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Anglo Persian Oil Control

Great Britain · Government / Liberal Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1914

Henry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1st22 May 1914

London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Britain acquires control of Persian Gulf oil interests from the Anglon Oil Company.

Names involved

Henry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1st

Provenance

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