1941 Iraqi coup d'état

When

1 Apr 1941 – 2 May 1941

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

33.32° N, 44.37° E

Description

coup d'état

Anti-British coup that brought Rashid Ali al-Gaylani to power

The 1941 Iraqi coup d'état, also called the Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani coup or the Golden Square coup, was a nationalist coup d'état in Iraq on 1 April 1941 that overthrew the pro-British regime of Regent 'Abd al-Ilah and his Prime Minister Nuri al-Said and installed Sharaf bin Rajeh as Regent and Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A military coup d'état, launched by Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani, overthrows the pro-British regime in Iraq”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In einem Militärputsch übernimmt das „Goldene Quadrat“, vier nationalistische Offiziere und der ehemalige Premierminister Raschid Ali al-Gailani die Macht mit…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page