“An 11-year-old boy from Azerbaijan became the owner of nine waterfront mansions in Dubai”. He is President Aliyev’s son.

Published: March 1, 2014 at 12:29am

Wsshington Post

The Washington Post, 5 March 2010:

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Even by the standards of a city that celebrates extravagance, it was a spectacular shopping spree: In just two weeks early last year, an 11-year-old boy from Azerbaijan became the owner of nine waterfront mansions.

The total price tag: about $44 million — or roughly 10,000 years’ worth of salary for the average citizen of Azerbaijan. But the preteen who owns a big chunk of some of Dubai’s priciest real estate seems to be anything but average.

His name, according to Dubai Land Department records, is Heydar Aliyev, which just happens to be the same name as that of the son of Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev. The owner’s date of birth, listed in property records, is also the same as that of the president’s son.

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8 Comments Comment

  1. George Grech says:

    Jekk Joseph Muscat mhux jahsiba darbtejn biex jassocja ruhu fl-apert ma’ kriminali bhal dawn, ahseb u ara kemm ha jigi jaqa u jqum minn due diligence kif suppost fil-bejgh tal-passaporti.

  2. Alexander Ball says:

    It could be worse; it could be six-year old twins from Malta.

  3. H.P. Baxxter says:

    How long before two six-year old girls become the owners of ten waterfront mansions on the Caspian Sea?

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