A history of the nation of Oman and its relations with other Indian Ocean neighbors, Pakistan, India and East Africa.
General Note
Includes index and chronology.
Content Note
City in the sand and the righteous imam -- Sayyid Sa'id ibn Sultan -- The Al Bu Sa'id struggle for power -- Sultanate and imamate -- Unification and opposition -- Sultan Qaboos and the renaissance -- The new Oman.