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THE EMPIRE'S GREATEST FOREIGN ASSET: The Story of William Knox D'Arcy and the Persian Oil

... made a fortune out of the Mount Morgan Gold Mine in 1882, and sent an agent in 1901 to Teheran to negotiate with the Persian Government for an oil concession. Hence Anglo- Iranian Whaf a movip Vic biography would make if the script writer could discover ...

Published: Saturday 15 February 1947
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1759 | Page: 24 | Tags: Photographs 

PERSIA REGAINS CONTROL IN AZERBAIJAN: ALBANIA FACES TROUBLE OVER THE CORFU MINING AND ON THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER

... at the point of the bayonet, it is probable that Qavam and his followers will win a resounding victory at the polls PERSIAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS MARCH IN TRIUMPH THROUGH TABRIZ UNITS OF THE SHAH'S ARMY PASSING THE ARK, OR CITADEL, A CELEBRATED LANDMARK, ...

Published: Saturday 04 January 1947
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 783 | Page: 15 | Tags: Photographs 

THE MARCH TO TABRIZ: How the Central Government at Teheran Restored Order in the Almost Lost Province fo Azerbaijan

... future agitators, it is probable that the Teheran authorities will turn their attention instead to securing reforms PERSIAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS PENETRATE AZERBAIJAN-- A BOLD MOVE RESULTS IN THE ROUT OF THE SO-CALLED DEMOCRAT FORCES, WHICH HAVE BEEN IN CONTROL ...

Published: Saturday 28 December 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 463 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

THE RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM PERSIA: Red Army Troops Begin the Evacuation Under the Terms of the 1942 Agreement

... the Caspian being made available for Russian exploration. This led to active Right Wing hostility in Persia, and the Persian Government deemed it wise to send their troops into the oil-concession area to help in the maintenance of order. During the second ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 373 | Page: 7 | Tags: Photographs 

PERSIA: COCKPIT OF THE MIDDLE EAST: A land of Fifteen Million People That is Almost an Unknown Quantity to ..

... part of Persia. Under the terms of the concession, which has been granted until 1993, the Company pays a royalty to the Persian Government on all oil sold in the country or exported, and makes certain other payments to the Government in return for exemption ...

Published: Saturday 06 April 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1668 | Page: 28 | Tags: Photographs 

RUSSIA STAYS: BRITAIN GOES: The Tangled Position in Persia

... diagrammatic sketch illustrating the troop movements in Persian Azerbaijan which have surprised the world and caused the Persian Government to protest to U.N.O. against the continued presence of Russian troops in Persia in defiance of the existing agreement ...

Published: Saturday 30 March 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 541 | Page: 11 | Tags: Photographs 

A Section of PERSIA BREAKS AWAY: And Creates a New State of Azerbaijan

... Persia's greatness. It was once a huge structure of narrow, burnt brick a massive gateway still survives. The local Persian Government within recent times decided to preserve this monument of old Tabriz, and as part of the scheme constructed a public ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1946
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 472 | Page: 13 | Tags: Photographs 

AROUND THE BATTLEFRONTS OF THE WORLD

... aspect of the problem which the Alliei are helping the Iranians to solve. Assisted by American and British experts, the Persian Government has set up in the grain-producing parts of the country a system of Collecting Centres to which the farmers bring and ...

Published: Saturday 13 May 1944
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1000 | Page: 25 | Tags: Photographs 

IRAN THE PROGRESSIVE: The Development of the Country under Reza Shah The Modernisation of Teheran and Other Matters

... expense of their jaunts was never really justified by any subsequent access of social enterprise on the part of the Persian Government. Things are quite different to-day. The modern Teherani no longer leaves the city of the Asylum of the Universe only ...

Published: Saturday 11 January 1936
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2001 | Page: 18 | Tags: Photographs 

THE SCHOOL OF THE SHAH IN ASTARABAD: Where Sons of Nomadic Chiefs are being Trained for Citizenship

... has been built on a site personally selected by the Shah of Persia SONS OF THE STEPPE: Typical Turkoman pupils who the Persian Government believes can be turned into good citizens in spite of the fact that their families have for generations back been nomads ...

Published: Saturday 10 August 1935
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 253 | Page: 11 | Tags: Photographs