Muscat and Oman: The End of an Era by Ian Skeet Paperback Book

Description: Muscat and Oman by Ian Skeet Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Ian Skeet travelled across the vast sand deserts and arid highlands of Muscat and Oman in 1966 8, preparing the wary inhabitants for the coming of oil, visiting its isolated walled cities, fortified oasis communities and independent-minded Bedouin tribes. Publisher Description The Sultanate of Muscat and Oman was a hermit state until 1970, preserving in every detail the poverty, personality and picturesque reality of a medieval kingdom. For forty years, Sultan Said bin Taimur personally controlled everything that happened, deliberately cutting the nation off from the headlong development of the rest of the world. Fortunately for Oman this would change, and fortunately for us, we have a first-hand witness to this complex society before that watershed. Ian Skeet travelled across the vast sand deserts and arid highlands of Muscat and Oman in 1966 8, preparing the wary inhabitants for the coming of oil, visiting its isolated walled cities, fortified oasis communities and independent-minded Bedouin tribes. The sultan s motives may have been pure to preserve his people from the sin of usury and the slavery of foreign debt but Ian Skeet s portrait is a devastating study of the dead hand of autocracy. Author Biography Ian Skeet worked throughout the Middle East for more than thirty years (1953-85) employed by Shell. This gave him unique access to the interior tribes and communities of Muscat and Oman from 1966 68 when he worked for Sultan Said bin Timur as the liaison officer for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), explaining the project, the useful future revenues and its vulnerable pipelines to the tribes and sheikhs of the interior. During this period, his wife Elizabeth and their three young children lived in Beit Fransawi, the old French Consulate. Ian Skeet graduated from Merton College, Oxford and after retiring from Shell in 1985 worked as a consultant on the oil politics of the Middle East, leaving room to write Oman: Politics and Development and OPEC: 25 Years of Prices and Politics and to edit a selection of the writings of Paul Frankel. Details ISBN 1780602243 ISBN-13 9781780602240 Title Muscat and Oman Author Ian Skeet Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 240 Publisher Eland Publishing Ltd GE_Item_ID:160087404; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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