"Mercedes" was used by 3 Arab kings for sale in an online auction, and today is the last date for accepting offers.. Video

A black car, Mercedes-Benz 770K brand with four doors, that was in the thirties of the last century for Prince Faisal, known as the "Prince of the Desert" and whom "Lawrence of Arabia" helped to become king in the name of Faisal I later on Iraq, is currently offered for sale in an American online auction Today is the last day to accept offers.

The Mercedes was bought by the Prince in 1930 and used for official government missions after ascending the throne in Baghdad, and after his death in 1933 at the age of 48, his son King Ghazi used it for the same purpose, and then his grandson King Faisal II, until he was overthrown by a coup that led to his death on July 14, 1958 in a massacre The famous "Al-Rehab Palace".

The British officer, TE Lawrence, known by the nickname "Lawrence of Arabia" for his involvement starting in 1916 with their lives and aiding them during the "Arab revolution" against the Ottomans, had approached Prince Faisal's family as a representative of the British government, and persuaded them to rise up against the Ottoman Empire.

However, the title “King of the Arabs,” which they called him, was just wishful thinking, because Britain and France divided the Ottoman Empire in the Paris and Cairo conferences. His brother Abdullah is king of Jordan.

As for the car, which was transported and renovated in 1958 in Beirut, months before the death of Faisal II, the Iraqi authorities returned it and kept it in Baghdad for a decade, until it was bought in 1967 by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation, which returned it to Beirut, from which it was shipped and displayed in a museum in her city. Indianapolis, the capital of the US state of Indiana.

And according to a report by Al-Arabiya.net, the Mercedes from which the company manufactured only 117 cars between 1930 and 1938 bears a nameplate in the name of "Baghdad - 83807" that distinguishes it.

It is also distinguished by a triple liftable roof, and a 7.7-liter engine, with a three-speed manual transmission, and it has previously participated in these specifications in several parades of old cars.

As for the most that was offered for purchase in the auction, it is the amount of 1,655,500 dollars, but the "internet" competition for it may intensify today, Sunday, which is almost the last, with more offers, according to what several American media expected.

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