Kutchi And Bania Capital Built Oman. They Were The Lifelines Of Its Slave Economy

Kutchis were subjects of the Rao of Kutch, an independent princely state in India. Kutchi and Bania communities played a vital role in building Oman, serving as the capital builders. They were the lifelines of Oman's slave economy.

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Sayyid Majid had no coinage of his own. He was dependent upon all the powers who had jurisdiction in Zanzibar for the money that circulated in his dominions. His polity depended also on Indian capital invested by the Kutchis a...

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