The Resume

(May 2, 1935-July 14, 1958)
Born in Baghdad, Iraq
Last King of Iraq (1939-58)
Executed by firing squad after a military coup

Why he might be annoying:

His full name was Faisal ibn Ghazi ibn Faisal Al Hashim.
Because he was only three when he became king, an uncle served as regent until he was 18.
He was smuggled out of the country during a pro-Axis coup in World War II.
His pro-British foreign policy alienated Arab nationalists in Iraq, especially after the 1956 Suez crisis.

Why he might not be annoying:

Herge used him as a model for the character Prince Abdullah of Khemed in the Tintin comics.
He wrote ‘Ways to Defend Yourself,’ an Arabic guide to judo (1951).
He used Iraq’s growing oil revenues to fund an ambitious modernization project, including irrigation works, schools, and hospitals.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 76]
• Executed by the State
• I Attended Harrow
• I Died Before My 30th Birthday (Ranked: 23)
• I Died in 1958 (Ranked: 23)
• I Died in the City I Was Born In
• I Have Asthma
• I Know Martial Arts
• I Took a Bullet
• Look at Me, I'm with Jackie Robinson
• Middle Eastern Royalty
• Monarchs, Royalty and Nobles
• Profiles 47001-47250 (Ranked: 47002)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 62 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 20 Votes: 15.00% Annoying