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Part One: The First Shah of Iran

Behind the Bastards

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Oil's Discovery and Early Foreign Speculation

Robert traces William Knox D'Arcy's 1901 oil deal, Burma Oil partnership, and the start of Anglo-Persian exploitation.

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