1st Edition

Oman and Muscat An Early Modern History

By Patricia Risso Copyright 1986
302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages
by Routledge

During the early modern period Oman held a key position in the trade routes whereby the Muslim world dominated indigenous trade in the Indian Ocean. In the second half of the eighteenth century, Oman broke free from foreign political control and became the dominant economic and naval force in the western Indian Ocean and the Gulf. This was a golden age for Omanis, when their economic power and... Read more

1. Geographical and Historical Introduction  2. The Ibdiya  3. The Ya’rubi Civil War and the Coming to Power of Ahmad b. Sa’id Al bu Sa’idi  4. ‘Uman’s Maritime Involvements During Ahmad’s Rule and Hostilities with Persia  5. Trade in the Persian/Arabian Gulf  6. Transitional Years, 1781-1793  7. ‘Uman and the Sawahil, c. 1750-1800  8. French-British Competition for Influence at Masqat  9. The Rule of Sultan b. Ahmad (1793-1804) and the Early Wahhabi Incursions into ‘Uman  10. Maritime Commerce During Sultan b. Ahmad’s Rule

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Patricia Risso