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The Imamate Tradition of Oman: Cambridge Middle East Library, cartea 11

Autor John Craven Wilkinson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – apr 2009
At the core of this book is an attempt to explain a conflict in Oman in the 1950s and 1960s between two claimants to authority: the Imam of the Ibadi sect in the interior and the Sultan with his capital at Muscat on the coast. The crisis, precipitated by two rival oil companies, acquired wider dimensions because the Sultan was supported by the British, whilst the Imam was eventually backed by Saudi Arabia. In his analysis of the roots of this conflict John Wilkinson traces the themes of regional identity, tribal organization and political authority over some 1200 years of history in south-eastern Arabia. The constitution of the Imamate has periodically unified the tribes of central Oman into a form of statehood capable of creating an overseas empire. But in spite of the accruing wealth, notably from Eastern Africa in the nineteenth century, the institutions necessary for permanent government were never created.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521106146
ISBN-10: 0521106141
Pagini: 428
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Middle East Library

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

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.

Descriere

At the core of this book is an attempt to explain a conflict in Oman in the 1950s and 1960s between two claimants to authority: the Imam of the Ibadi sect and the Sultan.