group, the Nephites, to form one nation who retained the name Nephites. Zedekiah was the third son of Josiah, and his mother was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, thus he was the brother of Jehoahaz (, , , ). His original name was Mattanyahu (, ""Mattanyāhû"", ""Gift of God""; ; ; traditional English: Mattaniah), but when Nebuchadnezzar II placed him on the throne as the successor to Jehoiachin, he changed his name to Zedekiah (). Zedekiah Zedekiah (), also written Tzidkiyahu, originally called Mattanyahu or Mattaniah, was a biblical character, the last king of"
"Fuad II of Egypt Fuad II (, ; born 16 January 1952 as Prince Ahmad Fuad) is a member of the Egyptian Muhammad Ali dynasty. He formally reigned as the last King of Egypt and the Sudan from July 1952 to June 1953, when he was deposed. He was born on 16 January 1952 and ascended the throne on 26 July 1952 upon the abdication of his father, King Farouk, following the Egyptian revolution in 1952. Farouk had hoped that his abdication would appease the revolutionaries and other anti-royalist forces, and that his son could serve as a unifying force"
"of Iraq until the overthrow of the monarchy and his assassination in 1958. Nuri as-Said pursued a largely pro-western policy during this period. The Hashemite monarchy lasted until 1958, when it was overthrown through a coup d'état by the Iraqi Army, known as the 14 July Revolution. King Faisal II along with members of the Royal Family were executed in the courtyard of the Rihab Palace in central Baghdad (the young King had not yet moved into the newly completed Royal Palace). The coup brought Abd al-Karim Qasim to power. He withdrew from the Bagdad Pact and established friendly relations"
"died before Tishri 1 in the fall of 723 BC is additional evidence that it was Shalmaneser V, not Sargon II, who initially captured Samaria. Shalmaneser did not die until December 722 or January 721 BC. Hoshea ""See also Hosea, who has the same name in Biblical Hebrew."" Hoshea (; ) was the last king of the Israelite Kingdom of Israel and son of Elah (not the Israelite king Elah). William F. Albright dated his reign to 732–721 BC, while E. R. Thiele offered the dates 732–723 BC. Assyrian records confirm the Biblical account of how he became king. Under"
"Jewish immigration to Palestine, as the Arab political, social, and economic situation was declining. He asked the British to limit Jewish immigration and land purchases. King Faisal died on 8 September 1933, at the age of 48. The official cause of death was a heart attack while he was staying in Bern, Switzerland, for his general medical checkup. He was succeeded on the throne by his only son Ghazi. Many questions arose from his sudden death, as Swiss doctors maintained that he was healthy and nothing serious was wrong with him. His private nurse also reported signs of arsenic poisoning"
"latter days of the king's reign.) The country was once again split into two parts with the priests in Thebes and the Pharaohs at Tanis. Their reign seems without other distinction, and they were replaced without any apparent struggle by the Libyan kings of the Twenty-Second Dynasty. Egypt has long had ties with Libya, and the first king of the new dynasty, Shoshenq I, was a Meshwesh Libyan, who served as the commander of the armies under the last ruler of the Twenty-First Dynasty, Psusennes II. He unified the country, putting control of the Amun clergy under his own son"
"a little over four months (8 March–24 July 1920). During its brief existence, the kingdom was led by Sharif Hussein bin Ali’s son Faisal bin Hussein. Despite its claims to territory of a Greater Syria, Faisal's government controlled a limited area and was dependent on Britain which, along with France, generally opposed the idea of a Greater Syria and refused to recognise Faisal as its king. The kingdom surrendered to French forces on 24 July 1920. Following the San Remo conference and the defeat of King Faisal's short-lived monarchy in Syria at the Battle of Maysalun, the French general Henri"
"discovered it in a poor state due to robbers and earth movements over the centuries. The lid of the sarcophagus had been taken off and smashed by robbers. Horemheb is a character in the opera ""Akhnaten"" by Philip Glass; he is sung by a baritone. Horemheb Horemheb (sometimes spelled ""Horemhab"" or ""Haremhab"" and meaning ""Horus is in Jubilation"") was the last pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled for 14 years somewhere between 1319 BC and 1292 BC. He had no relation to the preceding royal family other than by marriage to Mutnedjmet, who is disputed to have"
"Hashemite prince Faisal attempted to establish such a Greater Syrian or pan-Mashriq state—a united kingdom that would comprise all of what eventually became Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine, but he was stymied by conflicting promises made by the British to different parties (see Sykes–Picot Agreement), leading to the French creation of the mandate of Syria and Lebanon in 1920. According to the Minutes of the Ninth Session of the League of Nations' Permanent Mandates Commission, held in 1926, ""Southern Syria"" was suggested by some as the name of Mandatory Palestine in the Arabic language. The reports say the following:"
"mid-1950s. The incident strained Jordan's relations with Syria and Egypt. Egypt and Syria announced a union under the United Arab Republic, headed by Gamal Abdel Nasser in February 1958. The announcement led to Jordan and Hashemite Iraq to found the Arab Federation just a few weeks afterwards. On 14 July, King Faisal II of Iraq (Hussein's cousin) was killed in a bloody coup along with the rest of Hashemite family in Iraq. The coup transformed Iraq into a republic, thus ending the Federation between the two countries. Former prime minister Ibrahim Hashem and other Jordanian officials who were on an"
"Amasis II Amasis II () or Ahmose II was a pharaoh (reigned 570 BCE526 BCE) of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt, the successor of Apries at Sais. He was the last great ruler of Egypt before the Persian conquest. Most of our information about him is derived from Herodotus (2.161ff) and can only be imperfectly verified by monumental evidence. According to the Greek historian, he was of common origins. He was originally an officer in the Egyptian army. His birthplace was Siuph at Saïs. He took part in a general campaign of Pharaoh Psamtik II in 592 BC in Nubia."
"Horemheb Horemheb (sometimes spelled ""Horemhab"" or ""Haremhab"" and meaning ""Horus is in Jubilation"") was the last pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled for 14 years somewhere between 1319 BC and 1292 BC. He had no relation to the preceding royal family other than by marriage to Mutnedjmet, who is disputed to have been the daughter of his predecessor Ay; he is believed to have been of common birth. Before he became pharaoh, Horemheb was the commander in chief of the army under the reigns of Tutankhamun and Ay. After his accession to the throne, he reformed the"
"Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali Abu'l-Fawaris Ahmad ibn Ali ibn al-Ikhshid () was the last monarch of the autonomous Ikhshidid dynasty, which ruled Egypt, Syria and the Hejaz, from 968 to 969. However, he was a child and did not exercise actual rule, being instead under the tutelage first of the vizier Ja'far ibn al-Furat and then of his uncle al-Hasan ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Tughj. His reign ended with the conquest of Egypt by the Fatimids in summer 969. Ahmad was the son of the third Ikhshidid ruler, Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Ikhshid, and grandson of the dynasty's founder, Muhammad ibn"
"Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud Imam Faisal () (1785–1865) was the second ruler of the Second Saudi State and seventh Head of the House of Saud. He was the son of Imam Turki. Imam Faisal ruled from 1834 to 1838. Then he was forced into exile by the Ottomans. He reclaimed the throne in 1843 and ruled until 1865. He was deported to Egypt along with other members of his family after the fall of First Saudi State. After a few years he was given a pardon<ref name=""Ref: IOR/R/15/5/25""></ref> and joined his father Turki in his revolt against"
"their army was driven out by British forces and their Hashemite Arab allies during the Arab Revolt. Between 1918 and 1920 the Hashemite king Faisal ruled nominally from Damascus, but France was granted a mandate over Syria by the League of Nations in 1920. Britain and France had previously agreed to divide the Ottoman Empire's Arab territories between themselves in the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement. After Faisal's army was defeated in the Battle of Maysalun, French forces gained control of Syria, later dividing into several autonomous entities, including Jabal Druze State based on the southeastern, mainly Druze-inhabited Jabal al-Arab mountain region."
"when he vanquished the last Wattasids at the Battle of Tadla. The Saadian rule ended in 1659 with the end of the reign of Sultan Ahmad el Abbas. When, in 1578, the young king Sebastian with almost his whole army met death, and Portugal saw the end of her glory, at Alcazarquivir, the few nobles who remained were taken captive and sold to the Jews in Fez and Morocco. The Jews received the Portuguese knights, their former countrymen, into their houses very hospitably and let many of them go free on the promise that they would send back their ransom"
"Herzog's ""Queen of the Desert"" (2015), played by Younes Bouab. On video, he was portrayed in ""The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Chapter 19 The Winds of Change"" (1995) by Anthony Zaki. Faisal I of Iraq Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi (, ""Fayṣal al-Awwal ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī""; 20 May 1885 – 8 September 1933) was King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria or Greater Syria in 1920, and was King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 to 1933. He was the third son of Hussein bin Ali, the Grand Sharif of Mecca, who had proclaimed himself"
"childhood and behind-the-scenes accounts of encounters with political figures. Official Media coverage Interviews Abdullah II of Jordan Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein (, ""ʿAbdullāh ath-thānī bin Al-Ḥusayn"", born 30 January 1962) has been King of Jordan since 1999. He belongs to the Hashemite family, who have ruled Jordan since 1921 and claim agnatic descent from Muhammad's daughter Fatimah. Abdullah was born in Amman as the first child of King Hussein and his second wife, British-born Princess Muna. As the King's eldest son, Abdullah was heir apparent until Hussein transferred the title to Abdullah's uncle, Prince Hassan, in 1965. Abdullah began his"
"policy from 1965 to 1975. King Faisal acknowledged his country's religious and cultural diversity, which includes the predominantly Shia Ahsa in the east; the Asir in the southwest, with tribal affinities to Yemen, especially among the Ismaili tribes of Najran and Jizan; and the Kingdom of the Hejaz, with its capital Mecca. He included non-Wahhabi, cosmopolitan Sunni Hejazis from Mecca and Jeddah in the Saudi government. However, after his reign, discrimination based on sect, tribe, region, and gender became the order of the day and has remained as such until today. The role and authority of the ulema declined after"
"were secured. Senusret III (1878–1839 BC) was a warrior king, leading his troops deep into Nubia, and built a series of massive forts throughout the country to establish Egypt's formal boundaries with the unconquered areas of its territory. Amenemhat III (1860–1815 BC) is considered the last great pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom. Egypt's population began to exceed food production levels during the reign of Amenemhat III, who then ordered the exploitation of the Faiyum and increased mining operations in the Sinai Peninsula. He also invited settlers from Western Asia to Egypt to labor on Egypt's monuments. Late in his reign,"
"""Haramayn"" was an indispensable condition for any caliph. According to ""The Times"", Mehmed VI, the last Ottoman sultan and penultimate Ottoman caliph, sent a telegraph of support to Hussein after he had proclaimed himself caliph. Nevertheless, King Hussein's caliphate failed to receive wide recognition from the still-colonial Arab world and it was ended when the Hashemite family had to flee the Hejaz region after its capture by the Najdi Ikhwan forces of Ibn Saud (the founder of today's Saudi Arabia) in 1924–1925. A last attempt at restoring the caliphal office and style with ecumenical recognition was made by al-Ḥusayn ibn"
"of Salamis on Cyprus against Persia. In a desperate attempt to strengthen his own position, Nepherites II proclaimed himself ""Wehem Mesut"", ""Repetitor Of Births"" (i.e. Founder of a new era), like a few other pharaohs of the Egyptian history such as Amenemhat I and Seti I. His name or ""prenomen"", meaning ""The Great Ones prosper"", does not appear on any monument, and it is only attested in Manetho's ""Aegyptiaca"" and in the 3rd century BC ""Demotic Chronicle"". Nepherites II Nepherites II or Nefaarud II was the last pharaoh of the feeble and short-lived Twenty-ninth Dynasty (399/8–380 BC), the penultimate native"
"Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein (; born in 1956, in Baghdad, Iraq) is currently the leader of the Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy political party and claims to be the legitimate heir to the position of King of Iraq, based on his relationship to the last monarch, the late King Faisal II. After the loss of Mecca, Sharif Ali's parents settled in Iraq where the sister of his mother Badia was queen consort. He was born in Iraq and his maternal first cousin was Faisal II of Iraq, the last king of Iraq, and his maternal grandfather was Ali"
"of Mecca and Medina, hitherto under Egyptian rule. Rather than style himself the ""Ḥākimü'l-Ḥaremeyn"", or ""The Ruler of The Two Holy Cities"", he accepted the more pious title ""Ḫādimü'l-Ḥaremeyn"", or ""The Servant of The Two Holy Cities"". The last Abbasid caliph, al-Mutawakkil III, was residing in Cairo as a Mamluk puppet at the time of the Ottoman conquest. He was subsequently sent into exile in Istanbul. In the eighteenth century a story emerged claiming that he had officially transferred his title to the Caliphate to Selim at the time of the conquest. In fact, Selim did not make any claim"