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The Quest for Sultan Abdülhamid's Oil Assets

His Heirs' Legal Battle for Their Rights


Part of the deposed Ottoman imperial family, Mahmud Sami tells the story of the how the heirs to the Ottoman throne lost Iraq’s oil assets and how they have tried to regain them during the 20th century.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61719-142-8
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Aug 11,2010
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 176
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-1-61719-142-8
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Himself a member of the exiled imperial Ottoman family, Mahmud Sami has written an passonate history of how Great Britain came to control the Ottoman Empire’s oil wealth following the First World War. The Ottoman Empire’s Mesopotamian provinces, which would later be joined to form the country of Iraq, were in fact known to hold oil reserves before 1914. Sami tells the story of how the British and an enterprising Armenian made an initial attempt to secure rights to Ottoman oil and then how British interests were consolidated following the war. Sami argues that the heirs to the Ottoman throne, which was abolished by the republican government in the 1920s, were deprived of their rightful inheritance by the British desire for control over Iraq’s oil. Sami additionally details the attempts of these heirs over the course of the twentieth century to retain control over their lost properties. The Quest for Sultan Adülhamid’s Oil Assests is a unique look at the Middle East oil question.

Himself a member of the exiled imperial Ottoman family, Mahmud Sami has written an passonate history of how Great Britain came to control the Ottoman Empire’s oil wealth following the First World War. The Ottoman Empire’s Mesopotamian provinces, which would later be joined to form the country of Iraq, were in fact known to hold oil reserves before 1914. Sami tells the story of how the British and an enterprising Armenian made an initial attempt to secure rights to Ottoman oil and then how British interests were consolidated following the war. Sami argues that the heirs to the Ottoman throne, which was abolished by the republican government in the 1920s, were deprived of their rightful inheritance by the British desire for control over Iraq’s oil. Sami additionally details the attempts of these heirs over the course of the twentieth century to retain control over their lost properties. The Quest for Sultan Adülhamid’s Oil Assests is a unique look at the Middle East oil question.

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  • CONTENTS (page 9)
  • ACKWOLEDGEMENT (page 10)
  • PREFACE (page 11)
  • INTRODUCTION (page 13)
  • I:THE QUEST FOR BLACK GOLD (page 17)
  • II:THE FATEFUL YEARS (page 33)
  • III:CONSOLIDATION OF BRITISH INTERESTS (page 43)
  • IV:OH!THOSE TROUBLESOME OTTOMAN HEIRS (page 61)
  • V:VOICES OF REASON FALL ON DEAF EARS (page 91)
  • VI:A GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE (page 105)
  • VII:CAN ANYONE ELSE HELP?HOW ABOUT FRANCE?THE U.S.A? (page 115)
  • VIII:IS IT TOO LATE FOR A MIRACLE TO HAPPEN? (page 137)
  • IX:SO WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT? (page 145)
  • CONCLUSION (page 149)
  • APPENDICES: Appendix I: H.I.M. Sultan Abdulhamid II: A Profile (page 151)