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Trade and empire in Muscat and Zanzibar : roots of British domination / / M. Reda Bhacker
| Trade and empire in Muscat and Zanzibar : roots of British domination / / M. Reda Bhacker |
| Autore | Bhacker M. Reda (Mohamed Reda), <1955-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
| Disciplina |
337.4105353
953.53 |
| Collana | Exeter Arabic and Islamic series |
| Soggetto topico | Business enterprises - Oman |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-89555-0
1-280-32243-8 0-203-41033-5 0-203-32032-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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
Developments in Omani and Indian Ocean commerce by the turn of the nineteenth centuryThe emergence of British policy towards Oman: 1798 1804; The 1798 Treaty between Oman and Britain: origins and consequences; The Wahhabis and the beginnings of Muscat's reliance on Britain; British policy towards Oman under the first Wahhabi threat: 1804 14; The rise and early struggles of Said b Sultan (r. 1806 56); The Albusaidi move to Zanzibar: exercise in empire building or survival?; Commercial, political and strategic attractions of East Africa; Said b Sultan's relationship with merchants from India The commercial potential and opposition to Said b SultanThe suppression of Omani interests in the Gulf and the Albusaidi move to Zanzibar; Said b Sultan's move to Zanzibar: a new interpretation; The development of Omani commerce and British reaction; The re-emergence of British policy towards Oman: post-1833; The 1833 Omani-American Treaty: catalyst for change of British policy; The British role in the resolution of the Albusaidi-Mazrui conflict; The 'Omani' and the 'Indian' roles in the nineteenth-century commercial expansion; Role of Muscat in the rise of Zanzibar Muscat and Zanzibar: the resurgence of the Omani economyBeginnings of the integration of Muscat and Zanzibar into the world economy; Expansion of the Omani entrept and agricultural economy; Internal and external factors in the subjugation of Oman; Commercial and political rivalry and British encroachments in East Africa; The consolidation of British authority in the Gulf; British encroachments in East Africa; The subordination of Muscat's rulers and their associates from India; British consul's exploitation of the nationality question and the antislavery crusade The subjugation of the 'Indians'Post-1856 succession dispute and British intervention; The British role in the dismemberment of Oman; Conclusion; Appendices; Said b Sultan's 1844 letter to Aberdeen; Said b Sultan's will, 1850; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454950603321 |
Bhacker M. Reda (Mohamed Reda), <1955->
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Trade and empire in Muscat and Zanzibar : roots of British domination / / M. Reda Bhacker
| Trade and empire in Muscat and Zanzibar : roots of British domination / / M. Reda Bhacker |
| Autore | Bhacker M. Reda (Mohamed Reda), <1955, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (309 p.) |
| Disciplina |
337.4105353
953.53 |
| Collana | Exeter Arabic and Islamic series |
| Soggetto topico | Business enterprises - Oman |
| ISBN |
1-134-89554-2
1-134-89555-0 1-280-32243-8 0-203-41033-5 0-203-32032-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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
Developments in Omani and Indian Ocean commerce by the turn of the nineteenth centuryThe emergence of British policy towards Oman: 1798 1804; The 1798 Treaty between Oman and Britain: origins and consequences; The Wahhabis and the beginnings of Muscat's reliance on Britain; British policy towards Oman under the first Wahhabi threat: 1804 14; The rise and early struggles of Said b Sultan (r. 1806 56); The Albusaidi move to Zanzibar: exercise in empire building or survival?; Commercial, political and strategic attractions of East Africa; Said b Sultan's relationship with merchants from India The commercial potential and opposition to Said b SultanThe suppression of Omani interests in the Gulf and the Albusaidi move to Zanzibar; Said b Sultan's move to Zanzibar: a new interpretation; The development of Omani commerce and British reaction; The re-emergence of British policy towards Oman: post-1833; The 1833 Omani-American Treaty: catalyst for change of British policy; The British role in the resolution of the Albusaidi-Mazrui conflict; The 'Omani' and the 'Indian' roles in the nineteenth-century commercial expansion; Role of Muscat in the rise of Zanzibar Muscat and Zanzibar: the resurgence of the Omani economyBeginnings of the integration of Muscat and Zanzibar into the world economy; Expansion of the Omani entrept and agricultural economy; Internal and external factors in the subjugation of Oman; Commercial and political rivalry and British encroachments in East Africa; The consolidation of British authority in the Gulf; British encroachments in East Africa; The subordination of Muscat's rulers and their associates from India; British consul's exploitation of the nationality question and the antislavery crusade The subjugation of the 'Indians'Post-1856 succession dispute and British intervention; The British role in the dismemberment of Oman; Conclusion; Appendices; Said b Sultan's 1844 letter to Aberdeen; Said b Sultan's will, 1850; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779817103321 |
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Bhacker M. Reda (Mohamed Reda), <1955, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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