Rustam Haidar
Rustam Haidar (Arabic: رستم حيدر) (born 1889 in Baalbek; died 22 January 1940)[1] was an aide to Emir Faisal who served as the Defense and Finance Ministers of Iraq. A Shiia, he was targeted by other leading politicians for his faith.[2]
On January 18th 1940, Hussein Fawzi Tawfik shot Rustam Haidar three times;[3] he died four days later in hospital from his wounds.[1]
References
- 1 2 "رستم حيدر في العراق..كيف تم اغتياله.. وكيف عثر على مذكراته؟". almada (in Arabic). 3 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ↑ Sargon Donabed (1 February 2015). Reforging a Forgotten History: Iraq and the Assyrians in the Twentieth Century. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 42–. ISBN 978-0-7486-8605-6.
- ↑ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search". google.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
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