 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kusagadzikana kwezvematongerwo enyika kwaiwedzera uye al-Said akamanikidzwa kusiya basa. Pasi pekumanikidzwa nemauto ehondo, hurumende yemubatanidzwa yakaumbwa naRashid Ali al-Gaylani musi wa 18 Kukadzi 1940. Hurumende itsva yakatora mutemo wokunze uyo wakanga usingafariri zvikuru Britain, uye kusvikira patambanuko yakati unonzwira tsitsi zvikuru Germany. Zvisinei, al-Gaylani akamanikidzwa kusiya basa nemutongi uye al-Said, uye hurumende ine mwero yakaumbwa naTaha al-Hashimi musi wa3 Kukadzi 1941. Hurumende iyi haina kugara kwenguva refu, uye musi wa1 April boka revakuru vemauto vane mafungiro okurwira nyika yavo vakakoromora hurumende nechisimba., akazoumba hurumende yemauto inotungamirwa naAl-Gaylani. Abd al-Ilah naal-Said vose vakatiza Baghdad. Paramende yakaungana ndokusarudza Al-Sharif Sharaf kuti atsive Abd al-Ilah semutongi. Kusawirirana kwakakurumidza kuwedzera pakati pehurumende yaal-Gaylani neUnited Kingdom, izvo zvakatungamirira kuHondo yeAnglo-Iraq. Mauto eBritain akatora Baghdad pakupera kwaMay uye Abd al-Ilah naal-Said vakadzokera kuIraq. Paramende yakadzorera Abd al-Ilah somutongi. Mwedzi mishomanana gare gare, al-Said akaumba hurumende itsva, iyo yakaramba iri musimba kusvikira muna June 1944. 