Zeid bin Hussein
Prince Zeid bin Hussein (born February 28, 1898 in İstinye Sarıyer , † October 18, 1970 in Paris ) was an Iraqi diplomat .
Life
Zeid bin Hussein was the youngest son of Adila Khanum and Hussein ibn Ali , the Emir of the Hejaz and Grand Sherif of Mecca . Zeid's half-brothers Ali of Hejaz , Faisal I and Abdallah ibn Husain I were staff of the British post-Ottoman Middle East.
Zeid bin Hussein studied at the University of Oxford and was employed at the embassies in Damascus Amman , the Hejaz , Transjordan and the Ottoman Empire , and in 1932 he was envoy in Ankara . In November 1933 he married Fahrelnissa Zeid in Athens . From 1935 to September 6, 1939, Zeid bin Hussein was officially Envoy Extraordinary and Ministre plénipotentiaire in Berlin . His son Ra'ad bin Zeid was born there on February 18, 1936. But due to the increasing tensions in Europe, the family moved from Berlin to the Iraqi capital Baghdad a few years later . Zeid's wife, however, was not used to the strictly regulated life of the Iraqi royal family, did not speak Arabic and thus got into a difficult social situation, which ultimately led to her becoming depressed and sick. On the advice of a doctor, she returned to Europe. Zeid bin Hussein became Ambassador to the Court of St James’s on December 19, 1946 and the family has lived in London ever since . His wife, who worked as an artist, also spent a lot of time in Paris and commuted back and forth between the two cities in the years to come. Zeid also traveled to Iraq every year to represent King Faisal II as regent during his vacation time. When officers of the Iraqi military overthrew the pro-British Hashemite monarchy in Iraq on July 14, 1958 and King Feisal II, Crown Prince Abd ul-Ilah and other members of the royal family were shot in the palace courtyard, Zeid was in Europe. His wife had persuaded him to spend the summer with her on Ischia for once.
Following the coup d'état in Iraq, he was immediately removed from his post as Iraqi ambassador to the United Kingdom . The family then had to move to a modest rental apartment. Zeid's wife was so traumatized by the events in Iraq that she put her art ambitions on hold and instead tried to cook a dish on her own for the first time in her life. However, she was so inspired by the resulting turkey and chicken bones that she later turned them into a work of art. In 1969 the couple finally moved to Paris , where Zeid bin Hussein died the following year.
In terms of dynasty, Zeid bin Hussein was the successor to the last Hashemite regent, Faisal II.
A grandson of Zeid bin Hussein is the Jordanian diplomat Seid al-Hussein .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Photo credits : Baghdad, 1938 , Fahrelnissa Zeid: city by city, tate.org
- ↑ a b c Baghdad, 1938 , Fahrelnissa Zeid: city by city, tate.org
- ↑ a b London, 1946-1969 , Fahrelnissa Zeid: city by city, tate.org
- ↑ Paris, 1946-1975 , Fahrelnissa Zeid: city by city, tate.org
- ^ Elwyn James Blattner, James Elwyn Blattner, Who's who in UAR and the Near East, Paul Barbey Press, 1955, p. 660
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Iraqi envoy in Ankara in 1932 |
Naji Shawkat | |
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Iraqi envoy in Berlin 1935 to September 6, 1939 |
Seifullah Khadadan | |
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iraqi Ambassador to the Court of St James’s December 19, 1946 to July 14, 1958 |
Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hussein, I am Zeid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iraqi diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | İstinye, Sarıyer |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1970 |
| Place of death | Paris |