Image: Coronation of Prince Faisal as King of Iraq, 1921

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Description: Photo Post_Card of the Coronation of Emir (Prince) Faisal I as King of Iraq on 23 of August 1921. Emir Faisal has already served as King of Syria from March to July. The event was conducted,at six A.M., in the court-yard of the Ottoman built Serai, his temporary headquarters upon arriving in Baghdad. On the extreme Lt is Sir Percy Cox, the British High-Commissioner, and to his Lt. is Kinahan Cornwallis, King Faisal is seated, and to his Lt. is Sir Aylmer Haldane, the British Commanding Officer. Behind the King is his ADC Tahsin Qadri and to extreme Lt. is Sayied Hussein Afnan, Secretary of the Council of Ministers. Sir Percy Cox proclaimed that 99% of the Iraqis have voted for the new King's accession to the throne.
Title: Coronation of Prince Faisal as King of Iraq, 1921
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