by Rasmus Christian Elling
The forgotten story of a city in Iran reminds us that oil can also be the stuff of imagination, bringing life to a place, making people dream and remember.
Abadan: Oil City Dreams and the Nostalgia for Past Futures in Iran (Part Two)
by Rasmus Christian Elling.
Abadan is special. Or at least, it used to be special. Its urban and social fabric stands out from all other Iranians cities. Its inhabitants are unmistakably Abadani. How is that?
Abadan: Oil City Dreams and the Nostalgia for Past Futures in Iran (Part Three)
by Rasmus Christian Elling.
As comforting as it may feel, nostalgia is contentious: any remembrance of the past rests on selective amnesia.
The Early Beginnings of Modern Abadan
by Willem Floor.
This was the nucleus of what would become the city of Abadan, as the site of the refinery was commonly called by those working there as well as by the British in their reports. It was this Persianized name that became commonly used and accepted and became the new city’s official name in 1935.
Abadan in the National Press During the Oil Nationalisation Movement, 1946-51
by Mattin Biglari.
During that most momentous period of Iranian oil politics – that of the oil nationalisation movement in 1951 – Abadan was central in the national imagination.