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A son of King Ali Ibn Hussein of Hejaz , who was the elder brother of King Faisal I of Iraq, he assumed power upon the death of his brother in an automobile accident. He was deposed briefly by former prime minister Rashid Ali Al-Kaylani , who led a pro- German coup during World War II but was restored after the United Kingdom invaded the country in May 1941 .

'Abd al-Ilah stepped down in 1953 , when Faisal came of age, but he continued to be a close adviser of the young king, and an advocate of a pro-Western foreign policy. He was killed, along with most of the royal family, on July 14 , 1958 , in a coup that brought an end to the Iraqi monarchy.