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Al-Fayed secured a loan of £9 million from Imre
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In 1963, Al Tajir became director of Sheikh Rashid's
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to eradicate the system of large commission payments from previous decades. Al Tajir was challenged in the
British courts to repay his alleged excessive profits earned from the construction of Dubai's aluminium smelter, and Al-Fayed was targeted over his management contract of the
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was introduced to Al Tajir by Salim Abu Alwan, an Iraqi businessman. Al Tajir informed Al-Fayed that Dubai was penniless and needed to borrow £1 million for the future construction of modern harbour facilities.
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