Sovereigns of the Sea: Omani Ambition in the Age of Empire - Hardcover
by Seema Alavi
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Language:EnglishPublisher:VikingISBN-13:9780670096848ISBN-10:670096849UPC:9780670096848Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, ReferenceBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.29 x 6.22 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SC3401TZE9
Sovereigns of the Sea: Omani Ambition in the Age of Empire
This definitive book on the Sultans of Oman is a thrilling historical account of their action-packed battles, daring expeditions, epic triumphs and ingenious politics in the long nineteenth century. It puts the optic of 'micro-history' on their fascinating lives as they navigated the geopolitics of their time and propelled the politics of the Western Indian Ocean. It offers a comprehensive and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:VikingISBN-13:9780670096848ISBN-10:670096849UPC:9780670096848Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, ReferenceBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.29 x 6.22 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.411Product ID:SC3401TZE9
SEEMA ALAVI is a professor of history at Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana.
She earned her PhD from Cambridge University, England, and has twice been a Fulbright Scholar and a Smuts Visiting Research Fellow at Cambridge. In 2010, she was at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard as the William Bentinck-Smith Fellow. Dr Alavi specializes in early modern and modern South Asia, with...Publisher: Viking
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