Persian petroleum : oil, empire and revolution in late Qajar Iran
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Persian petroleum : oil, empire and revolution in late Qajar Iran
I.B. Tauris, 2022
- : PB
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"First published in Great Britain 2021"--T.p. verso
"This paperback edition published in 2022"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [193]-211
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Using newly-uncovered private papers, as well as public and private archives in three countries, this book tells the definitive history of the first discovery of oil in Iran - the first discovery of oil in the Middle East. Exploring the formal and informal dealings of politicians, investors, civil servants and intermediaries Leonardo Davoudi charts the development of Persian petroleum from uncertain beginnings to becoming one of Britain's largest oil companies with the British government as its principal shareholder. Assessing the relationship between economic and political forces within the British empire and the relationship of foreign economic forces and domestic political forces in Persia, the book also explores the role of intermediation, informal empire, the Anglo-Russian rivalry over Persia, British naval developments and Persian political developments.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
i - Introduction
ii - The D'Arcy Concession
iii - Preparing the Groundwork
iv - End of an Era
v - Tribal Resistance
vi - The Constitutional Revolution
vii- A Phenomenal State of Tranquility
viii - Striking Oil
viii - Striking Abuse
ix - Government Shareholdings
x - Conclusion
Appendices, illustrations, bibliography
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