In 1955 the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, southeast of Saudi Arabia
on the Arabian Sea, was a truly medieval Islamic State, shuttered
against all progress under the aegis of its traditionalist and
autocratic ruler. But it was also nearly the end of an imperial
line, for in those days the British Government was still powerful
in Arabia. Rumors of subversion and the intrigues of foreign powers
mingled with the unsettling smell of oil to propel the sultan on a
royal progress across the desert hinterland. It was an historic
journey--the first crossing of the Omani desert by motorcar. Jan
Morris accompanied His Highness as a professional observer, and was
inspired by the experience to write her major work of imperial
history, The Pax Britannica Trilogy.
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