Buraimi : the struggle for power, influence and oil in Arabia / Michael Quentin Morton.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2013Description: xvii, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781848858183 (hbk.)
- 1848858183 (hbk.)
- 1900 - 1999
- Petroleum -- Prospecting -- Buraymī Oasis (Oman and United Arab Emirates) -- History -- 20th century
- Petroleum -- Prospecting
- Political science
- Buraymī Oasis (Oman and United Arab Emirates) -- History -- 20th century
- Buraymī Oasis (Oman and United Arab Emirates) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Arabian Peninsula
- DS247 .T88 .M68 2013
Item type | Current library | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Oman Library Oman Collection | DS247.T88 M68 2013 OMAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | V. | Copy 1 | Available | 30347000013036 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-275) and index.
Prologue -- Jeddah calling -- A bend in the wadi -- The Riyadh line -- Lanterns in the dark -- A tale of two brothers -- Squeezing Aramco -- The Stobart incident -- Borderlands -- Turki and the tribes -- Taking a stand -- The Hamasa blockade -- No oil man's land -- Make it a red fire -- The Buraimi arbitration tribunal -- Dust in their eyes -- Operation Bonaparte -- The road to Suez -- Rebels and refugees -- Shaybah rising -- Epilogue.
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