Abstract During the nineteenth century Baluch tribes protected, hid, supported and faithfully defended the Al Bu Sa’id dynasty of Oman, thanks also to the tribal structure and clan-family relationships of their society which, traditionally nomadic, could count on both Makran and peninsular, and continental solidarity. The town of Gwadar was at the same time: a dominion of the Sultans of Oman, a place of interest for the Gichki from Ketch, a strategic observatory for the British government along the coast of Makran in the Persian direction and a station of the Indo-European telegraph line. Large quantities of rifles were imported from Europe and from Russia through Afghanistan destined to enforce the leaderships of Central Asia, the Gulf, the Arabian Peninsula, and East Africa; while secretly arms were imported from European private companies. The trading ports of Bander Abbas, Bushire, and Muscat were the most important markets for arms. Between 1890 and the first decades of the twentieth century, Muscat became the centre of arms trade for the Gulf and the Indian Ocean area. And the presence of Asian merchant communities did play a significant role both on the Gulf shores and in East Africa.

Nicolini, B., Muscat and Gwadar: connections between seaboard communities during the XIX century, in Aa.Vv, A., Proceedings of the International Conference on the History of the city of Muscat, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, Omani Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat 2014: 1-12 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/64664]

Muscat and Gwadar: connections between seaboard communities during the XIX century

Nicolini, Beatrice
2014

Abstract

Abstract During the nineteenth century Baluch tribes protected, hid, supported and faithfully defended the Al Bu Sa’id dynasty of Oman, thanks also to the tribal structure and clan-family relationships of their society which, traditionally nomadic, could count on both Makran and peninsular, and continental solidarity. The town of Gwadar was at the same time: a dominion of the Sultans of Oman, a place of interest for the Gichki from Ketch, a strategic observatory for the British government along the coast of Makran in the Persian direction and a station of the Indo-European telegraph line. Large quantities of rifles were imported from Europe and from Russia through Afghanistan destined to enforce the leaderships of Central Asia, the Gulf, the Arabian Peninsula, and East Africa; while secretly arms were imported from European private companies. The trading ports of Bander Abbas, Bushire, and Muscat were the most important markets for arms. Between 1890 and the first decades of the twentieth century, Muscat became the centre of arms trade for the Gulf and the Indian Ocean area. And the presence of Asian merchant communities did play a significant role both on the Gulf shores and in East Africa.
2014
Inglese
9789996902345
Only Italian Scholar officially invited to Muscat History & Civilization Symposyum, Omani Studies Centre, Sultanate of Oman, 26/30 October 2013. Paper accepted by the Steering Committee and published in the Omani Studies Center Arabic/English version book.
Nicolini, B., Muscat and Gwadar: connections between seaboard communities during the XIX century, in Aa.Vv, A., Proceedings of the International Conference on the History of the city of Muscat, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, Omani Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat 2014: 1-12 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/64664]
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