Aliya bint Ali
Queen Aliya bint Ali of Hejaz ( Arabic عالية بنت علي, DMG ʿĀliya bt. ʿAlī ; 1911 - December 21, 1950 ) was an Arab princess and an Iraqi royal consort. She was the wife and first cousin of King Ghazi and the queen mother of King Faisal II. She was the second and last queen of Iraq.
Life
origin
Princess Aliya (or Alia) bint Ali was the second daughter of Ali bin Hussein , King of Hejaz and Sherif of Mecca .
On January 25, 1934, Aliya bint Ali married her cousin, King Ghazi I , in Baghdad , the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq. They had a son, Faisal II.
Queen Aliya eventually separated from King Ghazi. When Ghazi died in a car accident on April 4, 1939 , the politician Nuri as-Said was widely suspected of being involved in his death. At the royal funeral, the crowds sang, "You will answer for the blood of Ghazi, Nuri." Nuri was suspected of being in contact with Queen Aliya and of plotting the king's deposition with the queen's brother, Abd ul-Ilah . Nuri supported the installation of Abd ul-Ilah as regent for Ghazi's successor Faisal II , who was still a minor. The new regent was initially exposed to Nuri's influence. Since Aliya's son did not marry, Aliya was the last queen of Iraq.
Suspicion of the death of a servant
Queen Aliya was suspected by the British of having something to do with the death of a young servant of the palace.
King Ghazi I was suspected of having had an extramarital affair with a young male servant. British sources wrote in 1938 that his reputation was "further tarnished" when a "negro youth" employed at the palace died "accidentally" discharging a revolver because the king did not remove it before his afternoon siesta.
An official police expert ruled that the palace's statement concurred with the police investigation, but the British suspected that one of the Queen's "supporters" may have killed the boy, suspected of being "the king's blessing companion in debauchery" and the queen therefore had a "deep dislike" for the boy. The king panicked after this incident and feared an impending assassination attempt.
Awards
- National awards
- Lady of the Great Order of the Hashimids
Individual evidence
- ↑ Royal Ark
- ↑ Royal Ark
- ↑ Bitsofnews
- ↑ a b The National Archives of the UK, ". 1938, FO 406/76, telegram No 31" . 1938.
- ↑ Royal Ark
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| SURNAME | Aliya bint Ali |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Arab princess and an Iraqi royal consort |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1911 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1950 |