Historical Muscat : an Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer.

Historical Muscat : an Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer.

Defines and explains the historical environment that determined the significance and design of Oman's capital Muscat, its twin city Matrah, and their environs prior to 1970. This book also examines how the development of the Muscat conurbation proceeded largely without any consideration of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peterson, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2006.
Series:Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, 88.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Names, Geographical > Oman > Muscat.
Names, Geographical
Geografischer Name
Plaatsnamen.
Stadsplanning.
Muscat (Oman) > History > 20th century.
Oman > Muscat
Maskat
Maskate.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • List of maps; preface and acknowledgements; glossary of arabic terms; transforming muscat: the cultural consequences of urban development; a gazetteer of place names in muscat and its vicinity; chronology; oman's modern rulers: the al bu sa'id dynasty; bibliography; index; illustrations.

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