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Es-Sa'id, Nuri, officially Nouri Said Pasha 1888-1958
Iraqi politician

Born in Kirkuk and educated at the Istanbul Staff College for the Turkish Army, he fled to Egypt when his Pan-Arab activities became suspect. In World War I he fought against the Turks under King Hussein Ibn Ali of the Hejaz. In 1921 he became Iraq's first Chief of the General Staff and a year later Defence Minister. From 1930 he filled the office of Prime Minister many times until he was assassinated in 1958 after the coup d'état of Brigadier Abdul Kassem.