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1 Khurazmi university

2 PhD student in the history of post-Islamic Iran, Khwarazmi University

3 Associate Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Khwarazmi University

10.30465/sehs.2025.49506.1994

Abstract

In the cycle of the oil industry, investment on human power and matters related to employee recruitment is targeted and always affects this industry in an inseparable way.

With the discovery of oil in Masjid Sulaiman (1287 S/1908 AD) and the construction of a refinery in Abadan, the issue of large-scale employment of labor became one of the most serious challenges facing Iran and England Oil Company. This caused employment generation and the presence of a population made up of different ethnicities and nationalities with different social and occupational positions in the oil fields of southern Iran.

The Iranian forces, who were not familiar with the oil industry, after being recruited, worked in non-technical jobs of the oil company, and parallel to the Iranian forces, foreigners with better conditions were employed in technical and semi-technical jobs. With the increase in the employment of non-Iranian forces, the issue of Iranianization of the workforce, which was also mentioned in Darcy's concession, was raised and with the extension of the contract in 1312/1933 AD. It was followed more seriously.

The basis of this article is based on this axis, in a descriptive-analytical way and by using library sources and authentic documents, considering the social origin and national identity of the employees of Iran and England Oil Company in the years 1908-1953 AD. to pay

The findings of the research indicate that the national identity of the employees of Iran and England Oil Company was contrary to the articles of the Darcy contract, and following the protests and training of Iranian experts, it resulted in the gradual Iranianization of the workforce.

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