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Also Known As al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf al-Thaqafī
Born 661 • Al-Ṭāʾif • Saudi Arabia
Died June 714 (aged 53) • Wāsiṭ • Iraq
Title / Office governor (694-714), Iraq
Faisal I
Faisal I
king of Iraq
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Jaʿfar al-ʿAskarī
Iraqi statesman
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Khālid al-Qasrī
Umayyad governor of Iraq
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Yazīd ibn al-Muhallab
Umayyad governor
Saddam Hussein sits behind a wooden barrier in an Iraqi courtroom, holding a yellow paper and listening during a legal proceeding.
Saddam Hussein
president of Iraq
Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri al-Maliki
prime minister of Iraq
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani
prime minister of Iraq
Ali al-Zaidi, prime minister of Iraq, speaks at a podium with microphones, gesturing with his right hand. The European Union and Iraqi flags are visible behind him.
Ali al-Zaidi
prime minister of Iraq
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Tariq Aziz
Iraqi public official
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Ibrahim al-Jaafari
prime minister of Iraq
Ayad Allawi
Ayad Allawi
prime minister of Iraq
Nuri al-Said
Nuri al-Said
Iraqi statesman
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ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim
prime minister of Iraq
Gertrude Bell, c. 1910.
Gertrude Bell
English politician and writer
Talabani, Jalal
Jalal Talabani
president of Iraq
Uday Hussein
Uday Hussein
Iraqi official
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L. Paul Bremer III
American government official
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Mustafa al-Barzani
Kurdish military leader
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Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
prime minister of Iraq
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Faisal II
king of Iraq