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mesopotamia
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autumn
a port city in southwestern Iran
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Port in SW Iran, on an island in Shatt-al-Arab delta. The successes of Anglo-Indian forces in the early stages of the Mesopotamia campaign in the autumn of 1914 ensured that Abadan's valuable oil resources remained under British control.
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