[Oman-L] Sultan Said

[Brian Kettell]

Regarding Mr Petersens detailed posting

Very interesting. Several points.Firstly I return to my initial question 
about the state of the economy dring the rule of Sultan Said.Is it correct 
or not correct to suggest that the economy had reverted to Mediaeval 
conditions? I may be applying some hyperbole here but I am sure you get the 
drift.Is there any data,anecdotal ortherwise, regarding what the economic 
conditions were like ?

Secondly I notice you refer to the introduction of the riyal Dhufari as 
being introduced in Dhufar.I have worked through the Bank of England 
archives on Oman and found several references to discussion about this,which 
I plan to write up, but no conclusive statements that it was ever 
introduced.Perhaps you can help me out here.

I am still puzzled about how much of the oil revenues which started to 
accumulate after 1964 were actually spent. A few schools here and there may 
not have added up to much.Again is it possible that most of the revenues 
remained in his personal bank accounts ?

I have also worked through some of the autobiographies of serving  miltary 
personnel and although interesting ,in my case anyway ,did not shed much 
light apart from on military campaigns in Dhufar etc

Brian Kettell




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