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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2006.
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Colección: | Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, 88.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.