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050		0	_aDS247.O68 _bW55 1987
100	1		_aWilkinson, John Craven.
245	1	4	_aThe imamate tradition of Oman / _cJohn C. Wilkinson.
260			_aCambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c1987.
300			_axii, 415 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
490	0		_aCambridge Middle East library
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 364-385) and index.
505	0		_aProlegomena : 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.
650		0	_aImamate.
651		0	_aOman _xPolitics and government.
651		0	_aOman _xKings and rulers.
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