Marriage and Children
On 25 January 1934 Ghazi married Princess Aliya bint Ali daughter of King Ali of Hejaz in Baghdad Iraq. They had only one son:
- Faisal II, King of Iraq – born 2 May 1935, died 14 July 1958
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