Unknown Oman / Wendell Phillips.

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1. Akhdhar and Muscat : Flying into Oman - The Green Mountain – Torrid Muscat – Dining with the Sultan - An ancient inscription The Sultan's person and family -- 2. Religion in Oman : Muslim relics - Christianity respected - Orthodoxy and dissent - Ibadhi Mosques – Christian missions -- 3. To Sohar: Camels - Desert trackers - The motor-road - Date gardens of al-Batinah - Sohar, Sinbad's birthplace? - Sohar then and now -- 4. Disease and Medicine in Oman : The tombs of Mulayyanah - Mohammed and Medicine Cautery as a cure-all - The Evil Eye - Bedouin vaccination Arab eye-surgery – Mercury vapour baths – Childbirth as a killer -- 5. The Will of Allah? Fatalism and Slavery : Fish-traps - Sardines by the billion - Religion is the law and law religion – The death penalty – Schools - Calvinistic fatalism - Jews of Sohar – Mohammed and Slavery Slave-trading by air - Slaves in Oman today -- 6. Trucial Oman : Workers of Sohar – The tongue of angels – Lawrence's Arabic – British protection or Saudi imperialism? – Dhows and Booms – Unspoilt Dubai - Bahrain - Empires over the Gulf - Pirates and Pearls -- 7. Dubai to Buraimi : Arab manners – Law of the Tent - Jabal Shayyal – Joha the Wit - The Falconers - Who owns Buraimi -- 8. Women in Oman : Child marriage – Unwanted daughters – Infanticide Arabian beauty - Female circumcision – Divorce - Trial marriage - Degraded status of women - The veil rent -- 9. The Badu : The red sands - The tribal tie – Fratricide as a way to sheikhdom – Badu raiders - Pride in Hardship - The Bani Hilal – Amiable lies – Driving down Wadi Jizi -- 10. Sohar to Dhofar : Archaeology at Sohar - No ancient city - Lush Dhofar The Qara Range - Lake Darbat – The four tribes of the Qara – Circumcision – Pagan vestiges - Dietary laws -- 11. Frankincense from Dhofar : Spice wealth of Arabia – Frankincense trees- The myrrh trees – Dhofar in antiquity - The Marib Dam - Ruins at Hanun – Andhur Oasis -- 12. Salalah to Shabwah : Dhofar Negroes - Land tenure - Exploring ruined Hasik The Empty Quarter – The Sands - Khasfah Well - The Bait Kathir – Atlantis of the Sands - Looking for Ubar - On to Shabwah -- APPENDIX 1. Oil - APPENDIX 2. Archaeology, with special reference to the Arab East.