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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: SOCIETY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

Volume 7

DAWN OVER OMAN

DAWN OVER OMAN

PAULINE SEARLE

First published in 1975 by Khayat Book and Publishing Co, Beirut

Second edition, entirely revised and re-set, 1979

This edition first published in 2016

by Routledge

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1979 George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN: 978-1-138-19040-5 (Set)
ISBN: 978-1-315-62817-2 (Set) (ebk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-19218-8 (Volume 7) (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-62879-0 (Volume 7) (ebk)

Publishers Note

The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent.

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The Kesra named Oman Mazun

And Mazun, O friend! is a goodly land

A land abounding in fields and groves

With pastures and unfailing springs

(PRE-ISLAMIC POET)

PAULINE SEARLE

DAWN OVER OMAN

First published in 1975 by Khayat Book and Publishing Co, Beirut This edition, entirely revised and re-set, 1979

This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. All rights are reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, 1956, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Enquiries should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned address:

GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD
40 Museum Street, London WC1A 1LU

George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd, 1979

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Searle, Pauline

Dawn over Oman. Revised ed.

1. Oman Description and travel

I. Title

915.35 DS247.062 79-40126

ISBN 0-04-915023-5

Typeset in 11 on 13 point Palatino by Western Printing Services, Bristol and printed in Great Britain by W. &. J. Mackay Ltd, Chatham

Contents

With thanks to: John Jennings (geology), Rudi Jckli (rock art), David S. Henderson (oryx), Michael Searle, David Shepherd (ornithology), Dr Donald Bosch (conchology), Anne de Young (missionary work in Oman), Major Shane Lucas (firearms), W. Peyton, the late Andrew Williamson, Richard Carrington, G. Reid-Anderson, Major-General J. D. C. Graham CBE, Brigadier Colin Maxwell, Colonel Malcolm Dennison, Major Peter Sincock, Cyril Cooper MBE, Patsy Wills, John Carter, Douglas Galloway, Julian Paxton, Alastair Aked, Lorens Hedelund, Harvey Staal, Ralph Daly; and especially to:

Sayyid Fahad bin Mahmood al Said,

Sheikh Amor Ali Ameir and

H. E. Hassan Said Mohammed

for their help and cooperation.

Cover picture copyright David S. Henderson, MMPA; courtesy of Williams Bros Ltd; manumission certificate (17) courtesy of the British Embassy, Muscat.

Sketches by Michael Beeching (prints available through Arabian Art Enterprises, 1314 New Bond Street, London W1).

Abu Ali	Nineteenth-century tribe in Central Oman
Adu	Enemy
Aflaj	Plural of falaj (water channel)
Akkadian period	About 1700 BC
Al Bakr al Wahsh	Literally wild cow, a name for the oryx
Al Bu Said	Dynasty to which the present ruler of Oman belongs
Bab al Kabir	Literally large gate, usually the main gate of a city
Badawi	Proper name for Bedu
Bait Kathir	Tribe in Southern Oman
Bani Hina	Tribe in Northern Oman
Bani Julandu	Tribe in Northern Oman
Bani Riyam	Tribe in Central Oman
Barasti	Palm-frond dwellings
Bedu	Nomad or desert dweller
Bin Sola	Literally son of violence, a name for oryx
Bum	Boat with a beaked prow and sharp stern
Baghala	Large sailing ship with high poop and stern
Burma	Large pot used in the making of rosewater
Dhow	Arabian sailing vessel
Dilmun	Legendary island associated with present-day Bahrain
Dirhams	Currency used in the Gulf area
Dish-dash	All-enveloping white cotton garment worn by men in Oman
Dum dum	Evening gun
Duru	Tribe in Central Oman
Eid al Adha	Feast commemorating the sacrifice of Abraham and characterised by the slaughtering of sheep
Falaj	Water channel
Firqas	Home Guard
Garab	Skin disease affecting camels
the Hadhramaut	Coastal province of South Yemen
Hadhrami	Belonging to the Hadhramaut
Halwa	Sticky sweet found everywhere in the Middle East
Harasis	Tribe in Central Oman
Huri	Canoe from hollowed-out tree-trunk, now with outboard motor

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