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Oil millionaire and famous philanthropist Murtuza Mukhtarov
Murtuza Mukhtarov, a prominent representative of the oil industry, a major oil entrepreneur and philanthropist, was born in 1865 in the village of Amirjany, in the suburbs of Baku, in the family of a coachman. For a long time he worked as a plasterer, carried oil on carts, and was engaged in small contracts. Since 1870, he worked at one of the mines in the villages of Balakhany-Zabrat. Noticing a capable, hardworking young man, the owner of the oil field, Martov, taught him the secret of mechanical tools and oil-producing machines. Soon Mukhtarov becomes a master. Subsequently, Martov sells his private workshop to Murtuza.
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