Makran, Oman and Zanzibar : Three-Terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean (1799-1856) / Beatrice Nicolini ; translated from the Italian by Penelope-Jane Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicolini, Beatrice, author.

Contributor:

Watson, Penelope-Jane, translator.

Series:

Islam in Africa ; Volume 3.

Islam in Africa Series ; Volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zanzibar--History--To 1890.

Zanzibar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2004]

Summary:

This unique contribution to the growing field of western Indian Ocean studies brings new light and new perspective on the early 19th century expansion of both Omani Sultan and the British. The important role played by the Baluch in East Africa is here discussed thanks to little known archive documents integrated with field work.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Note on Transcriptions and Transliterations

List of Abbreviations

List of Maps and Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

PART I

Chapter One The Western Indian Ocean Idyll

1.1 Makran: 'Terra Incognita'

1.2 British descriptions of 19th Century's Muscat

1.3 Sub-Saharan East Africa's Terminus

1.4 Tribes and Trade Interfaces

Chapter Two The Maritime Routes to East Africa

2.1 Indian Merchant Communities

2.2 Why Zanzibar?

2.3 Magic East African Practices

2.4 Luxury Goods

2.5 Europeans in Zanzibar

Chapter Three Zanzibar and Swahili Coast: Land, Power Groups and Social Classes

3.1 Swahili Origins

3.2 Swahili Urban Landscape

3.3 Landed Property and Social Stratification

PART II

Chapter Four The Anglo-French Rivalry: The Rise of Zanzibar (1799-1810)

4.1 Sulṭān bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Saʾīdī (1792-1804): The Father of the First Sultan of Zanzibar

4.2 Napoleon and the 'Intercepted Letters'

4.3 Saʾīd bin Āl Bū Saʾīdī and the British Conquest of the Île de France/Mauritius (1810)

4.4 The Memoranda of J.S. Buckingham: A Portrait of Saʾīd bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Saʾīdī

4.5 David Vatrin and Vincenzo Maurizi, Two Italian Spies in the Indian Ocean?

Chapter Five Slave Trade and British Abolition Policy

5.1 Slaves

5.2 Ivory and Spices

5.3 The Swahili Coast and the Hinterland

5.4 British View of Saʾīd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Saʾīdī

Chapter Six The Moresby Treaty (4/22 September 1822)

6.1 United States of America and Zanzibar

6.2 Saʾīd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Saʾīdī and Atkins Hamerton

Conclusions

Appendix-Coins in use

Sources and Bibliography

1. Archive Sources-Manuscripts

2. Printed Sources

3. Published Primary Sources

4. Secondary Sources

Glossary

Notes on the Index

Index of Names.

Index of Places.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-474-1329-6

OCLC:

1310041473