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Also Known As Feisal I • Feiṣal I • Fayṣal ibn Husayn • Fayṣal I
Born May 20, 1885 • Mecca • Saudi Arabia
Died September 8, 1933 (aged 48) • Bern • Switzerland
Title / Office king (1921-1933), Iraq
Notable Family Members father Hussein ibn Ali • brother Abdullah I

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