ABADAN

ăbədănˈ, äbädänˈ, city (1991 pop. 84,774), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on Abadan Island, in the delta of the Shatt al Arab, at the head of the Persian Gulf. It is the terminus of major oil pipelines and is an important oil refining and shipping center. Abadan Island was ceded to Iran by Turkey in 1847. Abadan city was an unimportant village until the discovery (1908) of nearby oil fields. Its oil refinery (commissioned 1913) was the largest in the world by the 1970s. The refinery, together with the rest of the city, was destroyed during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. After the war's end in 1988, Abadan resumed oil production, but on a smaller scale.

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books on: Abadan  - 498 results

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The Persian Corridor and Aid to Russia
Book by T. H. Vail Motter; Office of the Chief of Military History, 1952
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Iran, World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union, World War, 1939-1945--Supplies
...266 Abadan Air Base 270...Container Plants at Abadan and Bahrein 298...3. Aircraft Delivered to the USSR at Abadan, Iran, 1942-1945 504...
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Oil in the Middle East: Its Discovery and Development
Book by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg; Oxford University Press, 1954
Subjects: Petroleum Industry And Trade--Middle East
...4. Fields and Abadan, 1933-9 p. 60...square mile for the intended refinery on Abadan Island, an uninhabited mud-flat half...and exporting petroleum products from Abadan at a rate of 25,000 tons a month, and...
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The Anglo-Iranian Oil Dispute of 1951-1952: A Study of the Role of Law in the Relations of States
Book by Alan W. Ford; University of California Press, 1954
Subjects: Anglo-Iranian Oil Dispute, 1951-1954
...worlds major producers of crude petroleum, and the refinery at Abadan is the worlds largest. Its oil and refining capacity are of...were made: a pipe line was constructed from the oil fields to Abadan, where work on the plant that was to become the largest refinery...
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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
Book by Stephen Kinzer; Wiley, 2003
Subjects: Iran--Politics And Government--1941-1979, Iran--Relations--United States, Mosaddeq, Mohammad--1880-1967, United States--Relations--Iran
...took control of the companys giant refinery at Abadan on the Persian Gulf. That sent Iran into patriotic...worlds largest oil refinery on the desert island of Abadan in the Persian Gulf. Abadan, at the Gulfs northern end, had come slowly into...
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The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar Imperialism
Book by William Roger Louis; Clarendon Press, 1984
Subjects: Great Britain--Foreign Relations--1945-1964, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--Middle East, Middle East--Foreign Relations--Great Britain
...of the Canal Zone and the refinery at Abadan in Iran. Churchill believed that Suez...scuttle in reference to the evacuation from Abadan in 1951. The differences in Tory and...base was misleading, as was the term Abadan refinery. The two were gigantic enclaves...
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journal articles on: Abadan  - 32 results

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Chronology: Iran
Journal article; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 53, 1999
Subjects: International relations, Iran, Politics
...at the end of 1998. 1/20 WP Jan. 25: A US missile landed in Abadan, near the Iraqi border. 2/8 WP Jan. 29: The Iranian Atomic...defense minister, determined that the US missile that landed in Abadan on 25 January was an accident. 2/8 WP Feb. 9: Qorbanali Dorn-Najafabadi...
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Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys across Iran
Journal article by A. William Samii; The Middle East Journal, Vol. 57, 2003
Subjects: Economic policy, Immigration, Iran, Molavi, Afshin, Nonfiction
...Pilgrimages is no exception to this rule. When he is describing his encounters with local residents during his 1999-2000 trips to Abadan, Ahvaz, Isfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, and other cities - the eponymous pilgrimages - one wants to keep reading and...
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Patriarchy in Transition: Women and the Changing Family in the Middle East
Journal article by Valentine M. Moghadam; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 35, 2004
Subjects: Family life, Middle East--Social aspects, Patriarchs and patriarchate, Patriarchy
...have been undertaken in Turkey (e.g., Abadan-Unat, 1981). In the 1970s Kandiyoti delineated...Abadan-Unat, Nermin...Social change and Turkish women," in Nermin Abadan-Unat (ed.), Women in Turkish...
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An Egyptian Judge in a Period of Change: Qadi Ahmad Muhammad Shakir, 1892-1958
Journal article by Ron Shaham; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999
Subjects: Judges--Influence, Judicial opinions--Influence, Shakir, Ahmad Muhammad--Conduct of life
...jaldatan, wa-la taq-balu la-hum shahadatan abadan, wa-uwlaCHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN...IN ASCIIan, wa-la tajuzu mukhalafatuhu abadan). The application of Article 132, added...above (... wa-la taqbalu la-hum shahadatan abadan, wa-uwlaCHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN...
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Decision-Making Influence in the Family: A Comparison of Turkish Families in Germany and in Turkey
Journal article by Ute Schonpflug; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 32, 2001
...segregated hierarchy, described by Scanzoni. Abadan-Unat (1982) pointed out that migration...investigations carried out in Turkey (e.g. Abadan-Unat, 1982; Kagitcibasi, 1986, 1996; Nauck...trend was significant. REFERENCES Abadan-Unat, N. 1982 "The effect of international...
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A Voyage to Abadan: the True Saga of Usmm's Desperate Requirement to Send Academy Cadets off to War before Their Schooling Was Completed
Magazine article by Rod E. Redman; Sea Classics, Vol. 35, August 2002
A Voyage to Abadan: the True Saga of Usmms Desperate Requirement...Completed by Rod E. Redman A VOYAGE TO ABADAN The True Saga of USMs Desperate Requirement...in the world. Bill Jopes A Voyage To Abadan is a unique example of this promising...
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Britain, Persia and Petroleum: Roger Howard Asks How the Discovery of Oil, One Hundred Years Ago This Month, Affected Relations between Britain and Persia in the Early Twentieth Century
Magazine article by Roger Howard; History Today, Vol. 58, May 2008
Subjects: British foreign relations--Economic aspects, British foreign relations--Political aspects, Persia--International relations, Petroleum--History
...refinery that was speedily being built at Abadan on the Persian Gulf. By this time all...from attacking the refinery at nearby Abadan and its tanker traffic, or even the fields...also to defend the output from Masjid and Abadan. Persias Shah Ahmad (r.1909-25) proclaimed...
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The Iranian Oil Fields Are Nationalised
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 51, May 2001
Subjects: Iran--History, National Iranian Oil Co.--History, Petroleum industry--History, United Kingdom--Relations with Iran
...company had built the largest oil refinery in the world, at Abadan, and three major ports. It had drilled more than 450 wells...was brought to a standstill, as the Britons who operated the Abadan refinery left the country and the international oil companies...
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Bleeding Iraq Dry: Lured by Immense Profits, Insurgents, Corrupt Officials and Smugglers Are Stealing Iraq's Oil and Driving the Country to Ruin
Magazine article by Ed Blanche; The Middle East, April 2006
Subjects: Insurgency--Military aspects, Petroleum pipelines--Military aspects, Petroleum--Military aspects, Petroleum--Pipe lines, Smuggling--Military aspects, Theft--Military aspects
...the northern Gulf. Realising they had been seen, the thieves sped off downriver in a boat towards the Iranian oil centre of Abadan on the eastern bank. Iraqi authorities say the Iranian port is a haven for oil smugglers peddling diesel, petroleum products...
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Put It on the Bill
Magazine article by Milan Vesely; The Middle East, November 2007
Subjects: Economic conditions--Analysis, International economic relations--Analysis, Iranian foreign relations--Economic aspects, Iraq War, 2003---Economic aspects, Iraqi foreign relations--Economic aspects, Military occupation--Economic aspects, Military occupation--Influence, Military occupation--Social aspects, United States foreign relations--Economic aspects, United States foreign relations--Military aspects
...semi-processed derivatives from the oil facilities in Basra to Abadan, Iran. In his long awaited book The Age of Turbulence ex-US...August. "The 400 megawatts electricity transmission project from Abadan to Alharasa will be on line within four months." Scary words...
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Iraq's 'Garden of Eden' Waterway Facing Catastrophe
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 10, 2009
Subjects: Rivers
...al-Arab just above the Iranian oil city of Abadan, local people say."Iran completely cut...polluted by toxic emissions from Irans Abadan refinery, its largest, on the opposite...has had a dramatic impact on Iraqis."The Abadan refinery is expelling contaminated gases...
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Nasrin the Story of My Persian Love; INSIDE IRAN DAY 3: OUR WRITER'S ODYSSEY
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 18, 2007
...of her school years in the oil town of Abadan, a place of privet hedges and mown lawns...spoke of it often. And now Im in Iran, in Abadan, Nasrins childhood home. Her father was...childhood, everything was just so and Abadan ran itself with colonial British efficiency...
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Repression of Arabs Fuels Unrest in Iran; Oil-Rich Province Hit by Bombings, Discrimination
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 15, 2006
Subjects: Petroleum pipelines, Petroleum--Pipe lines
...oil pipelines supplying crude oil to the Abadan refinery on the shore of the Persian Gulf...they could not rule out sabotage. The Abadan refinery has a capacity of 450,000 barrels...it also foiled an attempt to bomb the Abadan refinery with five Katyusha rockets...
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A Woman Who Loves a Good Story
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), July 4, 2006
...there she discovered a love of creative writing which she has never lost. After school she moved to the oil refinery city of Abadan where she was employed for many years as a secretary. But she had a second string to her bow as a reporter and presenter on...
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Iran Port Bustles in Shadow of War; Bandar Abbas Seen as Likely Target If U.S. Attacks
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 14, 2007
...said Fariba, a middle-aged housewife raising two daughters, whose own childhood was scarred by having to flee her hometown of Abadan after Iraqi troops invaded in 1980. "None of my friends listen to the news. They prefer to talk about the shopping they did...
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encyclopedia articles on: Abadan  - 4 results

 
 
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Abadan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABADAN ab dan , abadan , city (1991 pop. 84,774), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on Abadan Island, in the delta of the Shatt al Arab, at the head of the Persian Gulf. It is the terminus of major oil pipelines and is an important oil refining and shipping...
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Khuzestan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the west and the Persian Gulf in the south. Its major cities include Ahvaz (the capital), Khorramshahr , Dezful , and Abadan . Mountainous in the east, it has a hot, dry climate; agricultural products include dates, citrus fruit, rice, and vegetables...
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Iran
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Mashhad , Tabriz , Rasht , Hamadan , Abadan , Shiraz , and Ahvaz . People...Gulf. Major refineries are located at Abadan (site of the countrys first refinery...refineries and to such exporting ports as Abadan, Bandar-e Mashur, and Khark Island. Domestic...
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Shatt Al Arab
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...international commission gave Iraq total control of the Shatt al Arab, leaving Iran with control only of the approaches to Abadan and Khorramshahr , its chief ports, and unable to develop new port facilities in the delta. To preclude Iraqi political pressure...


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