The Oil Fields and the Fire Temple of Baku

From Constantinople to the home of Omar Khayyam; Chapter IV

Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson

The McMillan Company, 1911

'By a towne called Backo, neere vnto which towne is a strange thing to behold for there issueth out of the ground a marueilous quantitie of Oyle.'

- JEFFBEY DUCKET, Fift Voyage into Persia, p. 439.

A VISIT to the oil wells at the fields in the Balakhany-Sabunchy-Romany region, about eight miles northward from Baku, or at Bibi Eibat, some three miles south of the city, is an interesting experience. It was my pleasant privilege, during my first visit at Baku, to pay such a visit under the guidance of the. British vice-consul, Mr. Urquhart, whose kindness was equaled only by his knowledge of Baku and all that relates to the city. more >>>