page_title: Kitabgi
hierarchical_section_title: Kitabgi
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Kitabgi Khan, in his capacity as Persia's commissioner for the 1900 World Fair in Paris.
context_page_description: Antoine Kitabgi Khan, born on October 2, 1843 in Constantinople and deceased on December 20, 1902 in Livorno, was a Persian general who was director general of customs in Persia from 1881 to 1893 and initiated important concessions during the reigns of Nasseredin shah and his successor Mozaffareddin shah. He was in particular the initiator of the oil concession granted in 1901 to William Knox D'Arcy which gave birth to British Petroleum.
context_section_description: Antoine Kitabgi Khan, born on October 2, 1843 in Constantinople and deceased on December 20, 1902 in Livorno (Italy), was a Persian general who was director general of customs in Persia from 1881 to 1893 and initiated important concessions during the reigns of Nasseredin shah and his successor Mozaffareddin shah. He was in particular the initiator of the oil concession granted in 1901 to William Knox D'Arcy which gave birth to British Petroleum.
caption: General Antoine Kitabgi Khan
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