Sovereigns of the sea : Omani ambition in the age of empire / Seema Alavi.
Material type: TextPublisher: Haryana, India : Penguin Random House India, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: xxxvi, 393 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0670096849
- 9780670096848
- 0143464280
- 9780143464280
- DS247.O67 A53 2023
Current library | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library NEW ACQUISITION | DS247.O67 A53 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | V. | Copy 1 | Available | 197013769 |
Introduction -- Sayyid Saʻīd: the Arab sultan in the age of revolution -- Sayyid Majid: the imperious counter-revolutionary -- Sayyid Thuwanyi: the counter-revolutionary sultan -- Sayyid Turki: the sultan in the age of the nation state -- Sultan Barghash: the imperial bridehead.
This definitive book on the Sultans of Oman is a thrilling historical account of their action-packed battles, daring expeditions, epic triumphs and ingenious politics in the long nineteenth century. It puts the optic of 'micro-history' on their fascinating lives as they navigated the geopolitics of their time and propelled the politics of the Western Indian Ocean. It offers a comprehensive and in-depth examination of the ambitions of the Omani patriarch Sultan Sayyid Saʻīd and his four sons and shows how integral they were to the political culture of the region.