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The British Departure on the Mauritius
In 1933, an agreement was negotiated to increase the terms of the D’Arcy concession to 1994; however by 1951
said contract was annulled and the British were expelled from the Braim with riots which came to be known as
the Abadan Crisis. In October…
said contract was annulled and the British were expelled from the Braim with riots which came to be known as
the Abadan Crisis. In October…
Tags: british, chr_1951, company town, geo_abadan, petroleum
Plan of Bawarda.
The city of Bawarda was designed by James M. Wilson in 1926 and was inspired by Lutyens’s remodelling of the Garden City and City Beautiful ideas in New Delhi (1911–1940). Bawarda was an attempt at social and ethnic mixing and also offered larger…
Tags: chr_1926, company town, garden city, geo_abadan, geo_iran, petroleum, urbanism
Lunch Time For Workers in Our Back yard
The images which was taken by Charles Schroeder depicts Iranian [? or local] workers in the backyard of Schroeder's house. It portrays the way in which the locals were seen as archaic and unsophisticated: they are having lunch on the dirt ground…
Tags: chr_1930s, company town, geo_abadan, laborers, petroleum, society
Local Beggar and British Family
This image depicts the reality in the 'company town' of Abadan in which the British, and the foreigners in general, were above the locals in the social hierarchy. Iranians did not receive the benefits of the new found oil wealth, but were instead in…
Tags: british, chr_1930s, company town, geo_abadan, society
Housing in Bahmashir
The houses in Braim were designed to house workers and aimed to appease the 'local' architecture and needs. These houses were much smaller than the ones in Bawarda and Braim, which housed 'foreigners'. The houses were designed as a series of row…
Tags: chr_1920s, company town, geo_abadan, geo_iran, housing, petroleum, workers
House in Braim
The houses in Braim were based on the Garden City ideal and the planner of the city, James M. Wilson. The are of Braim was also known as the 'bungalow area' and housed the British personnel and was located south-west of the refinery area. It was also…
Tags: chr_1920s, company town, geo_abadan, geo_iran, housing, petroleum
Chairmen of APOC.
A quick look at the people in key positions of oil companies in the Middle East from the late 1800s to the early 1970s results in the same image across the board: white, middle-aged, Anglo-Saxon. While the initiatives of many of these oil companies…
Tags: british, chr_1927-1941, company town, geo_abadan, management
Aerial view of the Garden Suburb of Bawarda.
"‘Since the War’, Wilson reported, ‘a very great and widespread spirit of Nationalism has been introduced and fostered throughout the Middle East. . . Though the Company probably incurs less of this [jealousy] than the
political services do…
political services do…
Tags: chr_1920s, geo_abadan, geo_iran, housing, nationalism, petroleum
Aerial View of Bawarda's Center.
The city of Bawarda was designed by James M. Wilson in 1926 and was inspired by Lutyens’s remodelling of the Garden City and City Beautiful ideas in New Delhi (1911–1940). Bawarda was an attempt at social and ethnic mixing and also offered larger…
Tags: chr_1926, company town, geo_abadan, petroleum, urban