Sultan Qaboos and Modern Oman, 1970-2020

by Allen James Fromherz (Editor), Abdulrahman al-Salimi (Editor)

Overview

One of the first, timely accounts of both the modern Omani rebirth and its legacy over the entire reign of Sultan Qaboos (1970-2020). The book provides unique, wide-ranging interdisciplinary and international perspectives on modern Oman by specialists in a variety of fields from Oman, Europe and North America. Utilising a range of perspectives, all chapters connect to the theme of rebirth, of the connections between the past and the future pursued by Sultan Qaboos and his government in fields as diverse as health, religion, law, economy, heritage and diplomacy. Not overlooking the many challenges faced during Sultan Qaboos’ reign and still faced by Oman, the book engages various theories and perspectives about Oman’s economic, religious, educational and cultural transformations under Qaboos (d. 2020 CE).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474493475
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	02/12/2024
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Allen Fromherz is Professor of History at Georgia State Universityand director of the Middle East Studies Center. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Dartmouth College in 2002 and received his PhD from St. Andrews Universityin Scotland in Medieval Islamic History in 2006. Dr. Fromherz has held several international fellowships including Fulbright, Gerda Henkel Stiftung, the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center. He was a senior fellow in the humanities at NYU Abu Dhabi (2016). He has lived in various parts of the Gulf, including Oman, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. He is President of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS). His publications include: Ibn Khaldun (Edinburgh UniversityPress, 2010); The Almohads (IB Tauris, 2012); Qatar (Georgetown Univeristy Press, 2016) and The Near West (Edinburgh UniversityPress, 2016).

Abdulrahman al-Salimi is a Governor at the German University of Technology, Sultanate of Oman. He has written and published various books and articles on classical Islamic history.

Table of Contents

Introduction – Sultan Qaboos, Omani Society and the "Blessed Renaissance" – Allen James Fromherz

1. The Legacy of Sultan Qaboos: A Historiographical Note – Uzi Rabi
2. Prehistoric Interactions between Oman and the Indus Civilization: Projecting the Past in the Present –Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
3. The Modern Land of Frankincense – Krista Lewis
4. The Multiple Legacies of Sultan Qaboos: Heritage and Omani Nation Building – Victoria Penziner Hightower and James Worrall
5. Stamps as Messengers of the Renaissance: The Postal Issues of Oman during the Reign of Sultan Qaboos –Calvin H. Allen Jr.
6. From the First Renaissance to the Second: The Historical and Legal Basis for the Sultanate – Abdulrahman al Salimi
7. The Interpretation of Islam under Sultan Qaboos – Valerie J. Hoffman
8. In the Middle of a Reign – Mandana Limbert
9. Constitutional Reforms During the Reign of Sultan Qaboos – Salim al-Kharusi
10. Nation and State in Oman: The Initial Impact of 1970 – J.E. Peterson
11. Literature and Poetry in Oman during the reign of Sultan Qaboos – Barbara Michalak-Pikulska
12. Public Health and the Omani Renaissance – Sean Foley
13. Beyond the Horizon and Back: The Sultan Qaboos Scholarship – Jody Pritt
14. Muscat and Sultan Qaboos: The Omanization of Muscat and the Muscatization of Oman – Javier Guirado Alonso
15. Duqm and Salalah: Oman’s Ports and Special Economic Zones – Jeffrey R Kinnier
16. Greening Oman: Islamic Environmentalism, Sustainable Development, and Post Oil Futures – Maria F. Curtis
17. Omani Peace-Making and Middle East Crises in the 2010’s: Sultan Qaboos’s last Decade – Juan Cole
18. ‘Friend to All, Enemy to None’: Oman’s Quiet Diplomacy since 1970 – Francis Owtram