Abdul Salam Arif

‘Abd ul-Salam Mohammed ‘Arif Aljumaily (Arabic: عبد السلام محمد عارف الجميلي‎`Abd as-Salām `Ārif Al-jumaili) (21 March 1921 – 13 April 1966) was the second President of Iraq from 1963 until his death. He played a leading role in the 14 July Revolution in which the Hashemite monarchy was overthrown on July 14, 1958.

1958 coup and conflict with Qasim

Along with Abdel Karim Qasim and other Iraqi military officers, Arif was a member of the clandestine organisation, the Free Officers of Iraq. Like Qasim, Arif served with distinction in the otherwise unsuccessful 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, where he captured Jenin in what is now the West Bank part of Palestine. During the summer of 1958, Prime Minister Nuri as-Sa'id ordered Iraqi troops under Arif to aid Jordan, as part of an agreement of the Arab Federation. Instead, however, he led his army units into Baghdad and on July 14 launched a coup against the Hashemite monarchy. Qasim formed a government under the newly proclaimed republic and Arif, his chief aide, was appointed deputy prime minister, interior minister, and deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

Abdus Salam (name)

Abdus Salam (Arabic: عبد السلام‎) is a male Muslim honorific or given name, built on the Arabic words Abd, al- and Salam. The name means "servant of the All-peaceable", as-Salam being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.

Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to Abd al-Salam, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd as-Salam. Alternative transliterations include Abdul Salam, Abdul Salaam, Abdus Salam and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to

People

Abdul Salam (Taliban governor)

Mullah Abdul Salam is a Taliban leader and was Taliban's "Shadow Governor" for Kunduz. He was arrested in Pakistan around February 2010.

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Abdul Salam (Taliban Chief Justice)

Abdul Salam was the Chief Justice of the Taliban's Supreme Court.

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