The imamate tradition of Oman /
Wilkinson, John Craven.
The imamate tradition of Oman / John C. Wilkinson. - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987. - xii, 415 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Cambridge Middle East library .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-385) and index.
Prolegomena : The Imamate tradition -- PART I. GEOPOLITICAL STRUCTURES : 1. Regional identity - 2. Regional divisions I ; Muscat and Oman - 3. Regional divisions II ; core and periphery -- PART II. TRIBAL STRUCTURES : 4. Clan patterns ; lore or law? - 5. Property, territory and shaikhs - 6. Territory and tribal state formation -- PART III. IMAMATE STRUCTURES : 7. The Imamate community - 8. Laws of the community - 9. Tribe, state and dynasties ; a historical overview - 10. The Al Bu Said and the Ibadi renaissance -- PART IV. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IMAMATE : 11. The traditional opening ; the Imamate restored - 12. The oil game - 13. The end game ; the overthrow of the Imamate - 14. Conclusion ; the spoilt game -- Maps : 1. The old regional names of Oman - 2. Access map - 3. Central Oman - 4. Northern Oman - 5. Trucial Oman - 6. Tribal map of the Sultanate - 7. Frontier claims in south-east Arabia - 8. East Africa.
052132713X 9780521327138
Imamate.
Oman--Politics and government.
Oman--Kings and rulers.
DS247.O68 / W55 1987
The imamate tradition of Oman / John C. Wilkinson. - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987. - xii, 415 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Cambridge Middle East library .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-385) and index.
Prolegomena : The Imamate tradition -- PART I. GEOPOLITICAL STRUCTURES : 1. Regional identity - 2. Regional divisions I ; Muscat and Oman - 3. Regional divisions II ; core and periphery -- PART II. TRIBAL STRUCTURES : 4. Clan patterns ; lore or law? - 5. Property, territory and shaikhs - 6. Territory and tribal state formation -- PART III. IMAMATE STRUCTURES : 7. The Imamate community - 8. Laws of the community - 9. Tribe, state and dynasties ; a historical overview - 10. The Al Bu Said and the Ibadi renaissance -- PART IV. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IMAMATE : 11. The traditional opening ; the Imamate restored - 12. The oil game - 13. The end game ; the overthrow of the Imamate - 14. Conclusion ; the spoilt game -- Maps : 1. The old regional names of Oman - 2. Access map - 3. Central Oman - 4. Northern Oman - 5. Trucial Oman - 6. Tribal map of the Sultanate - 7. Frontier claims in south-east Arabia - 8. East Africa.
052132713X 9780521327138
Imamate.
Oman--Politics and government.
Oman--Kings and rulers.
DS247.O68 / W55 1987