Modern era · 1941
1941 Iraqi coup d'état
The 1941 Iraqi coup d'état (Arabic: ثورة رشيد علي الكيلاني, Thawrah Rašīd ʿAlī al-Kaylānī), 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.
- When
- 1 Apr 1941 – 2 May 1941
- Where
- Kingdom of Iraq
- Era
- Modern
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article 1941 Iraqi coup d'état, CC BY-SA 4.0