Water and tribal settlement in South-east Arabia : a study of the Aflāj of Oman /

Wilkinson, John Craven.

Water and tribal settlement in South-east Arabia : a study of the Aflāj of Oman / J. C. Wilkinson - Oxford [Eng.] : Clarendon Press, 1977. - xvi, 276 p. : maps, 25 cm - Oxford research studies in geography . - Oxford research studies in geography. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-257) and index.

I. The Regional setting - II. The Hydrology of Mountain Zone - III. The Desert Foreland : the Frontier of Settlement - IV. The Traditional Techniques of Water-Exploitation - V. Falaj Organization - VI. Mazun - VII. The Impact of Imamate Government on the Social and Economic Organization of the Settled Lands in Oman - VIII. Formalized Social Structure - IX. Sedentarization - X. Settlement and Tribal Organisation.

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Water-supply--Oman.
Land settlement--Oman.
Oman--Social life and customs.

HD1741.O5 / W55 1977

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