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Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman
This book is a study of the seafaring communities of the Arabian Gulf and Oman in the past 150 years. It analyses the significance of the dhow and how coastal communities interacted throughout their long tradition of seafaring.
In addition to archival material, the work is based on extensive field research in which the voices of seamen were recorded in over 200 interviews. The book provides an integrated study of dhow activity in the area concerned and examines the consciousness of belonging to the wider culture of the Indian ocean as it is expressed in boat-building traditions, navigational techniques, crew organisation and port towns.
People of the Dhow brings together the different measures of time past, the sea, its people and their material culture. The Arabian Gulf and Oman have traditionally shared a common destiny within the Western Indian Ocean. The seasonal monsoonal winds were fundamental to the physical and human unities of the seafaring communities, producing a way of life in harmony with the natural world, a world which was abruptly changed with the discovery of oil. What remains is memories of a seafaring past, a history of traditions and customs recorded here in the recollections of a dying generation and in the rich artistic heritage of the region.
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Anglo-Ottoman confrontation in the Persian Gulf in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
This paper deals with the imperial rivalry for domination over the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf and the role of unsettled affairs in the emirates of Najd, Shammar, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman in precipitating foreign intervention. This coincided with British attempts to exercise a determinative influence in an area deemed integral to Ottoman rights of sovereignty. The Ottomans sought to ward off foreign encroachments but to no avail. Nevertheless the need to maintain this right from the second half of the 19th century through the first decade of the 20th was crucial for an empire which was losing its hold on its Christian subjects in the Balkans. The encroachment on the Persian Gulf by rival European powers intensified when the trade possibilities with the Persian side became known. In their constant and persistent search for outlets of trade and access to material resources the British were not prepared to concede this privilege to Germany. Controlling the waterway was deemed essential for protecting access to India, which accounts for the British policy to keep rivals away. But this could be accomplished only by stabilizing the Gulf and curtailing feuds among rival emirs. Specifically we focus on activities relating to the sancadkv of the vilayet of Basra which encompassed the whole Arabian literal of the Gulf. Notable among British activities was her quest to expand her trading markets, mostly into the Persian sphere which the German ambassador in Tehran had reported on as a lucrative undertaking if Germany could get in on it. The narrative for this discussion commences in 1896 and is based substantially on official reports housed both in London and Berlin. Ottoman archival sources help determine the position of the Ottoman government vis-à-vis what had developed essentially as an Anglo-German rivalry threatening the hold of the Sultan on this region. We shall focus on the manoeuverings with the tribes of Najd and Shammar for dominance in an unstable region and the unsuccessful efforts of the Ottoman administrators to stabilize the area and contain foreign manoeuverings.
Journal Article
The Durable Dhow
For centuries the Omanis were apt seafaring peoples who travelled in dhows. A look at this ancient seafaring life and some of the different varieties of dhows is presented.
Magazine Article