Anglo-Persian Oil Company — The Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) was founded in 1908 following the discovery of a large oil field in Masjed Soleiman, Iran. It was the first company to extract petroleum from the Middle East. In 1935 APOC was renamed the Anglo Iranian Oil… … Wikipedia
Anglo-Persian Oil Company — Der Welt größte Ölraffinerie in Abadan, 1938 Die britische Anglo Persian Oil Company (APOC) wurde im April 1909 mit der Entdeckung eines großen Ölfeldes um Masdsched Soleyman, Iran, gegründet. Es war das erste Unternehmen, das Öl im Nahen Osten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Persian Gulf Residency — The British residency of the Persian Gulf was an official colonial subdivision (i.e., residency) of the British Empire from 1763 until 1971, whereby the United Kingdom maintained varying degrees of political and economic control over several… … Wikipedia
Anglo-Russian Entente — Signed on August 31, 1907, in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Anglo Russian Convention of 1907 brought shaky British Russian relations to the forefront by solidifying boundaries that identified respective control in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.… … Wikipedia
Persian Constitutional Revolution — This article is about Iranian Azarbaijan Constitutional Revolution. For the revolution that took in 1979, see Iranian Revolution. For the series of reforms launched in 1963, see White Revolution. For the 2009–10 protests, see 2009–2010 Iranian… … Wikipedia
Anglo — /ang gloh/, n., pl. Anglos, adj. n. 1. a white American of non Hispanic descent, as distinguished esp. from an American of Mexican or Spanish descent. 2. (sometimes l.c.) an English speaking person in a place where English is not the language of… … Universalium
Anglo-lranian Oil Co. (United Kingdom v. Iran) — The Anglo Iranian Oil Co. (United Kingdom v. Iran) case was a dispute between the UK and Iran, in which the UK alleged that the Iranian Oil Nationalization act of 1951 was counter to a convention agreed upon by the (then) Anglo Persian Oil Co.… … Wikipedia
Persian Corridor — The Persian Corridor is the name for a supply route through Iran into Soviet Azerbaijan by which British aid and American Lend Lease supplies were transferred to the Soviet Union during World War II.BackgroundNote: The nation of Iran has been… … Wikipedia
Constantinople Agreement — The Constantinople Agreement (18 March 1915) was a set of secret assurances made by the Triple Entente during World War I. France and Great Britain promised to give Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, and the Dardanelles (land on… … Wikipedia
1953 Iranian coup d'état — Part of Abadan Crisis Iranian soldiers surround the Parliament building in Tehran … Wikipedia
