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Winner of the Society for Arabian Studies Grant in 2003. This study examines a view '‘from outside' of the three terminals: Makran, Muscat and Zanzibar which is a partial one in the history of the western Indian Ocean. Such themes are, however, essential when viewed against the background of Anglo-French rivalry in the Gulf and Indian Ocean during the first half of the nineteenth century, and are central to numerous debates. The methodological perspective, therefore, whilst concerned with oriental figures and events, is still largely based on sources in western languages precisely because it concentrates on the relations between Saʾ îd bin Sulṭân Âl Bû Saʾ îdî (r. 1806-1856), the Arab-Omani sovereign of Muscat and Zanzibar, and Europe, and on Baluch presence in Oman and in East Africa.
About the Author
Beatrice Nicolini, Ph.D. (1995) in History of Africa, is Assistant Professor of History and Institutions of Africa, Faculty of Political Sciences, at the Catholic University, Milan, Italy. She has published several essays and monograph studies on History of South-Central Asia and Sub-saharan East Africa translated also in Arabic.
Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799-1856 (Islam in Africa, V. 3),Beatrice Nicolini,Penelope-Jane Watson,Brill Academic Publishers,9004137807,19th century,Africa - Central,Asia - General,Commerce,Foreign relations,History,History - General History,History: World,Interior Design - General,Middle East - General,To 1890,Zanzibar
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