# Fahmi Said

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Colonel **Fahmi Said** (Arabic: فهمي سعيد; 1898 – 5 May 1942) was one of the [Four Colonels](/source/Four_Colonels) of the [Golden Square](/source/Golden_Square_(Iraq)), a pro-Nazi cabal that briefly overthrew the [Hashemite monarchy](/source/Hashemite_monarchy) in Iraq in 1941. When the British intervened and the coup was suppressed, Said was sentenced to death. He and his collaborators were hanged.

He was born to an Arab father from the Anbak tribe and a mother of Turkish origin in Sulaymaniyah.[1] He was a lieutenant in the [Ottoman Army](/source/Ottoman_Army_(1861%E2%80%931922)) before briefly serving in the [Syrian Arab Army](/source/Syrian_Arab_Army), then joining the [Royal Iraqi Army](/source/Iraqi_Army#Royal_Iraqi_Army) of the newly independent [Kingdom of Iraq](/source/Kingdom_of_Iraq).

The members of the Golden Square were [Colonel](/source/Colonel) [Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh](/source/Salah_al-Din_al-Sabbagh), Colonel [Kamil Shabib](/source/Kamil_Shabib), Colonel Said, and Colonel [Mahmud Salman](/source/Mahmud_Salman). During the [Anglo-Iraqi War](/source/Anglo-Iraqi_War), the four members of the Golden Square commanded units located in the [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad) area. Salah ad-Din al-Sabbagh was commander of the Iraqi 3rd Infantry Division. Kamal Shabib commanded the 1st Infantry Division. Fahmi Said commanded the Independent Mechanized Brigade. Mahmud Salman, the one non-[Army](/source/Iraqi_Army) officer, was the Chief of the [Air Force](/source/Iraqi_Air_Force).[2]

## References

1. Al-Marashisa, Ibrahim & Salama, Sammy (2008), *Iraq's Armed Forces: An Analytical History*, [Routledge](/source/Routledge), p. 52, ISBN 978-1-134-14564-5 Fahmi Said was from Sulaymaniyya, his father an Arab from the Anbak tribe situated near the Tigris and his mother was of Turkish origin.

1. Lyman, p. 21

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