Sharif Sharaf bin Rajeh (Arabic: شرف بن راجح; 1881–1955) was the regent of the Kingdom of Iraq from April of 1941 to June 1941, as well as a Jordanian senator and the Emir of Taif until his death.
He, a distant relative of the previous regent Abdullah, was appointed under Rashid Ali al-Gaylani to legitimize Golden Square control of Iraq.
[1] To prevent his constitutional power from being levied to support the Golden Square, in 1941 Abdullah fled the royal palace.
He therefore called forward the distant royal relative of Sharaf bin Rajeh to legitimize the government.
Abdullah was then indicted in absentia for 'trying to undermine the army, for harming national unity and for flouting the constitution.'