Ra'ad bin Zeid
Ra'ad Zeid Al Hashimi
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Ra'ad in 2018 | |
| Head of the royal houses of Iraq and Syria | |
| Reign | 18 October 1970–present |
| Predecessor | Zeid bin Hussein |
| Born | 18 February 1936 Berlin, Nazi Germany |
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| House | Hashemite |
| Father | Zeid bin Hussein |
| Mother | Fahrelnissa Zeid |
Ra'ad bin Zeid Al Hashimi (Arabic: رعد بن زيد; born 18 February 1936) is the son of Prince Zeid of the Hashemite House and Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (Fakhr un-nisa or Fahr-El-Nissa), a Turkish noblewoman. His father died on October 18, 1970, leaving him in charge of the former Royal Houses of Iraq. Ra'ad has lived in London and Paris. As a grandson of King Hussein of Hejaz, Ra'ad is also 33rd in the line of succession to the Jordanian throne.