Mr Sulaymān Khalīl 'Atta Allāh (Saad Hussein Khalil), 25, from Kfar Mechi, Syria, was a farm labourer. He boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a third class passenger . He was travelling to Ottawa, Canada with his aunt Mariana Assāf and her cousin, Assāf Jirjis Tu'mah al-Sayqalī. He carried ticket number 2672, £7 4 s 6d.
Khalil died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified.
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Marriages, Births, Deaths... gives his name as "Saad Khalil", also often listed as Solomon Khalil.
References and Sources
Alan Hustak (1999) Titanic: The Canadian Story. Véhicule Press. ISBN 1 55065 113 7 Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279]) Marriages, births, deaths and injuries that have occurred on board during the voyage (PRO London, BT 100/259-260)
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