1941 Iraqi coup d'état
The 1941 Iraqi coup d'état (, "Thawrah Rašīd ʿAlī al-Kaylānī"), also called the Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani coup or the Golden Square coup, was a nationalist coup d'état in Iraq on 1 April 1941 that overthrew the pro-British regime of Regent 'Abd al-Ilah and his Prime Minister Nuri al-Said and installed Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.