Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf Arabic: عبد الوهاب الشواف (also spelled Abdul Wahhab al-Shawwaf) (1916 – 9 March 1959) was an Iraqi colonel and played a part in...

Syrian politician Afif Abdul Wahab (1915–2003), Lebanese doctor Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf (1916–1959), Iraqi revolutionary Abdul Wahab (journalist) (1916–1994)...

between Egypt and Syria angered Arab nationalists in Iraq. In 1959, Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf led an uprising in Mosul against Qasim. The uprising was crushed...

including al-Rikabi, resigned in protest. The failure of both Arif and the 1959 Mosul Uprising by the pro-UAR colonel Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf led al-Rikabi...

attempt to stop dissent was successful to some extent, as Colonel Abdel Wahab Shawaf, the stocky 40-year-old Arab nationalist Commander of the Iraqi Army's...

Faisal II, ending the Hashemite monarchy in Iraq. March 8, 1959: Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf overthrew premier Abdul-Karim Qassim, and was supported by the United...

from 1980 to 1988. March 09 - Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf Iraqi officer and leader of Mosul coup. March 09 - Saeb Sabry al-Safi Iraqi officer pilot andl killed...

and Syria, known as the United Arab Republic. In 1959, Colonel Abd al-Wahab al-Shawaf led an uprising in Mosul against Qasim with the aim of joining the...