تاريخ عمان في العصور الإسلامية الأولى لعبدالرحمن العاني - موافق للمطبوع

Navigation and the administrative divisions. The chapter also covers the location of Oman، its boundaries its land and different crops it produces and the industries that flowerished in it.

The second chapter deals with the population. It seems obvious that Oman was a populated region: at the advent of Islam the tribes of Azd، Sama. Lu ai، inhabited it. Some claus from Quad a، Abd Qais. Tamim and BakribnWa il dwelt there، too.

The Azd were the biggest Arabian tribe that inhibited Oman at the advent of Islam and Oman was said to be the dwelling place of the Azd.

I paid special attention to the populated centers that existed at the advent of Islam، whether on the coast or in the interior part of Oman. The third chapter has been devoted to all that. The city of Sahar is regarded as the most important of thase centers. At advent of Islam; it was an important commercial center and an important for weaving Sahari clothes. Afterwards it become the main center of navigation، commerce and