The D Arcy Oil Venture Across Bakhtiari Lands
An extended portrait of W K D Arcy's 1900s Persian oil quest. Facing desert, tribal banditry, and supply struggles, D Arcy persevered through two sites Khanagin and Mamatain aided by locals and financiers, culminating in the 1908 gusher at Maiden i Napitun and the birth of Anglo Persian Oil Company.
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W. K. D'Arcy
London
Persian Gulf
D'Arcy
Persia
D’arcy
Muzaffar Ai Din Shah
Khanagin
Baghdat
Kermanshah
Baghdad
Iraq
Mamatain
Thearun River
Ahwaz
Inck
D'Avcy
Burma Oil Company
Iack
Bakhtiari Oil Company
Shuster
Maiden-i- Napitun
Naptha
Masjid Suliman
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Tigris
Euphrates
Syria
Tranjordan
Mediterranean
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Tarrant
Madras
Australia
Oxenham
Leather
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