FOREIGN INTEREST IN THE INHERITANCE OF SULTAN ABDUL HAMID II

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 27, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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1N u EUJG rFI REPORT
SURJECT Foreign Inter: st in the Inheritarzcw of
,Sultan Abdul FvDid 11
wo. 9 November 1946
IST. 27 Decker 1.94?
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Sultan Abd >.:~ . 11 ('11.876-19090 the third, from the 1tst of the O : to rule)
1r a" t to his at~nwy 'when ho &Led iuilin, 1 ;nce r ,iich would, a ve been enormms..
hha th heirs b , . bole acquire in ?tha r i ' .wsl .en,
t ., c* ai ted gin. r; l of his private properties - first territories ,fie ? ly
reg: s- er d with wh arkish i dad property o ".sic , and sprcmd over variccxs
zonG;os oft old 'rurki..slr. Cttt dire.
The fall of the pir the advent of the `.C'u l ash It ng1ic (1923) p vernt
.the heirs from ca g into possession oi' these inherited properties,, In spite
of their leg titular e- hts Q
yam With the e1 i e r ut of the Turkish Empire, zany of these territories fell under
the juvzisdictiork of other states sibs .entiy i'or=-d which denied the ,aunty
of the heirs' ai t. in viraw of the size and the political it o ance of the
estates.
i~w,A of she great value of t1 zones o k? the ?F n eri t; c , it is. enough
t o at that t' y include most othe oll concrt: sip and the tilled
of the old C tt' ! it xgpi (Mlorimnly etc.) s lead sin add l talon., about om-seventh
w ." the tF;rv' i pony of al.esti .e, n k Is. -T I of this "best land in s `t " .bust, all
of " '3 o-l zo Ha i Lao, a n d " ,arid , rights m d P r o p iea I n Greece,
g s'. 7 +r ?3 j a ?..+ . e and 4.a -rona .c ,a
(: 11hval?Lo s i 4 e:'s (d. e,,ace-ndab is of the c,F`slt w-, ,mire, ,Ied to live abroad after
the :d &n:.-a of t-e ` rid.sh Republic) ,aev r . reaw Wino formed corporation
a.ari..onn MA I.) ri ~ 2 shares distributed in proportion to inheritance clan: s, and
w i -Vh the end in view of inning their rights.
C4~r~scali . ed ,stem Coroorati on, Ltd.; Arose, c Estates Consolidated. Ltd-.
`r-'M.5 w donne k Y-. tx addy nee of Nicole, Politi, 4 a Greek
The :egad .'a of th hei xs is Princo `h ) ud Na ukg, who lives in .e andriaj, Egypts,
as the v :ual gust of his coin the KhadiwiOne of the principal heirs was Sul a PeA nni ".l Valideh, mother of Abdul Axis
(18.61-188-g,6), who had mom.#rr Led an Albanian prince (heir second a iage) and
died In Albania a f .r yea-ra agog
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iOm Abdul 1iamid s n.dson is z r 'ice Cahtd Osman j who lives in Alice
and is an Old fr_ end of x:1,11e 1. ayer Guido Botto a
11-o For many years tba, heirs have been livin ; or, D ids given to
the by a group of London fi. Fanciers s in exchange for half of the
shares of the Co sol,idated Eastern Corporation and the Arosetee
Estates Cons o1`"dated., and 20;% of the shares of the Karllom Ltd
It appears that this conc.e3sion brings therm in art annual income
o~fy 5,000[~S ter~:~ jn ,,, a sun, divi r?hd &,- ~axa ; the heirs, ; ebtails are not
a Vai?1..able'Q
2.2, The heirs have t ttiv re iiewed their ~ttr t!~tS to at q i ire at leant a
~or'tion of En !? 11 ) 3f?r`uy bE'! fJ~1t'Cn t~ then and ii}l
P 'S~aa~S" E;f fwi t Apr (D:-ti
E) me of tho.i?r rig ts~, or the rocogn:it'ry on of tho:Lr clai$ z by the
states cone ;a ed.
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did win one lox su ? 1,-" :".n the TU.:: >:L_ h, S!mrem:: Court.
-14. Prince Ham;a;:2; reoear trigs to Ital-y was to endeavor agLo
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a to regain
some of his rj.. "1tsca Tancr i Bono as to apor oath h:. m =111 his c apacity
as represental,-,ive. of his fact e ?s Guido Bottog (Ca' lid O err n l s lawMr)
Unfortunately t1:lere was a mix-up In corre:sr ondence whereby they
failed to meet at the Grand Hotel in F o .e Therefore9 IaaWk rotas aed
to Alacancfri.a without ha r5..s vontacted 13otto.
15v Prince ida a uk l is lava r is Charles Grr iiwldi of Grasse; Cahid Osman 8 s
lawyer is Guido 3ott00
16. It is notewo ;lye tlaat the ovioF goverment recently asked Prince
L3a rik to cede all the richts and, ciai .s of the he', for the sum of
two million Sterlin.S. The heirs would have been vlad to accept this
offer, had ?aiBey not received at the same time- a warning from the T3rit,:a.s
not to take such a step.
17c It arapears to bo the intention of 1~r ice Osman to interest some
foreign fin anc-1-al k oup in the matter. The 'tares has heretofore pre-vented
him from taki.n a y steps in this direction.
18? At present Prince !-,s`wau.k is probably tr/ing to obtain a more direct
intervontlon to secure the recognition of the rit;b..ts of the heirs by
the various -oi rri ~xeYits concerned. r;',Tit~:~ tree Italit n de:~?eat, hcraes
have been renei:ed for the raclai?7ing Of prooerby in Tripolitania
and Cirenica u
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