Foreword
1. The Omani perspective: part I
2. The Omani perspective part II: growing British influence
3. The early Arab penetration into the African mainland
4. Oman and Zanzibar: Britain and France
5. Barghash's reign: the first dozen years
6. The mainland
7. AIC phase I
8. German colonization in East Africa
9. Confrontation
10. The Swahili uprising
11. The Emin pasha Relief Expedition (EPRE): part I
12. The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition: part II
13. EIC: consolidation of state: the Arab zone
14. The Arab zone
15. First clashes
16. War
17. Envoi: Zanzibar 1896
Bibliography
Index.