‘In the Kavir-i-Khourian Field. the western well in the background.’

IOR/L/PS/12/3543, f 19

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The record is made up of 1 black and white photograph. It was created in 1945. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Photograph of the Kavir-i-Khourian [Dasht-e Kavīr] oil field in northern Iran. The photograph, which was taken from the inside of a motorcar, shows a flat desert landscape with a single wellhead in the middle distance.

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1 black and white photograph
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Dimensions: 104 x 124mm.

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English in Latin script
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Photograph

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British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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IOR/L/PS/12/3543, f 19

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1945 (CE, Gregorian)

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