Historical Muscat ：An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer

Publication series ：1

Author： Peterson   John  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2006

E-ISBN: 9789047418771

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004152663

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004152663

Subject： K388.9 local annals

Language： ENG

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Description

An examination of the historical environment of Muscat, the capital of Oman, and the damage sustained by the city’s historical legacy since 1970. It includes a historical gazetteer of Muscat and its environs and numerous maps and photographs.

Chapter

LIST OF MAPS

pp.：  7 – 8

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

pp.：  9 – 12

GLOSSARY OF ARABIC TERMS

pp.：  13 – 14

TRANSFORMING MUSCAT: THE CULTURAL CONSEQUENCES OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

pp.：  15 – 50

Historical Muscat

pp.：  15 – 33

Twentieth-Century Muscat Before 1970

pp.：  34 – 35

Muscat Since 1970

pp.：  36 – 50

A GAZETTEER OF PLACE NAMES IN MUSCAT AND ITS VICINITY

pp.：  51 – 130

CHRONOLOGY

pp.：  131 – 138

OMAN'S MODERN RULERS: THE AL BU SA'ID DYNASTY

pp.：  139 – 140

BIBLIOGRAPHY

pp.：  141 – 146

INDEX

pp.：  147 – 154

ILLUSTRATIONS

pp.：  155 – 278

Figure Labels

pp.：  155 – 162

Credits for Figures

pp.：  163 – 166

Figures

pp.：  167 – 278

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