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Abdul-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli al-Zubaidi (Arabic: عبد الكريم قاسم ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim [ʕabdulkariːm qɑːsɪm]; 21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was an Iraqi military officer and nationalist who came to power in 1958 when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown during the 14 July Revolution.
ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim (born 1914, Baghdad, Iraq—died Feb. 9, 1963, Baghdad) was an army officer who overthrew the Iraqi monarchy in 1958 and became head of the newly formed Republic of Iraq. Qāsim attended the Iraqi military academy and advanced steadily through the ranks until by 1955 he had become a high-ranking officer.
Dec 11, 2019 · Qasim, despite his military and arbitrary dictatorship, remained the most prominent symbol of Iraqi patriotism in the country’s modern history: As a result of the coup that he led on July 14, 1958, Iraq emerged from the policy of alliances, of which Baghdad was the most important capital.
Aug 9, 2018 · A distant, but positive memory for some Iraqis, the regime of military strongman Abd al-Karim Qasim evokes a period of progressive politics, anti-sectarianism, and an emphasis on Iraqi self-determination.
In 1958, the 14 July Revolution ended the thirty-seven-year Hashemite monarchy of Iraq in a coup d’état and established the Republic of Iraq. The Free Officer group, led by General Abd al-Karim Qasim and his associate Colonel Abdul Salam Arif, was inspired by Pan-Arab nationalism and Nasser of Egypt’s 1952 overthrow of the Egyptian monarchy.
A group of Iraqi Free Officers, led by Brigadier Abd al-Karim Qasim and Colonel Abdul Salam Arif, took advantage of the opportunity and instead marched on Baghdad. On 14 July, revolutionary forces seized control of the capital and proclaimed a new republic, headed by a Revolutionary Council.
Abdul-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli al-Zubaidi (Arabic: عبد الكريم قاسم ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim [ʕabdulkariːm qɑːsɪm]; 21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was an Iraqi military officer and nationalist who came to power in 1958 when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown during the 14 July Revolution.
Apr 13, 2007 · Mas‘ud Barzani claims that Mulla Mustafa asked Nikita Kruschev and other Soviet officials to help mediate his conflict with Qasim. According to him, they agreed, but Qasim refused to cooperate. See Barzani, p.231.
The 1963 Ba’athist coup against the Iraqi leader Abdul Karim Qasim led to a worsening of relations between Arabs and Kurds. Arab farmer SHAHAB AHMAD AWAD witnessed the expulsion of Kurdish farmers from the Kirkuk region by Ba’aathist National Guards.
May 1, 2007 · Recently declassified documents shed new light on three key episodes in this story: first, the secret encouragement provided by Washington to Kurds opposed to Iraq’s Abdul Karim Qassim, who...
