Makran, Oman and Zanzibar

PART I Chapter One The Western Indian Ocean Idyll, 1.1 Makran: 'Terra Incognita', 1.2 British descriptions of 19th Century's Muscat, 1.3 Sub-Saharan East Africa's Terminus, 1.4 Tribes and Trade Interfaces Chapter Two The Maritime Routes to East Africa, 2.1 Indian Merchant Communities, 2.2 Why Zanzibar?, 2.3 Magic East African Practices, 2.4 Luxury Goods, 2.5 Europeans in Zanzibar Chapter Three Zanzibar and Swahili Coast: Land, Power Groups and Social Classes, 3.1 Swahili Origins, 3.2 Swahili Urban Landscape, 3.3 Landed Property and Social Stratification PART II Chapter Four The Anglo-French Rivalry: The Rise of Zanzibar (1799-1810), 4.1 Sul+an bin Amad Al Bu Saidi (1792-1804): TheFather of the First Sultan of Zanzibar, 4.2 Napoleon and the 'Intercepted Letters', 4.3 Said bin Al Bu Saidi and the British Conquest of the Ile de France/Mauritius (1810), 4.4 The Memoranda of J.S. Buckingham: A Portrait of Said bin Sul+an Al Bu Saidi, 4.5 David Vatrin and Vincenzo Maurizi, Two ItalianSpies in the Indian Ocean? Chapter Five Slave Trade and British Abolition Policy, 5.1 Slaves, 5.2 Ivory and Spices, 5.3 The Swahili Coast and the Hinterland, 5.4 British View of Said bin Sul+an Al Bu Saidi Chapter Six The Moresby Treaty (4/22 September 1822), 6.1 United States of America and Zanzibar, 6.2 Said bin Sul+an Al Bu Saidi and Atkins Hamerton Conclusions Appendix-Coins in use Sources and Bibliography, 1. Archive Sources-Manuscripts, 2. Printed Sources, 3. Published Primary Sources, 4. Secondary Sources, Glossary Notes on the Index Index of Names Index of Places

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