The Way to Isfahan : And Passing Through Muscat - an Account of a Trip to Persia and Oman In 1900. by Loti, Pierre

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Embassy to the Eastern courts : America's secret first pivot toward Asia, 1832-37 / by Jampoler, Andrew C. A., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…The first cruise, March 8, 1832-May 31, 1834 : USS Peacock and USS Boxer -- President Jackson, Secretary Woodbury, and Mister Roberts -- The Frigate USS Potomac at Kuala Batee -- Master Commandant Geisinger, Chargé d'Affaires Baylies, and Surgeon Ticknor -- Monte Video to Manila -- China, Cochin China, and Siam -- Oman, Mozambique, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, and New York -- Part 2. …”
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Buying time : debt and mobility in the western Indian Ocean / by McDow, Thomas F., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Buying time -- Drought and new mobilities in the Omani interior -- The customs masters and customs of credit in Zanzibar -- Sultans at sea : mobility and the Omani states -- Halwa and identity in the western Indian Ocean world -- Tippu Tip's kin, from Oman to the eastern Congo -- Freed slaves : manumission and mobility before 1873 -- Acts for consuls and consular acts : documents, manumission, and ocean travel after 1873 -- A dhow on Lake Victoria -- "Everything is pledged to its time" : Salih bin Ali, debt, and rebellion in the Omani interior -- Epilogue.…”
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