Travels in Oman : on the track of the early explorers / Philip Ward.

Includes index.

1. The Capital Area : Muscat - Engelbert Kaempfer on Muscat - Wellsted on Muscat - Stiffe on Muscat - Geary on Muscat - The Capital Area in the 1980s - Bait Sayyid Nadir - British Embassy - Matrah and its Forbidden City - Ruwi - Sultan Qaboos University - Museum of Natural History - The Oman Museum - Al- Bustan - Hot Springs, with the observations of Wellsted and Stiffe -- 2. East from Muscat : Yiti -Quriyat -Tiwi - Wadi Tayin - Miles on Wadi Tayin - Wadi TayinToday -Wadi Bani Khalid - Sur - Qalhat, with the observations of Marco Polo - Jaalan, with the observations of Ward, Sylvester and James - Al-Ashkharah - Cole on Jaalan - Miles on al-Ashkharah - Al-Ashkharah Today -- 3. Sharqiyah : Al-Mintirib - Wahibah Sands - Loyd on the Wahibah Sands - Al-Qabil - Al-Mudairib - Ibra - South to al-Musalla -- 4. Jabal Akhdhar and Dhahirah: Fanja and Bidbid - Sumail - Izki and Birkat al-Mawz - Shuraijah and Saiq - Manah - Adam and Nizwa - Wellsted on Nizwa - Nizwa in the 1980s - Tanuf and al-Hamra - Bahla and Bisya - Jabrin - Miles on the Border of the Great Desert - Sulaif and Ibri - Dariz and Bat - Dhank and Yanqul - Cox's Excursions - Wadi Hawasinah - Al-Hazm - Rustaq - Awabi and Wadi Bani Kharus - Miles on the Jabal Akhdhar - Nakhl and Wadi Mistal -- 5. Batinah: Barka and Bait Naman - Al-Musana and Tharmaid - Suwaiq - Whitelock on the Batinah - Pengelley on the Batinah - Al-Khaburah and Saham - Suhar - Shinas and the Border - Miles on the Route between Suhar and Buraimi - To Buraimi - Hamerton on Northern Oman - Buraimi Today - Eccles on Northern Oman -- 6. Musandam : Bertram Thomas on Musandam - Musandam Today - Round the Coast to Khasab - Across the Mountains to Bayah - Khasab and Kumzar -- 7. Dhufar : Haines on Dhufar - Miles on Dhufar - The Bents on Dhufar - Bertram Thomas on Dhufar - Dhufar Today - Ways to Salalah - Samhar and Mirbat - Jabal Qara.