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  • Under the direction of George Reynolds, the wells were plugged at Chiah Surkh, the camp was closed, and the equipment—some forty tons worth—was dismantled, carried back to Baghdad, shipped down the Tigris back to Basra, and then transshipped to the Iranian port of Mohammerah.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • Under the direction of George Reynolds, the wells were plugged at Chiah Surkh, the camp was closed, and the equipment—some forty tons worth—was dismantled, carried back to Baghdad, shipped down the Tigris back to Basra, and then transshipped to the Iranian port of Mohammerah.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • If no oil was found by that depth, Reynolds was ordered to “abandon operations, close down, and bring as much of the plant as is possible down to Mohammerah” and from there, ship the equipment on to Burma.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • If no oil was found by that depth, Reynolds was ordered to “abandon operations, close down, and bring as much of the plant as is possible down to Mohammerah” and from there, ship the equipment on to Burma.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • At Mohammerah is a big Convalescent Hospital for white as well as Indian troops.

    With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 Anonymous

  • Mohammerah, the Persian town at the junction of the Shatt-el-Arab and Karun rivers, looked an interesting place.

    With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 Anonymous

  • The Sheikh of Mohammerah has proved a good friend to the British, and almost opposite his palace one can see the remains of the three steamers in the river which the Turks sunk in a vain endeavour to block the passage as they retreated; as good fortune or Providence would have it, one boat in sinking swung round and left the passage open.

    With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 Anonymous

  • Above Abadan, which is just a cluster of circular tanks, slender chimneys and square houses on the arid plain, with a mass of barges lining the numerous wharfs, we passed Mohammerah.

    In Mesopotamia Maurice Nicoll 1918

  • At all events, Mohammerah, which in 1835 was forty-seven miles distant from the

    Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs 1889

  • Euphrates, "meanders across the plain in a general direction of S.S. W., past the towns of Uris, Ahwaz, and Ismaili, to S.blah, when it turns more to the west, and passing Mohammerah, empties itself into the

    The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

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