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Author Bhacker, M. Reda (Mohamed Reda), 1955-

Title Trade and empire in Muscat and Zanzibar : roots of British domination / M. Reda Bhacker
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xxix, 278 pages) : maps
Series Exeter Arabic and Islamic series
Exeter Arabic and Islamic series.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures, Maps and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Conventions and Abbreviations; Introduction; Prelude to the rise of the Albusaidi Dynasty in East Africa; Oman's links with India and East Africa: historical problems and perspectives; Migrations and the interaction of commerce and religion in Omani and Swahili cultures; The prominence of the Banyans in Indian Ocean commerce; The importance of commerce to the early Albusaidi rulers; The emergence of Muscat as a political-commercial centre
Summary The role of Oman in the Indian Ocean region prior to British domination; the author traces the tribal and religious dynamics of Omani politics, treating the area of influence as a geographical whole
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-269) and index
Notes English
Print version record
SUBJECT Sansibar gnd
Subject Business enterprises -- Oman
Business enterprises
Commerce
International economic relations
Außenpolitik
Geschichte
Buitenlandse betrekkingen.
Handelsbetrekkingen.
Imperialisme.
Commerce -- Oman -- Histoire.
Geschichte (1798-1862)
SUBJECT Oman -- Commerce -- History
Oman -- Foreign economic relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations -- Oman
Subject Great Britain
Oman
Großbritannien
Oman
Maskat
Zanzibar -- Histoire -- 1890-.
Oman -- Commerce -- Histoire.
Oman -- Relations économiques extérieures -- Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne -- Relations économiques extérieures -- Oman.
Mascate (Oman) -- Commerce -- Histoire.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 91047666
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