DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES

Country Profiles

from BBC Country Profiles; from World Desk Reference ; from Nations Encyclopedia; from Wikipedia; from CIA World Factbook, countries - Oman Library of Congress, Country Studies : Oman Article : Oman, from Encyclopedia of the Orient

Links, General

from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from BUBL Category : Oman, from Wikipedia

Links, on History

Category : History of Oman, from Wikipedia

Historical Dictionaries

Historical Maps

Timelines

Timeline, from BBC News, from timelines.ws

Accounts of History

from Wikipedia, from Encyclopedia of the Orient

Encyclopedia Entries

Articles Oman, Muscat, from EB 1911 Articles Oman, Maskat, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German Entry Dhofar, from Footnotes to History, by James L. Erwin Article Arabia, from EB 1902 J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Maskat, posted by DTBSWS G.Th. Landmann, A universal gazetteer; or, Geographical dictionary of the world (1835), posted on Internet Archive; search for Maskat

Politics

Political Resources on the Web : Oman; Article Politics of Oman, from Wikipedia; Governments on the WWW : Oman

Military

Wars of Oman, 1800-1999, from ACED CASCON Case MUS : Muscat and Oman 1957-1970, by L.P. Bloomfield, L. Moulton Muscat and Oman 1957-1959, Dhofar 1969-1976, from Britain's Small Wars Orders, Decorations and Medals of Oman, from ODM, from Jean Paul Leblanc Oman Military Guide, from Global Security

Economy & Finances

Global Currency History : Oman Article Economy of Oman, from Wikipedia; from Encyclopedia of the Orient Company Histories : Petroleum Development Oman Ltd. , from Funding Universe A History of Shell Oman History of National Bank of Oman, of Central Bank of Oman Article : Muscat Securities Market, from Wikipedia

Ethnography, Demography

Languages of Oman (11), from Ethnologue World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Oman

Religion

Article Religion in Oman, from Wikipedia, Category : Religion in Oman, from Wikipedia Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Oman, from Kirken i Norge

History of Regions

Regions of Oman, Districts of Oman, from www.statoids.com Articles Musandam, Dhofar, from Wikipedia

History of Cities

History of Muscat, from Wikipedia, from Encyclopedia of the Orient

Institutions

Structurae : Oman; search Lighthouse Explorer for Oman History of Sultan Qaboos University Oman, from Airlines History

Bibliographies

Search ISBN Database for Muscat, Oman Oman, from Online Books Page Online books on History of Omani architecture, from ArchNet Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keyword Oman (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) Search RHS Bibliography for Oman, Muscat Search UK National Archive Online Library for Oman, Muscat

Biographies

Others

International Boundary Studies, search for Oman Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World : Oman Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Oman Palearctic Ecoregion, from WWF Disaster History by Country : Oman, fromRelief Web Article Oman at the Olympics, from Wikipedia Bondarevsky, Turning the Persian Gulf into a British Lake : British Domination of the Indian Ocean in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, posted on Maldives Culture

DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS

Lists of Statesmen

from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon); from Rulers, (B. Schemmel); from Regnal Chronologies from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated)

Lists of Ambassadors

U.S. Ambassadors to Oman, from NNDB; Chinese Ambassadors to Oman, from PRC MOFA

Population Figures

Historical Population Statistics, Oman, from Population Statistics (Jan Lahmeyer) City Population : Oman, from City Population

Document Collections

List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Oman, from ILO, 2 docs. since 1994 Internet Law Library : Oman Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site Search Hansard for Muscat, Oman Search CIA Released Documents for Oman Muscat, pp.1291- in vol.9 of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949, 1972, GB

Ethnographical

Arabie, pp.381-382 in X. Heuschling, Manual de statistique ethnographique universelle, 1847, in French, GB

Online Newspapers

links from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers

Archives, Musea, Libraries

Records of Oman 1867-1960, Records of Oman 1960-1965, from Cambridge Archive Editions Museums in Oman, from Omanet Showcaves : Oman

National Symbols

Flag, from FOTW National Anthem, from national-anthems.net

Coins, Banknotes

Banknotes of Oman, from World Currency Museum, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money Oman Coins, from Don's World Coin Gallery; search Coin Archives for Muscat, Oman

Others

License plates from Jordan, from Francoplaque; from License Plates of the World Airline Timetable Images : Oman

PRINTED REFERENCES

On the Middle East

Ritchie Ovendale, The Longman Companion to the Middle East since 1914, London etc.: Longman 1994 [G]

General Accounts

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.13, pp.828-831 Article Arabia : Oman KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.13 Francis Owtram, A Modern History of Oman, Formation of the State since 1920, London : Tauris 2004, KMLA Lib.Sign. 953.53 097m

Specific Periods

W.S.W. Ruschenberger, A Voyage Round the World: Including an Embassy to Muscat and Siam in 1835 (1838), posted on Internet Archive E. Roberts, Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat: In the U. S. Sloop-of-war .. (1837), posted on Internet Archive G.B. Foreign Office, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Grant of the French Flag to Muscat Dhows: The Counter-case on Behalf of the .. (1905), posted on Internet Archive J. Morris, Sultan In Oman Venture Into The Middle East (1957), posted on Internet Archive B. Moritz, Sammlung arabischer Schriftstücke aus Zanzibar und Oman (1892) in German, posted on Internet Archive

Historical Dictionary

Malcolm C. Peck, Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States, Lanham Md. : Scarecrow 1997 [G] Articles : Dhofar pp.147-149, in : James Minahan, Nations without States, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G]