Sultan in Oman / james morris.

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1. Muscat and Oman - legal sovereignty - oil and the British - Buraimi - Fahud - the plan - Greetings -- 2. Dhufar - the askaris - Salala - Qara mountains - tea with the wali - the abyss - better than the Backs - strange people - good news - to the palace -- 3. The convoy - exhilarating start - in the hills - the frankincense tree - Wadi Duka - across the gravel desert - swift progress - the dump - more good news - the Empty Quarter - Fahud -- 4. Interlude with oil rig -- 5. Into the mountains - with the soldiers - Adam - the falluj - red flags - assemblage at Firq - Nizwa - in the fort - the falluj - Suleiman bin Hamyar -- 6. Useful evidence - communiqués - on to Ibri - a jolly place - evangelical soldier - levity of approach - a boring ceremony - Buraimi - watches - royal meeting - the banquet -- 7. Across the mountains - Wadi Jeziz - coal - Sohar - the sea - on Sindbad - mercenaries - naval calls - down the sands - bats -- 8. A warning - into Muscat - Sultan's reception - twin ports - harems, slavery and disease - at night - farewell audience -- Maps : The Middle East in 1955, showing the relative position of Oman - Muscat and Oman in 1955, showing the Sultan's route.