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Sultan in Oman by Jan Morris (2003, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherEland Publishing The Limited

ISBN-101906011176

ISBN-139781906011178

eBay Product ID (ePID)114101766

Product Key Features

Book TitleSultan in Oman

TopicMiddle East / Arabian Peninsula, Middle East / General

Publication Year2003

Number of Pages166 Pages

LanguageEnglish

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, History

AuthorJan Morris

FormatTrade Paperback

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal915.35

SynopsisIn 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 on a royal progress across the desert hinterland. It was an historic journey--the first crossing of the Omani desert by motorcar. Jan Morris accompanied His Highness as a professional observer, and was inspired by the experience to write her major work of imperial history, The Pax Britannica Trilogy., An account of the first crossing of the Omani desert by motorcar, as Jan Morris accompanied the Sultan on his royal progress, with the winds of change - oil and revolution - in the background.