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eric pinto wrote:
> The Arab shores of the Straits of Hormuz are a part of Oman. That small neck
>of land is isolated
> from the country, seperated by fifty miles of UAE/Dubai territory: Bedouin
> camels do not read maps,
> shifting sands make for crumbled borders ! I met many of the dominant Muscat
> merchant trading class.
> They dress and speak native, but switch to the Baluchi version of the Sindhi
> dialect, once in the safety
> of the home: Compulsive entertainers, they would make both Merwyn, as well as
> Mario feel very much
> at home.
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Doc,
I don't think our Mario would feel at home in Oman. The man does not speak
Arabic and is not a trader.
I will agree though, that he is Goanets entertainer, having absolutely no
competition.
> A final thought: it was Sinbad's cousins who founded Mombasa and Merwyn's
>hometown, Dar es Salaam,
> and brought da Gama along on his way to the 'discovery of India.'
Your world travels now manifest themselves.
For the record, the Sultan of Oman took one look at Zanzibar and shifted the
capital from Oman to Zanzibar.
Bad choice.
When the winds of change swept across Africa in the early 1960's, he got
disposed, and died in London,
I believe, a pauper.
His 31st cousin in Oman, became one of the richest men in the world after
British mercenaries disposed of the
current Sultans farther. As a side note, the British mercenary who led the
revolution in Oman became richer
than the current ruler.
Mervyn1102Lobo
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