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3 days ago · History of Iran. Oil in Iran between the Two World Wars. By: Dr. Mohammad Malek. I t was on May 28th, 1901 that Mozafar'od - Din Shah (of Qajar) granted the British subject William K. D'Arcy a 60-year oil concession on all areas of the country except the five northern provinces bordering Russia.
May 22, 2024 · Finally, a historic concession was granted to a British syndicate headed by William Knox d' Arcy to explore for and to produce petroleum anywhere in Iran except in the Russian "sphere of influence" in northern Iran (1901). Native industrial decay
3 days ago · In 1901, Mozzafar al-Din Shah Qajar granted a 60-year petroleum search concession to William Knox D'Arcy.: 33 D'Arcy paid £20,000 (equivalent to £2.1 million in 2019), according to journalist-turned-historian Stephen Kinzer, and promised equal ownership shares, with 16% of any future net profit, as calculated by the company.
16 hours ago · A Presumption of Death by Jill Paton Walsh & Dorothy L. Sayers This book is a slightly hybrid effort. When Dorothy L. Sayers stopped writing Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane novels, she did write a few letters featuring Wimsey family members during the Second World War.
2 days ago · Brigadier-General Christopher D'Arcy Bloomfield Saltern Baker-Carr (1878-1949), 1st Brigade, Tank Corps; Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres (1752—1825), Governor of Jamaica; Brigadier Stanley Thomas Baldry (1925—2021), Commanding Officer, 29th Engineer Brigade; Brigadier-General Anthony Hugh Baldwin (1863—1915), Manchester Regiment
4 days ago · Sir William Shelley, kt., presented in 1533 and 1542, and as William Shelley, Justice of the King's Bench, was dealing with land in Offord Darcy with John, his son and heir, in 1544–5, and died in 1548. His son John, of Michelgrove in Sussex, died in 1551, leaving as his heir his son William. The latter in 1576 conveyed the manor and advowson ...
4 days ago · Register Of Interests Of Members' Secretaries And Research Assistants [as at 30 May 2024] Helm-Cowley, J to McIntyre, E
