The Imamate Tradition of Oman
Author | : John C. Wilkinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 1987 |
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Author | : John C. Wilkinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 1987 |
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Author | : John Craven Wilkinson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-04-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780521106146 |
At the core of this book is an attempt to explain a conflict in Oman in the 1950s and 1960s between two claimants to authority: the Imam of the Ibadi sect in the interior and the Sultan with his capital at Muscat on the coast. The crisis, precipitated by two rival oil companies, acquired wider dimensions because the Sultan was supported by the British, whilst the Imam was eventually backed by Saudi Arabia. In his analysis of the roots of this conflict John Wilkinson traces the themes of regional identity, tribal organization and political authority over some 1200 years of history in south-eastern Arabia. The constitution of the Imamate has periodically unified the tribes of central Oman into a form of statehood capable of creating an overseas empire. But in spite of the accruing wealth, notably from Eastern Africa in the nineteenth century, the institutions necessary for permanent government were never created.
Author | : Hussein Ghubash |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2014-02-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1135035660 |
Oman is the inheritor of a unique political tradition, the imama (imamate), and has a special place in the Arab Islamic world. From the eighth century and for more than a thousand years, the story of Oman was essentially a story of an original, minority, movement: the Ibadi. This long period was marked by the search for a just imama through the Ibadi model of the Islamic State. Hussein Ghubash’s well-researched book takes the reader on an historical voyage through geography, politics, and culture of the region, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Oman has long-standing ties with East Africa as well as Europe; the first contact between Oman and European imperialist powers took place at the dawn of the 1500s with the arrival of the Portuguese, eventually followed by the Dutch, French and British. Persuasive, thorough and drawing on Western as well as Islamic political theory, this book analyzes the different historical and geopolitical roles of this strategic country. Thanks to its millennial tradition, Oman enjoys a solid national culture and a stable socio-political situation. Today, it is moving steadily towards a democratic future.
Author | : Isam Al-Rawas |
Publisher | : ISBS |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780863722387 |
This text provides a study of the history of Oman from the advent of Islam until the fall of the second Ibadi Imamate in AH 280. In pulling together historical material, it gives an account of Oman's position under the early Islamic community.
Author | : Jeremy Jones |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2015-08-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1316404595 |
The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of contemporary Oman. Jeremy Jones and Nicholas Ridout offer a distinctive new approach to Omani history, building on postcolonial thought and integrating the study of politics and culture. The book addresses key topics including Oman's historical cosmopolitanism, the distinctive role of Omani Islam in the country's social and political life, Oman's role in the global economy of the nineteenth century, insurrection and revolution in the twentieth century, the role of Sultan Qaboos in the era of oil and Oman's unique regional and diplomatic perspective on contemporary issues.
Author | : Katariina Simonen |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2021-10-19 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 3030852180 |
This book traces the development of Oman's inclusive agreements and highlights their importance for international negotiations, dealing with issues most relevant to humanity's own survival today, nuclear weapons or climate change. In Oman, a historical seafaring nation on the south-eastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, a culture of agreement that accommodates the interests of everyone has developed around the division of scarce water resources. Life in the arid inland of the Omani Hajar mountains would not have been possible without water. Irrigation channel (falaj) construction is extremely old and skilful therein. Local practices evolved around the division of water and land on the basis of fairness. The community would be best served by inclusion and the avoidance of conflict. A specific Islamic school called Ibadi arrived at Oman early on in the eighth century. Ibadi scholars conserved local practices. Consultation and mediation by sheikhs and the religious leader, Imam, became the law of the land. The Omanis were known as the People of Consultation, Ahl Al Shura. In time, the practice of inclusive agreements would extend far beyond the village level, affecting Oman ́s foreign policy under Sultan Qaboos. Oman ́s water diplomacy succeeded in uniting the contestants of the Middle East Peace Process in the 1990s to work together on common problems of water desalination.
Author | : Abdulrahman al-Salimi |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2021-12-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004498702 |
This volume contains twenty-three texts, most of which were written between the end of the 2nd/8th century and the end of the 3rd/9th century.
Author | : Allen James Fromherz |
Publisher | : Social, Economic and Political |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789004439528 |
Senior scholars of Islamic studies and the anthropology of Islam gather in this volume to pay tribute to one of the giants of the field, Dale F. Eickelman.
Author | : Talib Abbas Al-Tabatabai |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1964 |
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ISBN | : |
Author | : Adam Gaiser |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2010-10-29 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0199780684 |
This book is a study of the origin and development of the Ibadi Imamate ideal into its medieval Arabian and North African articulations, this study traces the distinctive features of the Ibadi imama to precedents among the early Kharijites, Rashidun Caliphs and pre-Islamic Arabs.