to Beirut, where he lived in difficult financial circumstances, his vast Syrian holdings having been appropriated by the Baathists. There he died and was buried on 18 February 1965. His memoirs were published posthumously in 1973. References Sami Moubayed "Steel & Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900–2000" (Cune Press, Seattle, 2005). Specific 1903 births 1965 deaths Khalid Ambassadors of Syria to Belgium Ambassadors of Syria to France Ambassadors of Syria to Switzerland Damascus University alumni Foreign ministers of Syria Leaders ousted by a coup Members of the People's Assembly of Syria People from Damascus Presidents of Syria Prime Ministers of Syria Syrian ministers of defense Syrian ministers of finance Syrian people of Turkish descent 20th-century Syrian politicians