Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh

Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh
Native name
صلاح الدين الصباغ
Born1889
Mosul, Ottoman Iraq
Died16 October 1945 (aged 55–56)
Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Allegiance
Service years1915–1918, 1921–1941
ConflictsFirst World War
Anglo-Iraqi War  

Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh (Arabic: صلاح الدين الصباغ;‎ 1889 – 16 October 1945) was an Iraqi Army officer and Arab nationalist that led the Golden Square group which had opposed the government at the time and had highly influenced politics between the years of 1939 and 1941.

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