Popular Menarch Dies After Brief Rule at Age of 27
Baghdad, Apr. 4
King Ghazi I of Iraq, who ascended the throne on September 8, 1933, wus killed in a motor-car accident at about midnight last night. He was the second monarch to occupy the throne since Iraq, formerly a part of the Ottoman Empire, was recognized as an independent kingdom by a treaty with Great Britain on October 10, 1922.
The three-year-old son of the late King Ghazi I has been proclaimed King Feisal Il. Emir Abdul Tah, uncle of the new ruler, has been appointed Regent.
The King was driving his own car to the palace when it hit an electric pylon while travelling at high speed. He lost consciousness immediately and died 40 minutes after midnight of a fractured skull. A bulletin announcing his death was signed by five doctors. The funeral will be fixed in the morning.
The streets of Baghdad are crowded with processions of Arabs wailing and beating on their breast, mourning for their King.
The official communique announeing his death gives the cause as a severe fracture of the skull causing extreme laceration of the brain. Only a few days ago, the King celebrated his 27th birthday.
Accession at Age of 21
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