After lengthy negotiations between Anglo-Persian representatives and Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim, on 17 May 1935 the sheikh put his signature to a concession agreement for a period of 75 years in return for 400, 000 rupees on signature and 150, 000 rupees per annum with royalties.

The next year he surprised the British by unilaterally canceling the oil concession awarded to William Knox D ' Arcy ( and then called Anglo-Persian Oil Company ), which was slated to expire in 1961.

During their investigation, the British Admiralty learned that William Knox D ' Arcy — who later founded the Anglo-Persian Oil Company ( APOC ) in April 1909 — had obtained a valuable concession from the Persian government regarding the oil rights in southern Persia and that D ' Arcy was negotiating a similar concession from the Ottoman Empire for oil rights in Mesopotamia.

The owners of IPC had conflicting interests: the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Royal Dutch / Shell and Standard Oil had access to major sources of crude oil outside Iraq, and therefore wanted to hold the Iraqi concessions in reserve, whilst CFP and the other companies pushed for rapid development of Iraqi oil as they had limited crude oil supplies.

Burmah Oil Company Ltd. created the Anglo-Persian Oil Company ( APOC ) as a subsidiary and also sold shares to the public.

The operating company had four shareholders, each with an interest of 23. 75 %: the Royal Dutch / Shell Group, the Anglo-Persian Company ( which would eventually become the British Petroleum Company, or BP ), Compagnie Française des Pétroles ( whose convoluted lineage would make it a predecessor of today ’ s TotalFina-Elf ) and the Near East Development Company ( whose likewise convoluted lineage would make it a subsidiary of today ’ s ExxonMobil ).

Mohammad Mosaddegh: was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until being overthrown in a coup d ' état in 1953. His administration introduced a wide range of social and political reforms but is most notable for its nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company ( APOC / AIOC ) ( later British Petroleum or BP ). Mosaddegh received his Licence en Droit as well as his Doctor of law from the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.

In April 1909 D ' Arcy was made a director of the newly founded Anglo-Persian Oil Company ( APOC ) which would later become British Petroleum.

His government's most notable policy, however, was the nationalization of the Iranian oil industry, which had been under British control since 1913 through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company ( APOC / AIOC ) ( later British Petroleum or BP ).

* Anglo-Persian Oil Company ( United Kingdom ): This subsequently became Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and then British Petroleum.

His father also worked in civilian life for Anglo-Persian Oil, which later became British Petroleum.

Shares were held in the following proportions: 23. 75 % each to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company ( which in 1935 became the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company ( AIOC ) and in 1954 the British Petroleum Company, later BP ), Royal Dutch / Shell, the Compagnie Française des Pétroles ( CFP, which in 1991 became Total ), and the NEDC ; and the remaining 5 % to Calouste Gulbenkian.

Scottish Oils Ltd, established by Anglo-Persian in 1919 by merging five Scottish oil shale companies ( Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Company, Broxburn Oil Company, Pumpherston Shale Oil Company, Oakbank Oil Company, and James Ross & Company Philpstoun Oil Works ), was a producer of shale oil.

The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

The first oil survey took place in 1926 under the direction of a geologist of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, George Martin Lees, but no oil was found.

* April 22 – Hormuz is captured from the Portuguese by an Anglo-Persian force.

* November 1 – Anglo-Persian War: War is declared between Great Britain and Persia.

In 1857, Napoleon III provided his assistance in negotiations to end the Anglo-Persian War, leading to the March 1857 Treaty of Paris.

In the Anglo-Persian attack on the Portuguese fort on Kishm island in the Persian Gulf, a preliminary to the Capture of Ormuz, he died of wounds on 23 January 1622.

It was occupied by British forces in 1856, during the Anglo-Persian War 1856-1857.

In protest of the Anglo-Persian Treaty of 1919, he relocated to Switzerland, from where he returned the following year after being invited by the new Iranian Prime Minister, Hassan Pirnia ( Moshir-ed-Dowleh ), to become his Minister of Justice.

His father Major Abbas Ali Khan ( Dadash Beg ) became commissioned in the 7th Savadkuh Regiment, and served in the Anglo-Persian War in 1856.

More staggering was his sudden cancellation, in 1932, of the old William Knox D ' Arcy contract which had now burgeoned into the British Government-controlled Anglo-Persian ( later Anglo-Iranian ) Oil Co. Iran was getting 16 % of the net profits.

This was based upon his experience with Anglo-Persian, which was owned and operated by the British government.

In 1932 the Shah offended Britain by canceling the agreement under which the Anglo-Persian Oil Company produced and exported Iran's oil.

Philby, in turn, recognizing that competition by foreign interests would get a better deal for his friend, the Saudi King, made contact with Dr. George Lees, Chief Geologist of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, in order to alert him to SoCal's interest in gaining oil exploration rights in Saudi Arabia.

The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force in the 1622 Capture of Ormuz ( 1622 ) | Capture of Ormuz.

In that year, he was selected by Sir James Outram to command a division in the Anglo-Persian War, during which he was present at the action of Muhamra against the forces of Nasser al-Din Shah under command of Khanlar Mirza.

The Anglo-Persian Oil Company continued its large Persian operations although it changed its name to the AIOC in 1935.

The driving force behind its creation was Gulbenkian, and the largest single shareholder was the British Government-controlled Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which by 1914 held 50 % of the shares.

The first relief force assembled under Havelock included 64th Regiment of Foot and 78th Highlanders ( brought back from the Anglo-Persian War ), the first arrivals of the diverted China expedition, 5th Fusiliers, part of the 90th Light Infantry ( seven companies ), the 84th ( York and Lancaster ) from Burma, and EIC Madras European Fusiliers, brought up to Calcutta from Madras.

The Anglo-Persian Agreement, along with new political parties, furthermore immobilized the country.

* Anglo-Persian Agreement

Repeated attempts to open trade were opposed on both commercial and humanitarian grounds, although minor reforms in the 1850s and 60s lowered the prices charged to the natives for " luxuries " like sugar and coffee ; transferred more of the KGH's profits to local communities ; and granted the important Ivigtut cryolite concession to a separate company.

Mr Morgan transferred the concession to the NMELT, which had been formed to build the system and provide electricity to the area.

In this capacity he signed, on behalf of the federal government, an agreement that transferred control of Alberta's natural resources from Ottawa to the provincial government — a concession he had been criticized for being unable to negotiate as Premier.

In 1898 the area was transferred to Germany on a 99-year lease, and became known as the Kiautschou Bay concession.

Traditionally, such projects provide for the infrastructure to be transferred to the government at the end of the concession period.

The facility will be then transferred to the public administration at the end of the concession agreement, without any remuneration of the private entity involved.

In 1593 the disputed concession for pearl fishing on the western shores of the Gulf of California was transferred to Vizcaíno.

At the end of the concession period, the project facilities will be transferred to the government free of charge.

In 1887, the concession was transferred to APT-The Anglo Portuguese Telephone Company, which was kept by the latter until 1968, the year in which the Public Company " Telefones de Lisboa e Porto " ( TLP ) was created.