Oman & Muscat : an early modern history / Patricia Risso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-248) and index.

Maps : 1. Boundaries of the modern Sultanate of Oman - 2. Towns and villages of Uman and northern Uman - 3. Mountainous regions and district names of Uman and northern Uman - 4. Persian / Arabian Gulf - 5. Indian Ocean region - 6. Western India, Surat to Cochin -- Chapter 1. Geographical and historical introduction -- Chapter 2. The Ibadiya -- Chapter 3. The Yarubi civil war and the coming to power of Ahmed b. Said Al bu Saidi -- Chapter 4. Uman’s maritime involvements during Ahmad’s rule and hostilities with Persia -- Chapter 5. Trade in the Persian/ Arabian Gulf -- Chapter 6. Transitional years, 1781 - 1793 -- Chapter 7. Uman and the Sawahil, c. 1750 - 1800 -- Chapter 8. French-British competition for influence at Masqat -- Chapter 9. The rule of Sultan b. Ahmad ( 1793-1804) and the early Wahhabi incursions into Uman -- Chapter 10. Maritime commerce during Sultan b. Ahmad’s rule -- Appendices : I. Eighteenth century vessels used in the Indian Ocean and the Persian/ Arabian Gulf - II. The qawlnama 1798 and shartnama 1800 : Sultan b. Ahmad’s agreements with British Bombay - III. Abbreviated genealogy of the Al bu Said - IV. Tentative list of the marriages of Ahmad b. Said.