Fahd Abdul Mohsen Al Sadoun Monument

Abdul Mohsen bin Fahd Pasha Al Saadoun was a prominent Iraqi politician, born in 1879 in the city of Nasiriyah. He held the position of Prime Minister four times during the monarchical era and is regarded as one of the most significant national figures in Iraq’s early political history. He also served as a member of the Constituent Assembly and was the second Prime Minister under the Iraqi monarchy.

He belonged to the Al Saadoun family, a distinguished noble lineage that traces its roots back to the Sharifs of Medina (specifically, the Aaraji branch of Husseini descent). The family ruled the Emirate of Al Muntafiq, a historical tribal emirate that held extensive military and political power in southern Iraq during the Ottoman period and the era of the Mamluk dynasty in Iraq.

This emirate encompassed most regions, tribes, and clans of southern and central Iraq, and his family were the chieftains of the Al Muntafiq tribal confederation, which was the largest alliance of diverse tribes (of various ethnic and tribal origins) in Iraq’s history.

In recognition of his contributions to Iraq, a statue of Abdul Mohsen Al Saadoun was erected in Al Saadoun Street, located in the Bab Al Sharqi district of Baghdad, a street named in his honor.

Unfortunately, after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in April 2003, the statue was looted, but it was later replaced with a new one, which now stands in the same location, continuing to commemorate his legacy.