ABSTRACT
On 14 July 1958, an Iraqi regiment under the command of Brigadier General Abdul Karim Qasim, successfully executed a well-planned military coup against the Hashemite regime in Baghdad. In the ensuing massacre, most of the Royal Family and Nuri Said himself were slain. A few days later Iraq was proclaimed a Republic. The coup marked the end of the personal feud between Nuri Said and Colonel Nasser. But the rivalry between Baghdad and Cairo for hegemony over the Arab world would remain a dominant theme in Arab politics for many years to come.2
