Democracy in the Islamic world: the agrarian economy as a base for early democratic tendencies in Oman
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- Titre
- Democracy in the Islamic world: the agrarian economy as a base for early democratic tendencies in Oman
- Auteur
- Ubaydli, Ahmad
- Date
- 1992
- Résumé
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Abstract at the beginning of the article: this paper intends to shed light on the agrarian economy in Oman and how it formed a base for democratic tendencies there 132-280/749-893, when the first independent state was established. The Falaj (pl. Aflāj) is an irrigation system where water is carried from source to the user area. Depending on such a system, agriculture in Oman thrived in comparison to the surrounding areas. The way the irrigation system is administered and the relatively ample agricultural products, together with other factors, established a real base for democratic tendencies. Ibāḍism was to a great extent a reflection of such a situation.
Chapters on (the administration of) the Aflāj irrigation system, agricultural products, and Ibāḍism. - Sujet
- Agriculture -- Oman
- Langue
- eng
- pages
- 592-601
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