Map of the Khānaqīn district, on the frontier between Mesopotamia [Iraq] and Persia [Iran]. The map indicates: hydrology; topography; human settlements; the border between the two countries, marked by a thick solid red line; and the extent of territory transferred from Persia to Mesopotamia, mar...
File 2249/1915 Pt 1 ‘Oil: Mesopotamia & Persia: General File’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning oil exploration and applications for oil concessions in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and in the frontier region between Mesopotamia and Persia [Iran] during and in the years following the First World War, when Mesopotamia was under British military occupation and...