| Post Office: | Maidan-i-Naphtun Post Office |
| Date Opened: | 06-May-1920 |
| Date Closed: | 30-Mar-1923 |
| Comments: | The Indian post office at Maidan-i-Naphtun was opened in 1918 initially as a sub post office under the Mesopotamian Military Administration and remained so until 1920 due to the occupation of Arabistan. <br /> <br /> The post office was then transferred to civilian authorities complementing the nearby post office at Ahwaz. <br /> <br /> Very little mail has been recorded from the post office which mainly handled money orders from approximately 1000 British Indian nationals and 50 Europeans who were mainly associated with the oil fields.<br /> <br /> There was no Persian post office at Maidan-i-Naphtun since the oil fields were considered a private concession belonging to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. A nearby Persian post office was opened at a-Soleyman in 1925. |
