KHORRAMSHAHR

khōrämˌshäˈhər, city (1991 pop. 34,750), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, at the confluence of the Karun River and the Shatt al Arab, near the Persian Gulf. It is a busy port. Its development dates to the late 19th cent., when steam navigation on the Karun was started. The city was known as Muhammerah until the mid-1920s, when Reza Shah took it out of the hands of a semi-independent local sheikh and placed it under the control of the central government as Khorramshahr. It was severely attacked and partially destroyed during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. The port has since been refurbished and the local economy has revived.

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books on: Khorramshahr  - 101 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
...Vehicles at Truck Assembly Plant II, Khorramshahr, Iran, 26 January 1943-19 April 1945...Assembled at Truck Assembly Plant II, Khorramshahr, Iran, 1943-1945 505...and Inland Clearance Operations at Khorramshahr, Iran, August 1942-May 1945...
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The Transportation Corps: Operations Overseas
Book by Joseph Bykofsky, Harold Larson; Office of the Chief of Military History, 1990
Subjects: United States--Army--Transportation Corps, World War, 1939-1945--Transportation
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Boundaries and State Territory in the Middle East and North Africa
Book by Richard N. Schofield, Gerald Henry Blake; Middle East & North African Studies Press, 1987
Subjects: Middle East--Boundaries
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Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991
Book by Kenneth M. Pollack; University of Nebraska Press, 2002
Subjects: Arab Countries--Armed Forces, Arab Countries--History, Military--20th Century, Arab Countries--Military Policy
...marshes of Khuzestan, the fields of central Iraq, the savannah of East Africa, the hills of the West Bank, and the streets of Khorramshahr, Port Suez, Port Said, and Jerusalem. Finally, when attempting to assess the effectiveness of a countrys military, it is...
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The Iran-Iraq War: The Politics of Aggression
Book by Farhang Rajaee; University Press of Florida, 1993
Subjects: Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988--Congresses
...residing in Ahwaz and Mohamareh Khorramshahr . The Ottoman government of the time...Iranian cities were changed, and even Khorramshahr was shown to be a part of the Iraqi...Khuzestan Province, including Ahwaz and Khorramshahr. The "Arab Peoples Cultural Center...
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journal articles on: Khorramshahr  - 2 results

 
 
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Prospects for Armed Conflict in the Gulf in the 1990s: The Impact of the Gulf War
Journal article by David E. Long; Middle East Policy, Vol. 2, 1993
Subjects: Arab-Israeli Conflict, Middle East, Middle East--Foreign Relations--United States, Middle East--Politics And Government--1979-, United States--Foreign Relations--Middle East
...Ottoman Empire in the area. 2 The Iraqis did recognize Iranian sovereignty over two sections of the Shatt, adjacent Khorramshahr and Abadan, and extending out to the thalweg (the middle of the river). This concession was based on a 1913 protocol...
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The Bear on the Chessboard: Soviet Military Gains in Afghanistan
Journal article by Yossef Bodansky; World Affairs, Vol. 145, 1982
Subjects: Arbitration, International, International Relations, Peace
...Baluchi Tudeh units played key roles in the defense of Khuzistan, primarily in the defense of Abadan and the recapture of Khorramshahr. Thus, they not only legitimized their existence as a separate armed organization in the eyes of Teheran, but could expand...


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magazine articles on: Khorramshahr  - 5 results

 
 
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Not Fanatics, and Not Friends
Magazine article by Edward G. Shirley; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 272, December 1993
Subjects: Iran, Iranian foreign relations--United States, Islam and politics--Iran, Islam--Iran, United States, United States foreign relations--Iran
...Iranian army recaptured the port of Khorramshahr. With the ejection of the Iraqis from Khorramshahr in a superbly fought battle, the Iranians...troops, with the victorious role in the Khorramshahr fighting. The second chapter, which...
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Tales of the Tyrant: What Does Saddam Hussein See in Himself That No One Else in World Seems to See? the Answer Is Perhaps Best Revealed by the Intimate Details of the Iraqi Leader's Daily Life
Magazine article by Mark Bowden; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 289, May 2002
Subjects: Dictators--Iraq, Hussein, Saddam, Iraq--Political aspects
...How can you say that?" "This is bigger than the defeat at Khorramshahr one of the worst Iraqi losses in the war with Iran, with...he could not bring himself to say so. In the past, as at Khorramshahr, the generals could always be blamed for defeat. Military...
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Kuwait Free Trade Zone
Magazine article by Pamela Ann Smith; The Middle East, December 1999
Subjects: Enterprise zones--Middle East, Gulf Cooperation Council--Management, International trade regulation--Middle East, International trade--Kuwait, Kuwait--International trade
...and commercial port of Shuweikh, the zone is just three hours by sea from the big Iranian port complexes of Imam Khomeini, Khorramshahr and Busheir. Through them, shippers can reach the highly populated northern cities of Iran, such as Teheran and Tabriz, as...
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Tales of the Tyrant: What Does Saddam Hussein See in Himself That No One Else in the World Seems to See? the Answer Is Perhaps Best Revealed by the Intimate Details of the Iraqi Leader's Daily Life
Magazine article by Mark Bowden; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 289, May 2002
Subjects: Hussein, Saddam--Behavior, Iraq--Political aspects, Presidents (Government)--Behavior, Presidents--Behavior
...How can you say that?" "This is bigger than the defeat at Khorramshahr one of the worst Iraqi losses in the war with Iran, with...he could not bring himself to say so. In the past, as at Khorramshahr, the generals could always be blamed for defeat. Military...
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Iraq: Into the Unknown
Magazine article; The Middle East, January 2005
Subjects: Iraq--Political aspects, Iraq--Social aspects
...1935 awarded Iraq sovereignty over most of the waterway, permitting Iranian access only to its existing ports of Abadan and Khorramshahr, forcing the country to develop ports on the Gulf in order to improve the security of its oil exports. The agreement continued...


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newspaper articles on: Khorramshahr  - 3 results

 
 
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CITY OF BLOODSHED; Inside Iran Day 2: Border Badlands
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 17, 2007
...with eloquence. The 500,000 population of this dusty city of Khorramshahr was halved by war. "We are afraid here," says Jamal Taheri...play their games with the West. But we know what can happen. Khorramshahr means Happy City in Persian. But we still call it Khooninshahr...
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When Saddam Hangs He'll Die in Seconds. We Were His Mustard Gas Guinea Pigs- Wecan Only Pray for Such an Easy Death
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 26, 2006
Subjects: Hussein, Saddam
...invaded Iran. On October 22, Abadan - then the worlds biggest oil refinery - was besieged by the Iraqis and on October 24, Khorramshahr - Irans largest port - fell to the Iraqis. The war lasted eight years before ending in a ceasefire. * Saddam Hussein, in...
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Hung out to Dry; Humiliation for Britain as Iran Displays Seized Royal Navy Boats
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 30, 2005
...Union flag, weapons and night-vision goggles. Today, they are displayed for visitors outside the Pasdaran military base at Khorramshahr, near Irans southern border with Iraq. According to the guards, they will soon be moved to a military museum at Mahshahr...


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encyclopedia articles on: Khorramshahr  - 7 results

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Khorramshahr
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KHORRAMSHAHR khoram sha h r, city (1991 pop. 34,750), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, at the confluence of the Karun River and the Shatt...it out of the hands of a semi-independent local sheikh and placed it under the control of the central government as Khorramshahr. It was severely attacked and partially destroyed during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. The port has since been...
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Muhammerah
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MUHAMMERAH see Khorramshahr , Iran. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Khuzestan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Iran, bordering on Iraq in 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...
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Karun
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...opened to foreign trade in 1888; but since the construction of a rail line during World War II between the river port of Khorramshahr, Ahvaz, and the main Iranian system, this route has lost importance. At Shushtar there is a dam designed to irrigate an area...
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Shatt Al Arab
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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 and interference...
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