Ghana, Census Office. 1960 Population Census of Ghana. I. The Gazetteer

Muscat as a Port City

“…33 At the turn of the twentieth century, the Baluch of Muscat were considered to constitute more than half of the population and served as soldiers, sailors, porters, servants, and petty traders. 34 Several prominent merchants of the early twentieth century were Baluch. Another small community, the Zadjalis, have long been intermingled with the Baluch.…”

“…In addition, they exported dates, were silversmiths, and owned some of the best gardens in Muscat's suburbs. 36 While a number of Hindu families left Oman after 1970, a sizeable number still remain. These trace their origins to Kutch in Gujarat and maintain close relations with family in India.…”

Contributions to the agrarian history of Eastern Arabia II. The cultivars

“…Indeed, at the turn of the present century, J.G. Lorimer noted 'barley being grown in winter, without irrigation, in the desert portions of the (Hofuf) oasis where there are semi-permanent Bedouin encampments', while at Jahrah, in Kuwait, a small amount of both wheat and barley was likewise raised without recourse to irrigation (22). It should be remembered, however, that many groundstone grinding platforms have been found near fossil Holocene playa lake sites in the Rub al-Khali (23).…”

“…With reference to Jahrah, in Kuwait, Lorimer noted at the beginning of the century, 'The staple crops are wheat, barley and lucerne ... The lucerne, called Qatt, is of excellent quality and is cultivated on the same ground for four years, after which the plot is left Hailah or fallow for one year' (73). According to Raswan, the north Arabian Bedouin believed of alfalfa that 'horses in oases and settled districts of Arabia get soft on this feed' (74, and similar warnings can be found throughout the Roman agricultural literature of the first centuries A.D. (75).…”

Regional and Social Factors in the Dialect Geography of Southern Iraq and Khūzistān

“…87 With Zubair, however, it would seem to be the common cultural and economic association of the two towns with the Bedouin of the area which is the basis of the similarity. 88 Zubair can be regarded as being entirely outside the Mesopotamian area both geographically and from the point of view of dialect, while Fau is an area of contact between speakers of a Mesopotamian variety and speakers of an Eastern Arabian variety. 89 For consistency and ease of comparison the same lexemes are used throughout.…”