Ikha al-Watani Party

Iraqi political party of the 1930s.

Ikha al-Watani (National Brotherhood) was formed to oppose the Anglo - Iraqi Treaty of 1930. Its principal members were Yasin al-Hashimi, Rashid Ali al-Kaylani, and Hikmat Sulayman. In 1933 some of its members accepted the 1930 treaty and participated in a government under Rashid Ali (March - October 1933). A second Ikha cabinet under Yasin al-Hashimi was formed in March 1935, but the group disbanded itself shortly afterward.

— PETER SLUGLETT