Shihab bin tariq al said

CHAPTER 1 The Al Said Throne Before 1970

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IBADHIYYAH AND POWER IN OMAN

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Islam in Oman

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Emergence of an Imamate Democratic Tradition

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AL SAID

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Ahmad bin Said r 17441783

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Said bin Ahmad r 17831784

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Hamad bin Said r 17841792

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Badr bin Sayf r 18041807

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Said bin Sultan r 18071856

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Thuwayni bin Said r 18561866

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Salim bin Thuwayni r 18661868

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Azzan bin Qays r 18681871

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Turki bin Said r 18711888

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Faysal bin Turki r 18881913

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Taymur bin Faysal r 19131932

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Said bin Taymur r 19321970

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CHAPTER 2 A Vision for Oman

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PERCEPTIONS OF OMAN THROUGHOUT HISTORY

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A Defining Imamate 7201719

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Imperial Power and the Rise of the Al Said 17191868

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Crisis in the Imamate 18691954

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