10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MASQAT»
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Masqat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
Jazirat Masqat (Muscat Island) (23°37'N., 58°36'E.) has a steep rocky shoreline;
the W side of the island forms the E side of Khawr Masqat. Caution. — A disused
explosives dumping area, the limits of which may best be seen on the chart, lies ...
2
Waqai-i manazil-i Rum: Tipu Sultan's mission to Constantinople
The following are the crops raised in Masqat : dates, grapes, figs, pomegranates,
lemons, melons, water-melons, mangoes, sugar-cane, apricots, peaches, raisins,
radish, onions, pumpkins, spinach and greens, rice, barley, wheat, various ...
The organisation of the factory at Masqat was based on that of the English and
French factories in India. At the head of the factory was a darogha (factor), and
under him were mutasaddis (writers) and guma- shtas (agents) and a body of
troops.
4
Merchants, Mamluks, and Murder: The Political Economy of ...
38 The rise of Masqat soon attracted a large trade with India, Yemen, Africa, and
the Gulf. In the attempt to establish their claim over part of this trade, the Omanis
also challenged the two great Islamic empires in the area. In 1707, the merchants
...
5
Honour Is in Contentment: Life Before Oil in Ras Al-Khaimah ...
Shaikh Khalid ordered Dahaminah and B Ka ab of Wadi al-Qawr to prevent the
Masqat authorities encroaching on Qasimi territory, which a force of c. 300
Dahaminah and Ka ab did. Shaikh Sultan b Salim arrived in Kalba to discuss the
...
William Lancaster, Fidelity Lancaster, 2011
6
Ivory and Slaves: Changing Pattern of International Trade in ...
Mwinyi Juma also was told that in 1 709 the Arabs managed to send only three
small dhows from Masqat to East Africa. A year or two later, two sons of a former
Sultan of Kilwa wrote to him in these terms: You may tell the Portuguese that it is
...
7
The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750–1947: Traders of ...
in the south Chinese port of Quanzhou (Zaitun).2 The oldest continuous Indian
commercial colony is probably that in Masqat. Documents attest the presence
there of a colony of Hindu merchants in the ®fteenth century.3 At the time, the
Hindu ...
8
The Indian Ocean in World History
In the 1760s Danish traveler Carsten Niebuhr reported a population of about
1,200 Banians at Masqat. According to Vincenzo Maurizi, the personal physician
of the young Busaidi ruler, Seyyid Said b. Sultan (r. 1804–56), in the first decade
of ...
9
The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire: C. 1710-1780
Indeed, political and commercial relations between Afghanistan and Masqat
were intensified. Commercial intercourse was primarily based on Indian cloth, but
slaves from Africa and Baluchistan were important trade items as well.67 Ahmad
...
10
The Economics of the Indian Ocean Slave Trade in the ...
The slave labour was, however, used in a greater variety of ways than in the
eighteenth century: • As soldiers in local or regional forces in Shiraz, Kirman,
Basra, Bushire, Bandar 'Abbas, Masqat or Bahrayn Islands. • As farm labourers in
the ...
William Gervase Clarence-Smith, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MASQAT»
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Masqat is used in the context of the following news items.
ANF recovers 345kg drugs, arrests 24 smugglers
The accused intended to take off for Damam via Masqat by Oman Air Flight No. WY-324. “Cases have been registered against all the detainees ... «The Nation, Jun 15»
Ashobaa – the Cyclone that wasn't … at least for Pakistan
... Masqat (Oman). The cyclone is likely to intensify further during next 12 hrs and keep moving west-northwestward towards the coast of Oman. «ARY NEWS, Jun 15»
Cyclone to cause moderate rain in coastal belt
... now lies centred around Lat 20.0N and Long 66.0 about 550km south-southwest of Karachi and 700km east-southeast of Masqat (Oman). «Pakistan Today, Jun 15»
French-built ATR-72 aircrafts needs to be balanced in order to …
“These aircraft are fuel-efficient and are being operated on domestic and one foreign (Masqat) routes,” he said. Regarding the SOP, Mr Memon ... «DAWN.com, May 15»
Contraband drugs worth Rs 10.21 billion seized, five held
The accused intended to proceed to Jeddah via Masqat by Oman Air Flight No WY-348. ANF Lahore Road Check Team during routine ... «Business Recorder, Apr 15»
Yemen chaos: Pakistan, Oman express concern
Both Islamabad and Masqat expressed their concern over Yemen situation at the Fifth Round of Bilateral Political Consultations between ... «The Nation, Apr 15»
'FutbolNet' returns to the Middle East
From the four countries involved, almost 200 teaching staff attended the sessions that took place a few weeks ago in Doha, Masqat and Jubail. «FC Barcelona, Jan 15»
Commander: Iran to Maintain Deployment in High Seas Forever
He also underlined the necessity for the further development of naval cooperation between Tehran and Masqat. Qatan, for his part, called for ... «Fars News Agency, Jan 15»
Gang War Leader Of Lyari Uzair Baloch Arrested At Dubai
DUBAI/ KARACHI – Uzair Baloch the accused of Lyari gang war has been arrested by Interpol in Dubai while he was going for Masqat, ... «Pakistan Tribe, Dec 14»
US state secretary leaves ongoing talks on Iran in Oman
The negotiations between P5+1 (US, Russia, UK, France, China and Germany) and Iran on the latter's nuclear program started in Masqat, ... «Trend.az, Nov 14»
