Bhacker Reda M. Trade and Empire in Muscat and Zanzibar. Roots of British domination

Routledge, 1994. — 309 p.List of Figures, Maps and TablesConventions and AbbreviationsPrelude to the rise of the Albusaidi Dynasty in East Africa
Oman’s links with India and East Africa: historical problems and perspectives
The importance of commerce to the early Albusaidi rulers
The emergence of British policy towards Oman: 1798–1804
British policy towards Oman under the first Wahhabi threat: 1804–14
The Albusaidi move to Zanzibar: exercise in empire building or survival?
Commercial, political and strategic attractions of East Africa
The suppression of Omani interests in the Gulf and the Albusaidi move to Zanzibar
The development of Omani commerce and British reaction
The re-emergence of British policy towards Oman: post-1833
The ‘Omani’ and the ‘Indian’ roles in the nineteenth-century commercial expansion
Beginnings of the integration of Muscat and Zanzibar into the world economy
Internal and external factors in the subjugation of Oman
Commercial and political rivalry and British encroachments in East Africa
The subordination of Muscat’s rulers and their associates from India
Post-1856 succession dispute and British intervention1750 Letter from the Ruler of Anjouan to Ahmad b Said Albusaidi
Said b Sultan’s 1844 letter to Aberdeen
Said b Sultan’s will, 1850