Blood & Oil: A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Manucher Farmanfarmaian, Roxane FarmanfarmaianPublish date:12/13/2005Pages:576
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780812975086ISBN-10:812975081UPC:9780812975086Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Royalty, Middle East, MemoirsSize:8.12 x 5.26 x 1.26 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCGGSQT8PJ
Blood & Oil: A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah
PEN/West Award Finalist " Told with energy, perception and great charm. . . . For anyone who wants to . . . gain insight into the great cultural and political richness of Iran, past, present and future, this book is a marvelous introduction."
--Fred Halliday, Los Angeles Times Iran was the first country in the Middle East to develop an oil industry, and oil has been central to its tumultuous...
--Fred Halliday, Los Angeles Times Iran was the first country in the Middle East to develop an oil industry, and oil has been central to its tumultuous...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780812975086ISBN-10:812975081UPC:9780812975086Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Royalty, Middle East, MemoirsSize:8.12 x 5.26 x 1.26 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCGGSQT8PJ
Prince Manucher Farmanfarmaian was born in Tehran in 1917, the thirteenth child in the vast harem of a Qajar patriarch. He studied petroleum engineering at Birmingham University in England before returning to Iran to become director general of petroleum, concessions, and mines after World War II. In 1958 he became director of sales for the National Iranian Oil Company. He also served on the board...
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