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Also Known As Nūrī as-Saʿīd • Nūrī al-Saʿīd • Nuri al-Said
Born 1888 • Baghdad • Iraq
Died July 15, 1958 (aged 70) • Baghdad • Iraq
Title / Office prime minister (1958-1958), Iraq • prime minister (1954-1957), Iraq • prime minister (1950-1952), Iraq • prime minister (1949-1949), Iraq • prime minister (1946-1947), Iraq • prime minister (1941-1946), Iraq • prime minister (1938-1940), Iraq • prime minister (1932-1933), Iraq

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