Sultan in Oman

by Jan Morris

Book Overview

In 1955 the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, southeast of Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Sea, was a truly medieval Islamic State, shuttered against all progress under the aegis of its traditionalist and autocratic ruler. But it was also nearly the end of an imperial line, for in those days the British Government was still powerful in Arabia. Rumors of subversion and the intrigues of foreign powers mingled with the unsettling smell of oil to propel the sultan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906011176
• ISBN13: 9781906011178
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Eland Publishing
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"