page_title: Rustam Haidar
hierarchical_section_title: Rustam Haidar
caption_attribution_description: English: Feisal party at Versailles Conference. Left to right: Rustum Haidar, Nuri as-Said, Prince Faisal (front), Captain Pisani (rear), T. E. Lawrence, Faisal's slave (name unknown), Captain Hassan Khadri.Français&#160;: Le prince Fayçal à Paris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FeisalPartyAtVersaillesCopy.jpg
context_page_description: Rustam Haidar was an aide to Emir Faisal who served as the Defense and Finance Ministers of Iraq. He was Minister of Finance from 1930 to 1932 and from 1938 to 1940. A Shiia, he was targeted by other leading politicians for his faith.
  On January 18th 1940, Hussein Fawzi Tawfik shot Rustam Haidar three times; he died four days later in hospital from his wounds.
context_section_description: Rustam Haidar (Arabic: رستم حيدر‎) (born 1889 in Baalbek; died 22 January 1940) was an aide to Emir Faisal who served as the Defense and Finance Ministers of Iraq. He was Minister of Finance from 1930 to 1932 and from 1938 to 1940. A Shiia, he was targeted by other leading politicians for his faith.
  On January 18th 1940, Hussein Fawzi Tawfik shot Rustam Haidar three times; he died four days later in hospital from his wounds.
caption: Emir Faisal's delegation at Versailles, during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Left to right: Rustum Haidar, Nuri as-Said, Prince Faisal, Captain Pisani (behind Faisal), T. E. Lawrence, unknown person, Captain Tahsin Kadry.
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