Ra'ad bin Zeid
| Ra'ad Zeid Al Hashimi رعد بن زيد | |||||
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Ra'ad in 2018 | |||||
| Head of the House of Hashemites of Iraq and Syria | |||||
| Tenure | 18 October 1970 – present | ||||
| Predecessor | Zeid bin Hussein | ||||
| Born | 18 February 1936 Berlin, Nazi Germany | ||||
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| House | Hashemite | ||||
| Father | Zeid bin Hussein | ||||
| Mother | Fahrelnissa Zeid | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Ra'ad bin Zeid Al Hashimi (Arabic: رعد بن زيد; born 18 February 1936) is the son of Prince Zeid of the Hashemite House and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (Fakhr un-nisa or Fahr-El-Nissa), a Turkish noblewoman. His father died on October 18, 1970, leaving him in charge of the former Royal Houses of Iraq. Ra'ad has lived in London and Paris. As a grandson of King Hussein of Hejaz, Ra'ad is also 33rd in the line of succession to the Jordanian throne.