The Journal of Oman Studies. Volume 6, Parts 1 & 2. 1983.
Costa, Paolo Maria (Editor).
Synopsis
Articles presented to the Conference on Oman Studies held in Muscat November 1980. This issue contains the following:
Part I: History & Documentation: Some Notes on the Portuguese in Oman. By C. F. Beckingham. / A Collections of Texts dealing with the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and its international Relations, 1790-1970. By Robin Bidwell. / New Light on the Relations between the Portuguese and the Omanis, 1613-1633. By C. R. Boxer. / The Early History of Oman in East Africa. By James Kirkman. / References to Oman in the Literature of Arabian Geography. By Manuela Marin. / Documentation on Oman. By J. Pearson. / Omani Naval Activities off the Southern Arabian Coast in the Late 11th/17th Century, from Yemeni Chronicles. By R. B. Serjeant. / Relations between China and the Arabs in Early Times. By Zhang Jun-Yan. / Linguistics: The Code Languages of Oman. By D. H. Linsall. / Folk-Tales and Folk-Lore of Dhofar. By T. Johnstone. / Some Preliminary Remarks on a Collection of Poems and Songs of the Batahirah. By M. J. Morris. / Masqat in the Arab Lexigrophers and Geographers. By C. Rex Smith. / Social Anthropology: The Beduins of Central Oman: Adaptationa and Fossilization. By Dawn Chatty. / Religious Knowledge in Inner Oman. By Dale F. Eickelman. / Irrigation: On Omani Aflaj and the Madrid Water Supply System. By Francisco Utray. / The Origins of Aflaj of Oman. By J. C. Wilkinson.
Part II: Numismatics: The Sinaw Hoard of Early Islamic Coins. By N. Lowick. / Arms & Armour: Arms Manufacture & the Arms Trade in South-Eastern Arabia in the Early Muslim Period. By David Nicolle / Archaeology: Farming Communities of the Oman Peninsula & the Copper of Makkan. By Thierry Berthoud & Serge Cleuziou. / Notes on Settlements Patterns in Traditional Oman. By P.M. Costa / Copper Production during the Third Millennium BC in Oman & the Question of Makkan. By Gerd Weisgerber. / Epigraphy: Preliminary Epigraphic Survey of Islamic Material in Dhofar. By Giovanni Oman / Architecture: Introduction to Omani Military of the 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries. By Enrico d’Errico. / Suhari House. By M. Kervan / Natural Sciences: The Mammal Fauna of Oman with special reference to Conservation & the Oman Flora & Fauna Surveys. By David L. Harrison / Independence & Rural Development in Oman: The Experience of the “Khabura Development Project”. By R. Dutton.